New fixed spool for a Grey's BZE?

[ronanohal]

Does anyone have aany ideas for what reel to match to a grey's bze? looking for somethin fairly decent that can handle braid or mono for beachcasting. looking to spend about €100 or so. haven't been fishing in about 3 months so need to go back this season armed with somethin decent. any help would be appreciated. also, did anyone else have the worst season of all time last year?

[cormology]

Hi ronan is it the 12'6 version, you cant go wrong with shimano reels, if you have a look in the shore angling quest and ans section, there is a couple of recent posts one on shimano fixed spools and another one fixed spools worth a look some good advice there. Hope this helps.

[round_ourway]

I dont know much about the rod, but the shimano reels are a great bit of kit, I got a cheeky one of ebay

[Dave]

Hows things Ronan?

If you are going to be using braid you'll be looking for something with decent line lay and you are not going to go far wrong with a Shimano and I'd suggest a front drag one myself. I suppose the other thing to consider is the size and weight of the reel and given the rod you are pairing it with, there is a good chance that you aren't always going to be using it with a tripod so something that isn't too heavy and balances the rod nicely. I'm not too sure what size fixed spool reel would balance the 12'6 3-5oz Bze, possibly a 6000 size? As you know I normally use a multi on my Bze but have occasionally used a 6000 Baitrunner and it seemed OK, if a little on the heavy side. Given your budget perhaps something along the lines of a Exage 6000 FA might be worth a look.

[fishingquinn]

ive got a shimano ultegra 5500 it fits the rod great and its not over balancing for the rod but its a bit more than 100 euro.theres also the leeda piranha 6500 its a great reel for 69.99euro 2 spools over 300 yrds capacity on each spool.

[ronanohal]

thanks lads. that ultegra looks the business alright.

[Dave]

That little Ultegra looks the business, I didn't realize you could get smaller big pits if you know what I mean.

[fishingquinn]

the reel i got is the carp reel its got the bait runner system at the front,i'm sure i saw an article in 1 of the sea fishing mags about the sea version its the same only no bait runner system

[stevo74]

Ronan,
Recently got the 12'6" BZe. I have matched it with a Shimano EXAGE 6000FA. i haven't got around to test it out yet, but balance feels ok. I am heading out fishing next weekend, so will be putting it thru the paces and will let you know more then, if you haven't already bought.


steven

[ronanohal]

Ended up going for the Ultegra 5500. Have to say it's a quality bit of kit. casting seems pretty good so far (not that I can cast that well yet). Loaded it with 15lb mono and just loaded it with 20lb braid now too - line lay is superb, lookin forward to getting out a bit more often and trying some light line braid fishing. maybe a running ledger setup? we'll see