best FS reel for distance casting?

At the suggestion of various members and given the magazines will run a mile from criticising a piece of kit, here is your chance to tell us what you really think about a rod, reel, line, lure... keep it legal please!
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kieran
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best FS reel for distance casting?

#1 Post by kieran »

Hiya all

Having looked at the long rods, I now want to look at what the best casting reel would be for it. Having a mind to some night fishing, I think I will go with a standard FS rather than another multiplier.

What's out there and what do you recommend. Expect to load it with 20 lb braid and fish it over relatively clean ground.

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Kieran Hanrahan

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2015 targets - a triggerfish, a specimen bass, a three bearded rockling to complete the set and something big and toothy from certain north Mayo deep water marks
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#2 Post by x »

I'd go for an Okuma Impact IM80. Cheap, cheerful, seem to be reliable and if it does stuff up in an unreasonably short space of time the reps seem to have told the tackle dealers to replace them without question.
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#3 Post by JGF »

I recently picked up a Daiwa Emcast Plus for £49.99 - nice big reel casting well so far.

Got it at Leslies of Luton - cheapest i could find by a long way.
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#4 Post by BigPhil »

the best one i have in the seat box for distance work is the shimano ultegra 12000. i can definately recommend them, although they are over the £100 mark.
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#5 Post by Alain »

in France many anglers use F S , at the present time the best is
shimano ultegra 10000 or 12000 (120e)

tight lines :wink:
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#6 Post by pete »

Nothing wrong with the penn surfmasters, robust and a bit cheaper than some of the daiwa and shimano models. Have been using them heavily for three years and still operating perfectly.

Pete
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#7 Post by Rockhopper »

I know Mackellow was using the Surf Master for distance casting years ago, long before he worked for Penn and hitting big distance with them.

They do have one major problem, the line can easily get under the spool and foul up.

Other than that, they seem to be good value for money.

Tom.

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