WHAT IS THE BEST FIXED SPOOL REEL FOR DISTANCE CASTING ?????

I bought a Basia and by far its the best casting tool around, at just 17oz's its nice and light too. Very expensive but well worth it.

The Daiwa Tournament Basia reels RRP is £375.00 :shock:
Now thats going into remorgage the house to afford fishing :D :D
As Bigphil said, You wont go far wrong with Shimano f/s Reels

£260 on E-bay!

The shimano aero techmium xt 10000 holds the world record for a fixed spool, just over 260yds. You can get one for about £230 sterling if you shop around.

Pookie, I use a Diawa Emblem Pro matched with a 12" Supercast X and am more than happy with the performance. I have loaded the reel with 20lb Fireline and if its distance I need I cast OTG. I am not great at judging distances but I reckon I am hitting close on the 100yd mark.
The recommended retail price is £165 but it would appear the going price is approx £125. I was lucky enough to pick mine up while on holiday in the States for 135 dollars (with free line).
However, if there was one change I could make it would be the handle, I would prefer a more chunky one for better grip.

Interested to know when you got the basia on ebay... i havent seen them on it the past few months..was it an auction or buyitnow?

Buy it now about 5 months ago, they usually pop up, have a look at this link

http://cgi.ebay.de/DAIWA-TOURNAMENT-Bas ... dZViewItem

Try Ginrinpeche on Ebay think he may still have some Tournament Basia's around £160 with free p&P or check the website [url=http://www.ginrinpeche.com]Ginrinpeche Japanese Tackle Store[/url]. Website prices normally a bit higher, think they may still be doing free p&p for orders up to 15th Jan.

Most of the UK Carp specialists sell them around the £270 mark too, Leslies of Luton etc...