The Fixed Spool Reel Challenge

Can anyone recommend a fixedspool reel that I cant destroy in under a year

Only criteria is that it must have a long cast spool and hold at least 300 yards of .35mm line

Daiwa Basia you have to buy it yourself though

The Shimano Poolbeg 2010 XSA

It'll be a wh*re to get on the plane to SA tho

Take a look at these:


Penn Torque™



Model Mono cap/lb. Braid cap/lb gear ratio
TRQS5-B 300/15 400/30 5.9:1


TRQS7-B 340/20 390/65 5.1:1


TRQS9-B 440/25 490/80 5.1:1

I have not used one, but they seem to be quite solid and are getting great reports.

Danny.

i reckon this would last even you horseing in 60 fish a comp but its probably not a long cast spool and its ugly
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BNIB-Daiwa-BG90-S ... 35a7c766c9

Can anyone recommend a fixedspool reel that I cant destroy in under a year

Only criteria is that it must have a long cast spool and hold at least 300 yards of .35mm line

dont get a zenith, piece of shite grauvell reels should remain in the box and taken out to look at every now and then but should not be used for actuall fishing. what happened to the xsa ultegras? thought they were surving for ya?

[AG]

easy mitchel 498

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The Shimano Poolbeg 2010 XSA

Brilliant! Just what I need for Rodzilla....

leeda pirhana, quite possibly the finest engineered piece of fishing equipment on the planet, by all accounts the van staal was just a cheap knock off of it..

easy mitchel 498

I think I have one of those knocking around the attic

eric i wish you had told me that a few days ago just bought a gravell zenith!!!just my luck!!!!!!

Can anyone recommend a fixedspool reel that I cant destroy in under a year

Only criteria is that it must have a long cast spool and hold at least 300 yards of .35mm line

dont get a zenith, piece of shite grauvell reels should remain in the box and taken out to look at every now and then but should not be used for actuall fishing. what happened to the xsa ultegras? thought they were surving for ya?

+1

Tubertini Gorilla

Take a look at these:


Penn Torque™



Model Mono cap/lb. Braid cap/lb gear ratio
TRQS5-B 300/15 400/30 5.9:1


TRQS7-B 340/20 390/65 5.1:1


TRQS9-B 440/25 490/80 5.1:1

I have not used one, but they seem to be quite solid and are getting great reports.

Danny.

They actually look the job but with no casting spool they are not really gonna be suitable.

Daiwa Basia you have to buy it yourself though

I dont think any of the Daiwas are up to the job

The Shimano Poolbeg 2010 XSA

It'll be a wh*re to get on the plane to SA tho

Sur we can strap it to the top of the plane I am sure Micheal O Leary wouldn`t mind.

easy mitchel 498

Andrew you wouldn`t be the first to reccommend that reel i hear it is Bullet Proof. and you can get 10,000 yards of line on it

leeda pirhana, quite possibly the finest engineered piece of fishing equipment on the planet, by all accounts the van staal was just a cheap knock off of it..

I think everyone that has ever fished a SAI comp has/had one of these

Can anyone recommend a fixedspool reel that I cant destroy in under a year

Only criteria is that it must have a long cast spool and hold at least 300 yards of .35mm line

dont get a zenith, piece of shite grauvell reels should remain in the box and taken out to look at every now and then but should not be used for actuall fishing. what happened to the xsa ultegras? thought they were surving for ya?

THey last a couple of months if you are lucky. I agree with you they ARE pure shite.

The worst reel ever must be the Penn surfmaster. It a joke. But its amazing how the angling mags keep pushing and promoting it.

the 498 is a legend , i am prity sure it still holds the uksf fixed spool record on 0.35 line get the older ones the blue or the black ones , the newer ones arnt as good

I just picked up the older Surfmaster 70 on eBay, on all accounts meant to be a bit better than the current models, not sure if it would do your job though?

Always heard great reports on Shimanos but they can well up the price range. My theory is not to spend too much so I don't feel too bad when it ends up in the bin.

I just picked up the older Surfmaster 70 on eBay, on all accounts meant to be a bit better than the current models, not sure if it would do your job though?

Always heard great reports on Shimanos but they can well up the price range. My theory is not to spend too much so I don't feel too bad when it ends up in the bin.

The old surfmaster 70 is a better reel by far I stil have one somewhere myself.

The shimano ultegra`s 10000/14000 are by far and away the best I have had and have lasted me over a year but it is probably because I have four of them and am alternating between them.

Has anyone used the Shimano power Areo xsa 10000

http://fish.shimano-eu.com/publish/cont ... o_xsa.html

the 498 is a legend , i am prity sure it still holds the uksf fixed spool record on 0.35 line get the older ones the blue or the black ones , the newer ones arnt as good

Is that for the longest cast or holding the most amount of line

both

both

I wonder could it be attached to a rod sideways, put into freespool and used like a multiplier

both

not if you can get one with a casting spool,
i have one about 20 years now with a shallow casting spool that holds around 250 yards of 15lb line as far as i can remember