gagnaccarp 225 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 so , before the end of the world or the borders with Europe shut , I'm going to try and catch a 44 kg carp on a "PUBLIC WATER " big French lake . ive heard these lakes are easy ! ive got around £400 , ish to get me a spod rod n reel and 3 reels to hurl some monster casts out to the horizon to mount on 12 foot soniks with 3 lb tc , if the ends don't snap off ! so these are some of the reels ive looked at daiwa emblem or emcast ! penn affinity ! shimano aerlex ! or one of the sonik tournos ! Any info would be much appreciated ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salokcinnodrog 3,452 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Reel wise, has to be the Aerlex. Personally I will always buy Shimano reels, they last, stand up to the abuse that I can throw at them, and it is plenty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gagnaccarp 225 Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 cheers nick I use the shimano 10000's and they have been great up to now but maybe a little limiting ! just remembered that the northern angling show is on this weekend so ! Perfect place to gather some debt tomorrow ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salokcinnodrog 3,452 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 cheers nick I use the shimano 10000's and they have been great up to now but maybe a little limiting ! just remembered that the northern angling show is on this weekend so ! Perfect place to gather some debt tomorrow !I was using 10000's on Nazeing as my fishing reels, but discovered I was limiting casting distance. I don't mind being able to spod further than I can fish, but I did see some fish I simply couldn't cast to without bigger reels. As much as I like the thought of the Aerlex Spod reel, I think a standard Aerlex is cheaper! Got those Beastmasters for fishing with, baitrunner spool, and still have my Aerlexs for marker and spod rods. gagnaccarp 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gagnaccarp 225 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 You know when you set off with a strict budget in mind ? after a good moooooch round I finally found Erics , and not wanting to create a birds nest on every take because I have only fished baitrunners , for carp , I settled for shimano XTA longcast , three of them ,and an aerlex 7000 spod , and a shimano TX spod rod 5 lb tc ! All is well until my next credit card bill ! :confused: salokcinnodrog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dalthegooner 1,242 Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 I'd recommend... oops, too late Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Miltz308 38 Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Ive got the 8000 aerlex's and the 7000 spod rod, fantastic reels, I highly recommend them! salokcinnodrog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gagnaccarp 225 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 cant wait to get out with them now ! all my tackle is in France at the moment though , I think I will get there a bit early this year and have 3 -5 days one of the lakes near me before I start grafting ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmboy 24 Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 You can get a fow spod rod and reel £149 in total carp mag and have a look at the wychwood 65 compact big pits Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salokcinnodrog 3,452 Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 You know when you set off with a strict budget in mind ? after a good moooooch round I finally found Erics , and not wanting to create a birds nest on every take because I have only fished baitrunners , for carp , I settled for shimano XTA longcast , three of them ,and an aerlex 7000 spod , and a shimano TX spod rod 5 lb tc ! All is well until my next credit card bill ! :confused: I went the other way a few years ago. I'd been used to Aerlex's with no Baitrunner, a half turn on the drag on pick up to tighten from giving line to not. I bought the DL's and first time I used them, in front of my son, forgot the baitrunner. The result was a large birds nest as I couldn't work out what I'd done wrong as the clutch and baitrunner tension are both on back k nob. Soon got used to them though. The only problem as I said was the lack of casting distance when I needed to wind them up with 90m being about tops with 0.35mm line Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spr1985 1,149 Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Sorry to hijack but........ I'd like people opinion please, if money was no object what would the top three options for spod rods be? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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