You were at Crab in the 'halcyon days?'
Who did you fish with on Crab, so I can maybe remember you.
Where you one of Neil Gibsons mates? Jim Hindle? Were you fishing Thorneycroft around the same time too? The old memory is straining...

There were three of us from bolton that fished there at that time always in midweek and kept ourselves to ourselves so you wouldnt of known us although we did have a few run ins with Bernard from time to time,we had great times,i carp fished from 74-90 then packed it in during a divorce,ive been at it again since 96 and am back as keen as ever,in the six years i missed it hasnt half changed its now big business which is a pity

I bought 3 of the Shimano 6010's a while back - 2 of them have developed gearing / clutch problems.

Not Happy.

Harv.

bolton.

Are you sure you aren't me!
Have a look in the mirror, just to check.

Axeman.

The Tackle Box conversions for free spool/baitrunner set up are worth considering as well,not cheap at £35 each but as i`am sure Paul will agree they do come in handy and there the best conversions on the market i`ve seen.

Boys, i cant believe nobody has mentioned the Daiwa TS range, i own 3 TS5000 and believe there is nothing else on the market to touch them....

Pete, have a look at the TS6000, the dogs for long range work...

They are a pleasure to reel in, they have an excellent clutch and look good on the rod...

They retail at about £150, but i got mine for around the £120 brand new from Belgium, i believe you might be able to get some even cheaper from Geoff at Premier baits ??

Have a look you will not be disappointed...

I actually bought some of the new Daiwa reels the 'Z' i sent them back to Leslies as i really did not like the look of them.

You know when you just look at something and you get a feeling that you dont like them...

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Originally posted by Pete B:
Kevin and Bolton,
I had a look at the 'big pit baitrunners' which appear to be the only alternative to the Diawas and discounted them on precisely the grounds that you have made.. far too heavy, unbalancing the set-up (and not too clever line-lay, although no-one has mentioned this)
Happy Carping

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Originally posted by Pete B:
I'm in the market for some long range reels and have a couple of questions that I hope you can help me with:

What is the difference between the 'S',
'X' and 'Z' emblems apart from colour and number of ball bearings? is the line lay different for example?

Daiwa now promote a 'reverse taper' spool that cones the line in a way that goes against my understandings of the principles of distance casting.. is this a valid principle?

Can you still obtain the SS9000 as I haven't seen any adverts for them (are they available in the States?)

Happy Carping

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Peter B,
Be very carful, Daiwa only hold spairs for a very short time. I was caught out on this with the PM 4000.

I think you will find that the Tackle Box of Kent are pretty good with spare bits for older reels.