What reel please?

[kayos]

why not just get a decent set up that will last u years and take no notice ov the mrs bad idea when thay no what u are buying and the cost

You have the wrong end of the stick mate.................. we fish together, we buy together. She loves looking for 2nd hand bargains, she has got me at i too! We fish, maybe 8 to 10 times a year off the beach/rocks, usually when we come to the NE for the charter boats. Where we live, summer spinning is about all that is on offer, so we do a lot of that. We have no need to spend shed loads on gear we rarely use, but for the serious angler who goes out with his mates, I take your point

[conoflexman]

mmmmm

c y point m8 was fishing with a guy this summer his rod and reel was under 30 quid looked nice cast very good did every thing he wanted it did cross my mind do u need 300 plus rods for most fishing or is more to do with look at my gear i did have a normark beach rod 13ft cost me 18 quid from a bootie caught just as many fish on that as i do now

[codseeker]

its a case of all the gear nee idea for some

[kayos]

c y point m8 was fishing with a guy this summer his rod and reel was under 30 quid looked nice cast very good did every thing he wanted it did cross my mind do u need 300 plus rods for most fishing or is more to do with look at my gear i did have a normark beach rod 13ft cost me 18 quid from a bootie caught just as many fish on that as i do now

Indeed. We bought 2 new beachcasters from a guy, also from others, a Penn Mag525, a Diawa 7HT, spent over £300 and couldn't cast them......... even with a few lessons

So we thought, let's just get some gear we can use. We are total amateurs off the shore, but have managed a couple of cod, a few pollack and Saithe at Eyemouth. Around the NE we have had loads of flatties,whiting, mackerel, a launce, a sea scorpian and Lynn even managed a sea trout(Scotland) So we are happy with that.

Should have joined the species hunt

We are happy just messing about on the shore. We take our charter fishing more seriously, although still novices, and we have better kit for that. We love to learn and people on here are happy to help. We have learned so much about fishing from people off this site. Thank goodness I joined

[conoflexman]

wd the mrs

sounds like u should b giveing advice out with that many fish and the sea trout wd the mrs

[kayos]

sounds like u should b giveing advice out with that many fish and the sea trout wd the mrs

Haha, it's over a lot of trips mate

And yes her sea trout, what a jammy git she is................caught while spinning for mackerel.

I have never caught one in my life!

Her first ever boat trip out of Whitby 2 years ago, with hired gear, she got 2 double figure pollack, 1 double figure cod and loads of other cod at 5 to 9lbs.

I get out fished by her all the time

[conoflexman]

lol

wow not bad at all gooooooooooooo the mrs

[steppeydog]

reel

have a look at these on ebay mate great reels PENN SURFMASTER 850 FIXED SPOOL REEL & SPARE SPOOL | eBay or you can get them new for £60 but if you can get these for less than £40 you got a great reel for fishing 15lb/18lb/20lb mainline plus shockleader