Morning All

New to the forum and just getting back into cap fishing again after taking 7 years out. Wow much has changed. As the title suggests I'm after replacing my Wychwood SPD Maximisers Rods and shimano biomasters xta Reels with something lighter and better balanced. I have £600 for a 2 rod and reel setup

Could you please offer some advise on what I should be looking at don't mind looking at the second hand market either

Thanks

Mark

In reply to Post #1
Free spirit E class gold with Shimano xtd 5500/14000

Or jump on the 10ft boat

In reply to Post #2
Thanks 12ft rods are my fave this 10ft stuff don't work for me

In reply to Post #1
Greys rods and Penn reels balance very well and are both very good quality.

In reply to Post #1
If you could find another £80 - £100, daiwa emblem scw 45 paired daiwa longbows are well worth looking at.

If you cant stretch to that id still go for the daiwa emblem scw45 reels and find rods to suit

In reply to Post #5
Thanks all for the advise, certainly been looking at the Daiwa Emblems they seem to have solid reviews was looking at the Shimano Ultegra also but wasn't sure as there seems to be a lot for sale on eBay which suggests that people cannot get on with them

May look at the longbows the Greys rods also look interesting especially the Aircurves

Thanks

In reply to Post #6
I'd be looking at the penn 7000 reels on your budget, the emblems look great but they feel a bit flimsy in use.

In reply to Post #7
I wouldnt say they are flimsy at all, they feel tight and quite solid, but i havent ever laid hands on a penn reel for comparison. My basias on the other hand could possibly be said to feel flimsy ish, but thats due to the lack of weight in them, they are actually solid reels.

In reply to Post #8
I've had the penns and have the emblems, both nice reels but the penns are the better of the 2. The line lay is better and they are just smoother in general

In reply to Post #8
I had the same feeling in reverse as when I went from 5500 ultegras to entohs, the ultegras seemed to flex under load and it took a fair bit of rod pumping to lift heavy line from distance whereas with the entohs I could just lift the rod and wind generally with mono. Going from entohs to emblem 45s I notice the flex and the lesser cranking power.
I'll probably get rid at some point, I'm kind of hoping the popularity gets daiwa to bring the tournies out in that colour scheme

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If they redo the tournies, again, they need to improve the feeling of them, no reel in this day and age should feel that jerky and rickety. Wouldnt be too hard for them to just sort that out without affecting the reliability of them. I have a love hate relationship with mine. Love that i can just use them with no concern for reliabilty and drag them through bushes or generally mistreat them, not that i do, bit i hate using them, wvery turn of the handle makes me wish id taken the basias

In reply to Post #11
I know what you mean, I don't really notice it in use when they're under load. I'm sure I could tighten them up with a bit of thought. The smoothness of the emblems goes the other way under load

In reply to Post #9
I better add the Penns to the list of potential reels. So Penns or Emblems it is

Thanks

In reply to Post #11
Or just get them serviced.

In reply to Post #14
A service stops all the movement in the handles does it?