Hi everyone, my husbands birthday is coming up and he's mentioned recently that he wants some big pit reels. He's currently on very old shimano ones.

He's mentioned both the Ultegra 14000's and the Fox 12000 xc in the past but both are slightly over budget.

I've been researching and have narrowed it down to Fox X13, Shimano Speedmaster 14000 XTC or Fox Eos 12000. All roughly the same price.

I want to stick to either Fox or Shimano as these are the brands he likes.

Which do you think I should go with?

Just so you know his fishing style, we mainly fish medium-large sized lakes and usually catch carp up to 35lb. We don't go to France or anything like that and a 40lb er is near impossible due to where we fish.

p.s I've read that the speedmaster is classed as a "surf reel"... does this matter?

Thanks

Hi, I'm going to East Delph Lakes in Peterborough next week for a 48 hour sesh, fishing back lake. I was wondering if anybody has any advice? Thank you in advance