Nope.
If you wash your reel after every trip and I mean straight after, not the next afternoon or week. Then Shimano or Daiwa will see you fine.
I use a Shimano baitrunner 8000size on one rod. A Daiwa emcast 5500 on one and a Shimano beastmaster 7000 on another.
If you are trying to drop 10oz weights off a boat and wind them straight off a reel then you will shred even expensive FS reels.
So long as you use the rod and pump and wind then the FS will be great and it makes casting a doddle too.

 

Meant to add, buy reels second hand that the carp lads used can often be a great source of quality reels. They call them bigpit reels and they are great for sea fishing.

 

I know their reels will drag in massive fish but are they designed to cast out large baits on 13 ft plus beach casters ?

 

Not a problem, that one in the picture is 14ft six , big bait and a 6/I/4oz lead.

 

ha this is where i get shot to bits!
Don't think on a cast a fixed spool does anything more than act as a bobbin. Once you've released your lead and bait, the tension of which is taken by your finger or a casting aide the reel does very little other than let line off. So there fore yes they are fine. As said it's on the retrieve care needs to be taken to use rod and reel.

 

Use a tapered shock leader, I use varivas ones and rovex ones but cut the first foot of the narrow end off the rovexs ones first.
There is no pressure at all on a FS reel when casting which is one of the reasons braid works so well on them. No tension to bed in braid beneath itself and birdsnests are very rare so long as you don't overfill the spool.

 

Get an Ultegra 10000 or 14000 XSC or XTC. Bit bigger and better quality than the Aerlex and comes with a spare spool. They are being sold off around 100 quid now as the XSD / XTD model is out and getting all the attention from the Carp brigade.

 

Reels above but daiwa emblems far better than emcasts emcasts known to strip inside&handles Chinese made.
5.55.6000 emblems £60 is
Aerlex any of them work good can upgrade nylon bearings inside on handle shaft cheap enough more sturdy then.beast master is good Aerlex but with plastic spool you can pick up speedcast/it's ultra one spool less bearings but on last body B which is more sturdy than then C versions on ultegras as xs/tc''s prone to flex but still OK. Speedcast comes in 8000 or 14000 8 is similar body to Aerlex type 14 is ultegra larger body 14000 is largest cap all same size spool in ultegras over 5500 just just insides of spool is bigger/smaller for line cap where number comes from speedcast don't come with arbors you can buy to save loading extra Base line but 8000 is £80 14000£ 90 odd.
Best value is the Ci4 ultegra xsb 14000 £170 lighter stiffer body more/better bearings 2 spare spools and arbors also they say higher quality gear material used???.
For less bucks check flea bay as carp campers shed there gear quicker than a crab sheds it's shell in a heatwave! Pickup "last week's" reel for good price 3 whichwood ones on there atmo £20 each boxed

 

Eric's angling had some cracking deals on the ultegras the other day, may be worth a Google. Aerlex is a capable enough thing mind

 

Shimano ultegras on murtackle very cheap site fast shipping too

 

Yes casting esp on last throw F/S's does bend main shaft if spool is out near end of travel well look at it logically and you will see? mind some won't even if hit over the head with the perishing thing!!!

 

put it this way ,if you had 100 pounds and you had to buy a fixed spool reel ,considering all the ones ive looked at are shocking for the price and sometimes you like fishing rough stuff and you know the innards are made of the gubbins from a xmas cracker what would you buy?

 

put it this way ,if you had 100 pounds and you had to buy a fixed spool reel ,considering all the ones ive looked at are shocking for the price and sometimes you like fishing rough stuff and you know the innards are made of the gubbins from a xmas cracker what would you buy?

Any of the ones mentioned. FS reels are a lot better than they used to be. If you can get one on sale, - Ultegras mentioned for your budget then you're laughing. Give it a rinse after fishing, let it air dry, a wee oil every now and again and it'll last you yrs. If it were me id be trying to get the best deal I could - check the web, also a lot of the shops do price match - saved me a good few quid a few times.

 

If you want rough ground fixie buy a penn spinfisher if want a good all round buy an ultegra

 

Penn Surfblaster 8000
£100 will buy you 2 today delivered at Veals. Bargain!

 

Penn Surfblaster is a great reel. Had mine two years and have not treated it that well, and still feels like new.
i have a diawa emcast 5500, first 1 the bailarm broke within 10 minutes so got sent a new one by diawa.
Not a nice reel at all for the money.
Still with the Penn!

 

got one of those ,havnt used it yet ,looks a bit nasty but I wanted to get out this weekend ,just won 2 wychwood riot big pit reels on evil bay ,one of my mates been using them and reckons theyre the bees knees ,30 quid each cant beat that .cant buy a lot for 30 squid nowadays

 

I use a couple of biomaster xsb or Penn affinity 7000 both do the job for under a £100

 

Penn Surfblaster 8000
£100 will buy you 2 today delivered at Veals. Bargain!

that's cheap I paid 90 for 1 ,doh

 

Penn Surfblaster 8000
£100 will buy you 2 today delivered at Veals. Bargain!

Have a look on ebay at the Chinese made LJ9000 for 25 quid.
They are either an unbranded Penn Surfblaster or a near exact copy of one. it is a good each way bet that the two reels have come out of the same factory. I have one that a lad on here gave me and it s a nice reel for the money.

I am not recommending either for beach fishing though, buy the Shimano.

 

ive had a few shimanos ,theyre alright ,the workmanship on the penn surfblaster is shoddy ,its a turd rolled in glitter really ,the best reels I had were the sloshs really but don't want the pain of carrying 4 around cos they might birdnest etc ,I will find what I want after spending several hundred pounds on crap no doubt.trying to not get blinded by brands ,looking forward to checking the whychwoods out ,just read some reviews and they sound promising ,ive never caught anything better when I was using very expensive gear ,just feels good .

 

With Supercast on this, I got an Ultegra XSC from Gerrys, I was dismayed at no end of problems with it,shocked as I'd had no end of Shimanos over the years with bomb proof reliability. I was happy to exchange it for another XSC but they were out of stock so after about 4 requests that were met with the same 'no stock' knockback I picked up a Spinfisher. If you look at the oscillation it's pretty amazing on a reel this price, this makes a significant difference, personally against my Daiwa Windcast Z's it was a revelation.

I'd always steered clear of the £500+ reels that gave the 50-100 turns of the rotor to 1 full oscillation but coupled with strong gearing I can see why people do go for em, even if I still choke a the price the Spinfisher gives a super strong( if a tad weightier) reel with great line lay ,slow oscillation and strong retrieve. You can also pick this or very similar line lay on the Battle LC for £100 or under online.....I have to say I'd gotten very sceptical of Penn FS in recent years having surf masters disintegrate into a heap of shards internally so wasn't certain about the Spinfishers but hearing lads from the NE talk about them favourably I gave it a go.....well pleased & Ive got a Battle LC too. I've bought an Ultegra XSD too but it's never gotten on a rod yet, it's currently a backup reel !!!!!

 

With Supercast on this, I got an Ultegra XSC from Gerrys, I was dismayed at no end of problems with it,shocked as I'd had no end of Shimanos over the years with bomb proof reliability. I was happy to exchange it for another XSC but they were out of stock so after about 4 requests that were met with the same 'no stock' knockback I picked up a Spinfisher. If you look at the oscillation it's pretty amazing on a reel this price, this makes a significant difference, personally against my Daiwa Windcast Z's it was a revelation.

I'd always steered clear of the £500+ reels that gave the 50-100 turns of the rotor to 1 full oscillation but coupled with strong gearing I can see why people do go for em, even if I still choke a the price the Spinfisher gives a super strong( if a tad weightier) reel with great line lay ,slow oscillation and strong retrieve. You can also pick this or very similar line lay on the Battle LC for £100 or under online.....I have to say I'd gotten very sceptical of Penn FS in recent years having surf masters disintegrate into a heap of shards internally so wasn't certain about the Spinfishers but hearing lads from the NE talk about them favourably I gave it a go.....well pleased & Ive got a Battle LC too. I've bought an Ultegra XSD too but it's never gotten on a rod yet, it's currently a backup reel !!!!!

 

ive used a shimano spheros 14000 for 15 years ,it was old when I bought it ,it fu£^^5ing great ,why cant hey just build things of quality anymore ,wish I had heard about the spinfisher before I started forking out cash yet again ,had a couple of shimano biomaster 8000 s but found them to not be that good to cast with