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WOODSY God Member Offline Cats and Pike Posts: 1080 OXFORD Gender:	small baitrunner Feb 6^th, 2010 at 3:01pm could someone point me in the right direction on a good one to buy for a spot of barbel fishing also what braid is best for rigs havent fished for them in years and im going to have a crack for them in the summer.
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Leighton Global Moderator Offline River pike hunter Posts: 1376 south wales Gender:	Re: small baitrunner Reply #1 - Feb 6^th, 2010 at 3:58pm I got a pair of 5000 gte-c's mate,spot on tbh,as for braid i don't know ,but would imagine power pro in 10lb may be ok
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WOODSY God Member Offline Cats and Pike Posts: 1080 OXFORD Gender:	Re: small baitrunner Reply #2 - Feb 6^th, 2010 at 4:03pm What about the new 2500 and 4000 shimano baitrunner does anyone use these? cheers leighton but i meant braid for rigs not for the reel im going to use mono on that.
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Leighton Global Moderator Offline River pike hunter Posts: 1376 south wales Gender:	Re: small baitrunner Reply #3 - Feb 6^th, 2010 at 4:22pm try fox braid for rigs or suffix
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norwich lad Senior Member Offline A.K.A Lee Davison. Posts: 430 norfolk through and through! Gender:	Re: small baitrunner Reply #4 - Feb 6^th, 2010 at 7:59pm Don't use the new 2500/4000 b/runners, but i had a play with em in my local shop. they feel a decent reel. thinking of getting the 2500 for chub/barbel work. i noticed these on ebay 2 wks ago new 99p no reserve etc. might be worth a bid if you look at em 1st etc. think the 2500 was about £50 in the shop..
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WOODSY God Member Offline Cats and Pike Posts: 1080 OXFORD Gender:	Re: small baitrunner Reply #5 - Feb 6^th, 2010 at 8:56pm Thanks
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Reply #6 - Feb 8^th, 2010 at 7:59am

WOODSY wrote on Feb 6^th, 2010 at 3:01pm:

could someone point me in the right direction on a good one to buy for a spot of barbel fishing also what braid is best for rigs havent fished for them in years and im going to have a crack for them in the summer.

I use Okuma 35's for my Barbelling and have found them to be really good. However I was looking at the new Korum reels this weekend and gotta say that they look the buisness.

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Reply #7 - Feb 8^th, 2010 at 2:56pm

WOODSY wrote on Feb 6^th, 2010 at 4:03pm:

What about the new 2500 and 4000 shimano baitrunner does anyone use these? cheers leighton but i meant braid for rigs not for the reel im going to use mono on that.

A friend of mine has two of the new 4000 series - he hasn't been too impressed by them so far - poor build quality - much like most of Shimano's latest I'm afraid to say. I've got three GTE-C 5000 that I use for my close range fishing on rivers and drains for pike/zander/carp. From what I know they also make superb reels for Barbel. I'm very happy with them... in fact, they are excellent. I only paid £55 each for them - discontinued you see - get in while there's a bargain to be had!

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Vince Maddock God Member Offline I love fishing! Posts: 536 North East England Gender:	Re: small baitrunner Reply #8 - Feb 8^th, 2010 at 3:03pm I use a 5000gte b formy Barbel fishing, very good, had plenty of hammer and still as good as gold
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Rikrod Senior Member Offline The bigger the better Posts: 300 cornwall Gender:	Re: small baitrunner Reply #9 - Feb 8^th, 2010 at 10:00pm I like using my shimano xte-a 5000 for barbel fishing its a nice sized reel .And has a nice balance too it on my barbel rod.
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