Post by Sunny on Dec 16, 2009 22:53:21 GMT
Well my pair of Shimano Baitrunner 4000 D fisxed spools arrived today 
I've bought them for Smooth Hound fishing in the summer...
The reel is essentially a ruggedised freshwater baitrunner which can handle the harsher sea environment... with higher quality components and much sturdier fighting handle.
I understand they were trialed on the American market first and passed with flying colours.
The sizes come from the baby of the family - the 4000D - and go up to the largest - 12000D; which is aimed at the game reel level.
I have also bought two of the 12000D Baitrunners to use as offshore uptide reels. The advantage being that you can set the baitrunner drag seperately to the fighting drag....so your rods don't get pulled overboard and by a small turn of the handle the runner drag is disengaged and the fighting drag is preset to the required breaking strain line.....brilliant.
Here are the two sizes side-by-side.....the 12000Ds are loaded with 30Lb Berkeley Whiplash Pro braid
When I have given them a couple of sessions I will give an update on how they do. I'm certainly impressed with the build quality and the fucntion of the baitrunner clutch
I've bought them for Smooth Hound fishing in the summer...
The reel is essentially a ruggedised freshwater baitrunner which can handle the harsher sea environment... with higher quality components and much sturdier fighting handle.
I understand they were trialed on the American market first and passed with flying colours.
The sizes come from the baby of the family - the 4000D - and go up to the largest - 12000D; which is aimed at the game reel level.
I have also bought two of the 12000D Baitrunners to use as offshore uptide reels. The advantage being that you can set the baitrunner drag seperately to the fighting drag....so your rods don't get pulled overboard and by a small turn of the handle the runner drag is disengaged and the fighting drag is preset to the required breaking strain line.....brilliant.
Here are the two sizes side-by-side.....the 12000Ds are loaded with 30Lb Berkeley Whiplash Pro braid
When I have given them a couple of sessions I will give an update on how they do. I'm certainly impressed with the build quality and the fucntion of the baitrunner clutch
