Penn Affinity LC 8000 Reel

PAY AROUND

£139.99

Penn is a name more associated with sea angling but clued-up carpers are snapping up these phenomenal value, ultra-long cast beach reels for big-pit duties.

The powerful, super-smooth 10 ball bearing reels are built like brick outhouses and boast long stroke forged aluminium spools, extra slow oscillation for superb line lay and titanium main shaft and bail arm wire.

You get two metal spools – Standard (340m of 15lb mono) and shallow Braid (300m of 30lb) – and the solid 4.3:1 gearing on the giant spools crank back almost a metre of line for each handle revolution.

They’re equally brilliant for long range surf casting or big-pit fishing/spod/marker work.