Spinning reel for wife?
 

What is a good durable long casting spinning reel? is braid or mono better on spinning reels?
it would be for inshore fishing.

My wife uses a Shimano 2500 Sahara, I have a Sedona. They are great when they function, but need to be taken down and lines pretty often - if it's in your budget I've hard the Stradics are great

Penn Battle is very nice for the money

I like Okuma.

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I'm partial to some older Daiwa reels but if I was going to buy today it would be a Shimano Stradic or Saros, size 3000. Mono is more forgiving than braid on a spinning reel because it won't form loops as readily if there is slack when the bail closes. Realistically anything over 10# mono won't work well on the size 2500 or 3000 reels unless you are throwing pretty heavy baits.

Might have some other recommendations after ICAST next week ;)

I have static and Soros in 3000 and 4000 size. 3000 is the best for an inshore to me. If your going to primarily fish reds then go with the 4000. I have also picked up a Penn and really do like it. In fact I think it might be one of my favorite reels right now. I spool all of my reels with 20# power pro.

What he said. Though I wouldn't go with a 4000 size reel unless you chase a lot of bull reds. We catch a lot of bulls on 3000's and only come close to getting spooled once in a while, but a 4000 would give a bit more margin for error. You are giving up some casting distance with a 4000 compared with a 3000 and there are times in the marsh when you really want the extra casting distance of a 3000.

Any shimano is hard to beat.

Pink OKUMA!!!
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I got h2o express from academy spooled with braid

I've got two sahara 2500 on 6'6" med/fast rods and they are great. They cast for a country mile and have generally held up well. I also bought a penn battle 4000 last year and love it but agree that a 4000 is a big reel for your everyday use.
I would buy penn battle over another sahara though. In my eyes they just seem to be holding up better.

I fish big lake and use baitcasting reels. I' ve got new gear for quest and my wife. she cant fish with bait caster. I bougth 5 penn battles from adam guillory affordable fishing for 80 bucks apiece I have been very please. I have a couple of shinamo spins that I use and they are great. the lower end stuff has plastic parts that break down after a while. penns are all metal and have a nice drag 2500 or 3000 for inshore adams # is 5044607345 they are very attractive black and gold. Adam is a good guy to do business with.

penn 260 slammer....very hard to beat

If yall fish w/ a lot of live bait , a bait runner reel in whatever brand you decide on makes it easier.