Hello Dan, a difficult question this but as Alan Roe has just noted - the answer should be easy in terms of loads of choice - which there ain't! And there is also something of the "one man's meat..." syndrome associated with this as well. However, the Browning (Youngs) "Rotator" might be worth a look. I have an original Rapidex (which I won years ago trotting on the Kennet in a knock out competition)which has served me well for years fishing close in and legering. However, see passim above - it has a fairly high inertia and so isn't really suitable for trotting. From what Alan Roe has said, I would advise cobbling together another ?30/?40 (if poss) and going for a Browning "Revolver" (Youngs) from the discount Fishing Warehouse - you will need to 'phone around for a best price. You can buy it from Bennets "on tick" but you will pay full whack. Another alternative is a redesigned "Swallow" from Ringwood reels. This is not the original "Swallow" which had a spoked drum which the line wrapped round and is lighter than the new "Swallow" with a solid drum (as is the Relum which is a Chinese copy). The Ringwood reels version costs about ?150 and the Relum version goes for about ?100. Both very good reels, but I dounbt(I fancy) as free running as Dave Swallow's original. As I have said above, no matter what reel you buy, if you use it for freelining or trotting, it will pay you ten times over if you go for the free-est running reel you can - see comments on Lincoln above but be WARY of it if you are a real beginner with centrepins. It gets me in a state at times!