Okuma Reels an Rods

[capt.kirk]

Anyone had any experience with Okuma Baitcasting reels?? I was in a new
bait an tackle shop yeasterday,they had Okuma SD 30 L Reel on a 7 ft
Okuma rods that look to be built well,the combo is $89.95 :confused0024:
Let me know what you think,Thanks Kirk

[Illinoisgiller]

I have friends that use Okuma also. They seem to like theem and I have heard no complaints.
I have completly switched my spinning reels to Shimano Symetre and Sedona. Both are super smooth and I haven't had a problem with them yet.
I agree with Mutt that Shimanos are the reel to compare others to
The new Acadia reels are equally as good, and may have a slightly faster anti backlash setup. When you stop reeling an Acadia reel there is absolutely not a bit of hesitation on hookset.
My Shimanos are better than I need for what I do. :confused0024:Mike

[Illinoisgiller]

Capt. I need to pay more attention to the subject matter. My experiance , and that of my friends has been with spinning reels only.
I still wouldn't be afraid of that combo based on Okuma's reputation.
The reel industry has become so competive that it taakes good products to stay in the running.

I've given up on Daiwa just because they come out with a huge selection of cheap reels, and I'm too lazy to do the research to find out which ones are worth getting.

One thing I have learned over the past years is to pay no attention to the number of bearings. 10 cheap fall apart bearings don't compare with 3 good ones. lol Mike

[capt.kirk]

Thanks for the quick replys,I did make the purchase of this combo while
i was there,will find out tonight first hand how they are.Spooling line and
setting tenison and drag was easy and it casted very well without a
bird nest YET. KIRK

[gofish]

capt.....ive got the cl450 classic i won here from the ky drawing.so far its performed just as good as my ambasseduer 7000s.only exception is the bait click tension,too much current an i have to back the drag way off,an leave the reel in gear.fish makes a run jus pick up the rod an tighten it back down fore settin the hook....used ta that though fer flathead cause my ol pfluegers were like that lol.got it spooled with 50lb mono an still cast a country mile.dont tell soupy but i think its a better reel than that big penn i got.

[capt.kirk]

Used it last night and for the money it is hard to beat,the only thing
i found was where they put the tension adjustment,kinda hard to get to
with big fingers,I hate to say it but other than the tension adjustment
it is bout as good as my 7000,the bait alert is outstanding it would wake
the dead,only caught 1 fish on it while fishing for Flats along comes a
real nice Largmouth and sucked up my blue gill,did hook 1 flat and was
workin him hard gettin him headed to the boat,till he decided he had
played the game long enough and the battle was on an out comes the hook.
I feel like it was a fair test of this product and would give it 7 of 10 points.
PS The flathead i hooked bout drove me over the edge,he mouthed that
bait a good 45 min got me to the point of singin to my self to keep from
gettin jerk silly.:confused0068: Kirk

[gofish]

i got that impatience problem too lol.jus aint right when ya can pick up that rod an feel em holdin it,an they aint got it yet.gonna go back ta my quick strike riggin fer em.id recommend the guide series rods to anybody.half the price of others on the market an outstandin rods all round

[Soupy_1us]

capt.....ive got the cl450 classic i won here from the ky drawing.so far its performed just as good as my ambasseduer 7000s.only exception is the bait click tension,too much current an i have to back the drag way off,an leave the reel in gear.fish makes a run jus pick up the rod an tighten it back down fore settin the hook....used ta that though fer flathead cause my ol pfluegers were like that lol.got it spooled with 50lb mono an still cast a country mile.dont tell soupy but i think its a better reel than that big penn i got.

I just read this...............:confused0068:Better than a Penn??????? I'll have to see it to believe it.:evilgrin0039:

[capt.kirk]

GoFish sounds like you stepped in some dodo on that one,I rated it a
7 out of 10 against my Penn,that means they got some improvements
to make,But for $89.95 for the combo,it is hard to beat. Kirk

[wewamohawk]

im going to test cl450 classic on flatheads next week to see if it will do 6the job it looks like it will i am puting 50# line see what it will do and how welli will do i think i can do ok ;;;maurice

[gofish]

itll do er fine mohawk.....got a 44lb 15 on the 350 classic i won here in a drawin this year