"Mike" wrote in message
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The family gave me a Okuma CN 45L multiplier reel for my birthday 2 month
ago - The clutch seems to work fine, checking by setting for slipping
against a weight but I can only wind in a weight in the region of about
2lb
else it just locks the winding mechanism. - Its had about 7 hours use in
two
boat trips and despite following the advice of gentle washing in fresh
water
and a light spray of oil the star drag has started to peel badly. It looks
like the star drag is made of plastic with a coating of silver paper
though
the rest of the reel looks ok. - The manufacturers website in Taiwan is in
their language and the UK destributor (Svendsen-Sports) doesn't list a
telephone number though I did email them at lunchtime. - Anybody have any
advice? - Glad I didn't get any of the ling the chap next to me got
yesterday, up to about 14lb and a bag of roughly 120lb in 4 hours. I was
struggling with small cod and cuithes. - Mick

Its a good piece of advice when you are retrieving line against a fish do it
by pumping ,if you wind consistantly against a resistance of even a couple
of pounds you will stretch the line and cause it to bed in, resulting in
reduced casting distance if it doesn't actually cause the line to snag and
worse it can cause the spool to distort with the pressure generated. I had a
look at the specs for the reel it looks like a surf/bait casting reel
judging by the high gear ratio, the americans recommend it for surface bait
fishing for wahoo- trolling so its not ideal for the UK type boat fishing
..My old dad used a Scarborough centrepin for many years for conger and skate
as he said nothing to go wrong and he could move the big rays off the
bottom.
Derek
rediscovering the art of feeding crabs after 30 years


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