Found that another family member (a lot of us fish, but some more than
others) had purchased a Okuma reel but of a more expensive model and this
had a different fault from new - took the pair back today and got a refund
from a not very happy shopkeeper who doesn't seem to realize he has lost
more than two customers.
Going to look for Gerry's in Morecambe

Incidentaly - Orkney fishing competion the next 3 days - went out last
Sunday and a local lad was catching ling up to 14lb and plenty of them. - in
July we were catching plenty of haddocks when you managed to get down
through the mackerel about 1.5 mile out from St John's head but the trawlers
have been in and sorted them out. Still plenty of coalies and mackerel plus
ling etc - water was boiling in Hoy Sound this morning whilst going over.
Will post if anything special caught in competion. Some cheap boats
available up here but a long and expensive trip from south.

Mick


"Cliff Ravenscroft" wrote in message
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If you have the money & only want a reel for boats,go for the ABU 7000 or
7500 the latter has bearings rather than bushes & is great for uptiding,if
you go after the big ling a lot consider one of the Shimano lever drags.
The shop in Morecambe is Gerry's & is good,also has a web site just
search
Gerry's of Morecambe.
Shakespeare are a good firm for back up with equipment faults but theres
the problem ,they sell budget gear so you get budget quality.


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"Mike" wrote in message
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"Derek" wrote in message
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"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
SNIP
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

Phoned the importer (svendsen-sports) who do not offer any assistance
with
equipment under 12 month old and it must be taken up with the shop - I
know
that the shop has legal responsibilty but just wanted advice with the
problem - Decided to heed Gordon's advice and buy a better make - shop
says
he would have to send it back to svendson-sports for their views before
any
possibility of giving a refund as he doesn't want to be out of pocket -
definitley not going to buy the new reel from him - Daughter from south
who
fishes regular says Abu or Shakespeare, she says Shakespeare don't argue
if
there is a problem but just sort it out - Also says that a tackle shop
in
Morecambe are good that do mail order -
Mick