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![]() "Mike" wrote in message ... 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.754 / Virus Database: 504 - Release Date: 06/09/2004 |
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