i am about to buy the okuma magnitude. reasons why i should or shouldn't???
2007-11-12 10:09:44 · 7 answers · asked by pimper88 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
My friend at the walmart sport desk turned me on to the Okuma Reels, and I've been very impressed with their perfomance and value, but have not tried the fly reel yet. Hope its as good as their spinners.
2007-11-13 03:20:14 · answer #1 · answered by sweetwaterfish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an Okuma Magnitude MD 4/5 that I am going to use to learn fly fishing with. I bought the reel on the recommendation of a fishing guide that I did some rod repairs for last year. He uses them in his business, and swears by them. He guides in Argentina where tackle stores and repair shops are far and few between. I have always been partial to Daiwa, but the Okuma reels have made amazing improvements in quality. For the price, worth a try.
2007-11-12 12:26:49 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reason you should: lightweight. These are the lightest flyreels you can buy (3.7oz for the MD 4/5) with a good disc drag unless you want to fork out $275+ for a Ross Evolution,
Sage 3000 or a Lamson/Waterworks ULA. They balance really well with a lightweight graphite rod (I have a custom made Dan Craft 9'5wt that mine is attached to). I also have a Lamson /Waterworks ULA, and truthfully I can't see $200 in
difference between the reels.
Reason you shouldn't: If you're purchasing this to fish for trout/panfish/light-duty bass I cannot think of a reason why you shouldn't. The only feature this reel lacks is a large arbor.
In all my years (35+) of fly fishing I've never needed a large arbor reel for general purpose fly-fishing.
Nowadays, a large arbor reel is really beneficial when persuing steelhead, stripers, and other large gamefish.
So, unless you're going after the real big boys, I highly reccomend this reel.
2007-11-13 23:45:40 · answer #3 · answered by pheasant.tail 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a fan of okuma at all, for the price they aren't bad but you can get better the drag isn't brilliant and the construction is poor i tried the arbor version and compared to other cheap reels of that price eg airflo c8 they aren't good i do like however the sage 1800 series i have had one for a few Weeks and they are brilliant as well as waterproof and light.
If i was on that budget i would go for the scierra IC3 fly reel as you get lots of spare spools.Or the Cortland:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/standard-pod.jsp?id=0036428&navCount=8&parentId=cat20485&masterpathid=&navAction=push&cmCat=MainCatcat20431-cat20485&parentType=index&indexId=cat20485&rid=
One thing i will say they are light in weight compaired to the other reels available.
2007-11-13 05:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are hard to beat for price.
I have a couple of okuma spinning reels (epixor) and they are great.
The older okuma flyreels I have are not so goo. They had shoddy construction.
This reel looks to be constructed better than the ones I had.
read the costumer reviews of that reel here.
http://www.cabelas.com/link-12/product/0013543316322a.shtml
2007-11-12 10:58:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never seen one lock. I don't think there is a way. I assume by lock you mean have the spool not turn. You can crank the drag all the way down but it's not necessary. Just get a reel case. Have your rod in a tube and your reel in a case and you are keeping them from getting banged up while waiting to use them again.
2016-04-03 21:30:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not a big fan of them i think the best are abu garcia
2007-11-14 12:27:28 · answer #7 · answered by trout master 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋