A good bait runner reel for about £30-35 ?okuma??

[wooody]

Hi,

I was going to buy a couple of shakespeare oracle freespool reels but looking at a recent post i did about shakespeare rods, i did not get much positive feedback on them.

So i have decided to look at the okuma reels.But i hav'nt a clue as to which model i will need(epix,interceptor,undertaker ,ETC).I want it to be a baitrunner.Any ideas as to which one i want and why ??

Will an okuma reel be good or do i need to look for another brand again ?

Thanks,

Si.

[Chris Goddard]

Woody, if you ARE interested I have several bait runner type reels. I have Mitchells and I also have the GT 5000 ones as well. I sell the 5000 at £25 and the Mitchells at £30 each. I would personally choose the 5000 over the Mitchell, not least because the Mitchell has only one spool. But also because it looks so much like the Red Wolf and is a lot dearer with only one spool!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW

This is a link for one which is for sale on Ebay!! But post is I fear a little expensive!! But then again I do not supply a reel case too! Unless you wanted to do a deal on say 3 rods and 3 reels and a pod???

[Stewart_Bloor]

I fish with Daiwa 4050's, I think you can get those for about the 30.00 mark these days.

[pinky]

should be able to get the amazoniums if you shop around.there A GOOD SMOOTH reel 2 handles and three spools.

[Pangolin]

My Okuma Interceptor baitrunner is a disaster! This reel, on the other hand, is a bargain and has caused me no trouble at all. It is a Zebco Topic, costing just under £30

 

[Gray-Catchpole]

i have two Interceptor baitrunners a 50 and a 30 the 30 is my fave, my son karl has a Dynadrag horible it is, if you can chuck up the extra few quide go for the epix, lovely they are, zebco as pang says have come on leaps and bounds, havnt tried that particular reel, but i can vouch for there rods the feeder rods they are doing now are great.

[Andy Macfarlane]

I use an Interceptor and it does everything I expect it to. I've never had any bother with it and it's landed plenty of good fish. My mate has one and he's of the same opinion. If it doesn't work, take it back.

[Barbus10]

The Interceptor certainly looks the part and has loads of bearings making it a very smooth reel. I know of two highly competent barbel anglers who think it's a brilliant, and very robust reel. I can only think that the earlier models had a few gremlins that have since been sorted.

Think I'll look at Okuma when my Shimano's wear out.

Dave

[ste the piker]

I have been using a pair of the shakespeare summit freespool reel's for the past two or three years,they are a first class reel, ive had no problem's with them,ive used them for carp as well as pike and they have served me well...

[m@]

For around £30 I'd recommend the Diawa Regal-X.

 

IMHO there are only bettered by Shimano's...

 

My reasoning is they have rear drag (which I prefer), are black (can't be doing with crome finished tackle), are very smooth and powerful, the drag controls are a decent size (meaning they are workable with cold fingers!) and they are almost indestructable!

 

[ 28. September 2004, 01:10 PM: Message edited by: m@ ]