Okuma epix pro

[Anderoo]

Baitrunners packing up, chrome paint flaking off, bailarms not closing properly, spool release mechanisms broken... I wouldn't be very happy with any of that.

[Rob Ward]

Baitrunners packing up, chrome paint flaking off, bailarms not closing properly, spool release mechanisms broken... I wouldn't be very happy with any of that.

 

Bar the paint there's only one person had functional issues though!

 

The majority seem happy with the reels.

[Sportsman]

Yep

Seems like mine was a friday afternoon special.

I don't mollycoddle my tackle but I wouldn't say it has had a particularly hard life.

Looks like I just got a bad one.

[tincatinca]

Yes I have one. It is the best reel I have owned, by a distance.

I also have 5 other Spro reels and highly rate all of them

 

Thanks for that. I will be getting one in the near future.

[JV44]

Bar the paint there's only one person had functional issues though!

 

The majority seem happy with the reels.

Couldn`t have mistreated mine more if i tried and apart from the flaky chrome been 100% reliable ,Older model though not sure if the newer ones are as good?? Then again the newer shimmys are not supposed to be as good as the older ones...made to a price??

[Barry C]

One of the main reasons I had been looking out for an Epix Pro (EPB 40) was the masses of recomendations I had seen for Okuma's on this and other forums. Coupled with the fact that I have been using a couple of cheap and cheerfull opti drag models for some time now and have given them a real hard time. Neither of them have missed a beat after chucking and winding in huge feeders hundreds of times, hauling in loads of bream up to near 10lb and playing a couple of pike around the 13lb mark that took a fancy to my pellet.

Absolutely nothing has let me down and they are still going strong.

After using the EPB it is as smooth as I could wish for, the drag seems smooth as silk and the overall feel is of a bullet proof reel.

[Tigger]

Baitrunners packing up, chrome paint flaking off, bailarms not closing properly, spool release mechanisms broken... I wouldn't be very happy with any of that.

 

 

 

I think i'll stick with my shimano's

[Sportsman]

Thanks for that. I will be getting one in the near future.

 

let me know when you get it, I would be interested in another opinion.

[Rob Ward]

I think i'll stick with my shimano's

 

I wouldn't go back to Shimano's through choice at present!

[Tigger]

I wouldn't go back to Shimano's through choice at present!

 

 

I can't fault any of the shimano's i've had. Okay I never abuse my gear so they've not been thrown against rocks (well not intensionally), if I pay money for something I look after it or sell it if I don't like it. Even with years of normal use mine all work just the same as the day I got them and show no signs of corrosion, bits of chrome peeling etc....yeah, i'll stick with the shimanmo's .