Pin porn

[Tigger]

I have played with many pins in the shops and on the banks and to be honest I find the Okuma reels very, very similar. I once picked up a reel that felt horrible. All cheap and nasty then found it was a Greys Bewick. I can imagine the disappointment I would have felt if I'd bought that unseen online.

 

I find that you prefer the Sheffield strange because the Trent is basically a Sheffield. Same size, weight, bearings, no line guard, etc. If you put the Trent on a light drag setting you would be hard pushed to differentiate between the two. The main difference comes when playing bigger fish where the smooth disk drag on the blue reel comes into its own. I can use the Trent for trotting as I would a Sheffield. Switch the drag on and it is the perfect ledgering pin:- a light drag equalling a bait runner then crank it up once a biggie is on the hook, ease it off a bit as it comes to the net. I reckon if they'd made it in camo' it woud have flown out of the shops at twice the price

 

 

 

I use a Greys bewick and really like it, it's as free running as any of my others and is also very lightweight. Other good points are it's great to cast with and you can wind back with a finger between the spokes.

 

I often retreive my tackle by putting my finger inbetween the spokes and winding the spool but the drag on the trent prevents that. When playing a fish I use my thumb as the drag and often wind back using my finger in between the spokes also. I actually dislike the colour aswell, just a personal thing I know, the drag is my main dislike.

I have a Gary Mills FJ Taylor and it's an outstanding reel and without doubt of superiour quality to the okumas and I have no doubt that the one in Chavs pic will be a corker. I'm not putting the okumas down as i'm really fond of them and they are most definatly excellent reels for their price.

Edited March 21, 2012 by Tigger

[Nicepix]

I use a Greys bewick and really like it, it's as free running as any of my others and is also very lightweight. Other good points are it's great to cast with and you can wind back with a finger between the spokes.

 

I often retreive my tackle by putting my finger inbetween the spokes and winding the spool but the drag on the trent prevents that. When playing a fish I use my thumb as the drag and often wind back using my finger in between the spokes also. I actually dislike the colour aswell, just a personal thing I know, the drag is my main dislike.

I have a Gary Mills FJ Taylor and it's an outstanding reel and without doubt of superiour quality to the okumas and I have no doubt that the one in Chavs pic will be a corker. I'm not putting the okumas down as i'm really fond of them and they are most definatly excellent reels for their price.

 

Ah, the old chestnut about the drag preventing you from using your finger in the spokes or chopping your finger off when you try to adjust the drag I take it that you have never seen a Trent let alone played with one? There is more rubbish written about this reel than almost any other piece of tackle and it keeps being regurgitated over and over again.

 

Just for info'; you can quite easily and safely wind in using your finger (or fingers) between two of the four spokes and you can still use your thumb to apply more pressure with the satisfaction of knowing that if your thumb slips the reel will not overrun. We have drags on fixed spool reels, fly reels and multiplier reels. Why not centrepins; especially when used for our harder fighting quarry?

 

 

Got to admit; it is blue, though the first the fish see of my reel is when they are laying alongside it for the photo.

[chavender]

i don't mind it being blue ,but i have fished with one for the day as i was thinking of getting one for barbel fishing .and it was a problem for me too twirl the reel because of the drag wheel getting in the way (poor design ,they should of fitted a knarled disc instead) i dont want to be looking at my reels to see if my finger is going to fit in the gap ,diverting my intrest from what i should be concentrating on .and i thought the extra weight as well wasn't worth it for me to own one ,i'd have to remove the drag wheel and replace it with something less intrusive .don't get me wrong i like okuma's (must do i've owned 1 aventa to sell one ,5 aventa pro's (2 for personal use ,2 to sell on and one too swap for another reel) ,i've owned 1½ sheffields (1+spare spool) a kennet which i lightened (i cut the useless line guard off) .not tried a Martin Bowler (mag shefield) but would entertain one ,not even going to try the raw (unless i'm forced too) as its very Fugly .no okuma lost the plot with the kennet and need to get there centrepins back too basic's or at least offer well thought out improvements/gimmic's .

[Rusty]

We have drags on fixed spool reels, fly reels and multiplier reels. Why not centrepins.......

 

We do, the knurled fitting on the spoke at 10 o'clock is the drag mechanism, a similar device is fitted to most Aerial type reels. I've never found a use for it when trotting, it can be adjusted to slow the reel as you set the float off but as more line gets taken off the reel and is pulled by the current the float speeds up. I just use my thumb.

 

[JV44]

I use my Trent for trolling lures from the boat it is most excellent ,been intending to use it for barbel but haven`t got round to that yet....it does look like a chavs alloy wheel of his sooped up Nova though i will confess

[Nicepix]

Steve,

I don't know how big your fingers are but I have absolutely no problem in winding my Trent this way. In fact I can get two fingers in if I had the need to. Look at the reel again, the drag does not go anywhere near the outside of the spool. There is even a handy recess that fits around your finger where the spokes curl at the end. To be honest though, most people use the handles that Mr. Okuma kindly fitted.

 

Rusty,

You are missing the point. On the Aerial reels the drag is applied boh ways. On the Trent it only works when line is going out just as it does on a fly reel or multiplier. You can apply full drag on the Trent and still bat the reel in. The disc drag is also far more powerful than any of my Aerial type reels.

[Rusty]

Rusty, You are missing the point. On the Aerial reels the drag is applied boh ways. On the Trent it only works when line is going out just as it does on a fly reel or multiplier. You can apply full drag on the Trent and still bat the reel in. The disc drag is also far more powerful than any of my Aerial type reels.

 

I must be, so on the trent you can trot a float with the drag taking effect and retrieve without the drag taking effect, is that correct? If so then my point about a mechanical drag being of little value is still valid, I still don't understand what purpose it serves on a centrepin.

[Nicepix]

I must be, so on the trent you can trot a float with the drag taking effect and retrieve without the drag taking effect, is that correct? If so then my point about a mechanical drag being of little value is still valid, I still don't understand what purpose it serves on a centrepin.

 

Depends what you use it for. Say you were margin fishing for carp or freelining luncheon meat for barbel. In the first instance you could have the reel drag set appropriately for when you strike into a carp. In the other option you can freeline the luncheon meat and when you have a fish on, operate the drag knob on the back and immediately you have a disc drag operating. Same with piking;- freeline for the cast and run, swtch the drag on when you strike.

 

I mainly use mine when ledgering for barbel. After casting using the freeline setting I set the drag light as I would a baitrunner, then once a fish is on I can increase the reel's drag or add drag using my thumb. It is also useful for big mullet as they can go a bit and thumb control is not always as smooth as the reel's drag is.

 

If you set the drag really light or turn it off the reel can be used exactly the same as an Aerial.

[Tigger]

Depends what you use it for. Say you were margin fishing for carp or freelining luncheon meat for barbel. In the first instance you could have the reel drag set appropriately for when you strike into a carp. In the other option you can freeline the luncheon meat and when you have a fish on, operate the drag knob on the back and immediately you have a disc drag operating. Same with piking;- freeline for the cast and run, swtch the drag on when you strike.

 

I mainly use mine when ledgering for barbel. After casting using the freeline setting I set the drag light as I would a baitrunner, then once a fish is on I can increase the reel's drag or add drag using my thumb. It is also useful for big mullet as they can go a bit and thumb control is not always as smooth as the reel's drag is.

 

If you set the drag really light or turn it off the reel can be used exactly the same as an Aerial.

 

 

 

I've used my pin's for ledgering on quite a few occasions and just strike with my thumb on the spool, no prob's at all, then I simply apply the ammount of pressure needed to stop or slow the fish down....simples . I've actually ledgerd in fast flowing rivers, shallow and deep and in still waters also. I've never needed to use a drag on a pin as the pin's I used had a stiff enough ratchet to hold in the flow.

 

By the way I have seen the trent in the flesh and it wasn't suitable for me to wind back using my finger inbetween the spokes.

[Tigger]

.not tried a Martin Bowler (mag shefield) but would entertain one

 

The bowler sheffield was recommended to me by a good friend off AN and I finnished up getting one . The only thing I don't like about them is the anodising which looks a bit thick and like it's been painted on due to it being a bit uneven (i'd like one just plain alloy without any coating). Probably me being over picky. They are super lightweight, great to cast with and well worth having one in your pinnery .