Okuma Aventa Sheffield - I'm going in

[Guest tigger]

I don't know what it is about centrepin reels, i bought a Richard Carter Aerial Gem thinking one quality pin would last me forever. But since then four Adcock Stantons have joined it and i still haven't used any of the darn things! I just keep getting them out of the drawer, spinning them round for a bit then put them back. Occasionally i do attach them to a rod, stand back and admire them and then back in the drawer they go wrapped up in tissue paper and in their individual boxes. This summer i do intend to use them.......at some point

Tigger.

[jerry weijers]

Where do you use the pin for ?

I use him for almost everything form carping with a float or short range [ 40 meter ] , trotting a crust downstream in search of big ide .

I findt a good pin so , yeah what i gift me something special about the fishing

 

 

 

gr jerry

[gozzer]

I don't know what it is about centrepin reels, i bought a Richard Carter Aerial Gem thinking one quality pin would last me forever.

Tigger.

 

Been using a "match arial" I bought in 1968. Still nearly as good as it was then,between that and an ABU 501 (nearly 20 years old!) they cover about 95% of my light to medium float fishing.No probs.

[Paul Boote]

Three Sheffields up for grabs in a Dangling Times competition this week. Pages 16 & 17. Martin Bowler, it appears, rather likes the reel too, but then......

Edited January 19, 2006 by Paul Boote

[Alan Stubbs]

Three Sheffields up for grabs in a Dangling Times competition this week. Pages 16 & 17. Martin Bowler, it appears, rather likes the reel too, but then......

 

gwan paul, say it!

 

He's sponsored by Okuma and a few others. Reading a Martin bowler article seems to me like one long plug for his sonsors.

[RUDD]

gwan paul, say it!

 

He's sponsored by Okuma and a few others. Reading a Martin bowler article seems to me like one long plug for his sonsors.

 

He is the new Mat Hayes of angling sponsership.

Ok a plug (rapalla) here and there but not in every other Paragraph please.

 

I have the Okuma Aventa and love it.

Also love that it cost me 65 quid before Okuma banned traders flogging them on Ebay.

Edited January 19, 2006 by RUDD

[argyll]

I'd be curious to know what the wholesale price is. The Aventa was selling anywhere from £65-£89. I suspect that they were all making a good profit, some more handsome than others. The Okuma EB Pros are selling from £59.99 (with £69.99 rrrp) down to £39.99. Bet theres a good profit margin on those too. I got my Aventas at £65 and £68 and as already noted they were a steal.

Edited January 19, 2006 by argyll

[Steve Walker]

I had a near miss today. I'm entertaining the thought of buying a new Avon Quiver and a centrepin. I nipped to a local tackle shop at lunchtime for a sniff around and very nearly bought an Aventa Pro and a Drennan 1.5lb TC rod.

 

In the end, my tight git instincts took priority over new kit lust, as both items were up for virtually RRP, but it was a close call.

Edited January 19, 2006 by Steve Walker