Thread: Putting it together......

What Rees said. Plus, these reels will hold a ton of line. I recommend spooling a good bit of the spool with some cheap line and then top it off with whatever you plan to use. Also, Stymie is correct on the line getting behind the spool. Just spool it too a pretty full point, zero the counter, pull 10' of line off and check and see what the counter says. If it shows more than 10', add some line, if it shows less, remove line.

One thing I haven't mastered on these okumas is freeing hang ups. Back when I used regular bait casters, I could release the spool and the slack in the line would let the bandit float up away from the snag about 90% of the time. If I try that with the okuma, I get a real nasty bird nest.

They seem more touchy with the drag and brakes than my regular bait casters were.

Been real tough for me to find that sweet spot that lets the line out smoothly when I start pulling and still throw the right amount of slack in the line for hang ups.

Good info guys, keep it coming. As for the yahoos on the lake. Martin is full of them this week. Be glad when they go home, they are dangerous

The boat traffic can be your friend if you can handle all of the flopping without blowing your top. It helps position the fish in certain areas.

I pretty much loosen the spool brake tension every time before I cast and then tighten after I cast. Helps with a few of the uh oh's.

Thanks to everyone for their valued input. Just received notice from Northwoods Wholesale that the Okumas are shipping out today. Might have to just use my spinning reel set-up to get some therapy before the Fourth. Traveling pretty heavy in the coming weeks.

Scott, any pointers for Logan, no GPS or anything but just types of areas to target. I can look at my lake maps to figure out.

Brown came by today, made a few drops

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that new reel smell.

Originally Posted by PW1

Scott, any pointers for Logan, no GPS or anything but just types of areas to target. I can look at my lake maps to figure out.

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