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In reply to Post #45
None. On my 3rd season with the first 3 now.
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In reply to Post #50
Okuma make good reels the £45 epix bait runner was better than my shimano thunnus at 5 times the price so sold the shimano. Thought maybe the inc 6000 would be similar.
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In reply to Post #51
what about some 2000 size longbeams
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In reply to Post #51
Wouldn’t touch a Sonik reel if you paid me.
What about some Shimano Baitrunner D? They come in 4000/6000/8000 sizes.
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I think I'm down to a short list of two, unless someone wants to flog me their whiskers for £200 😂😂😂.
So any feedback on the new Sonik xtractor+ 5000's or Penn Rival LC 6000's?
Ta
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In reply to Post #49
Don’t bother. I did that too thought if they were good i’d sell the whisker 25’s get a few quid back. However side by side there was a huge difference in quality so sold the Okuma on within a week
Daiwa Whiskas = £300 reel
Okum Inc 6000 = £ 50 reel
Who would of thought there might be a difference in quality? 
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In reply to Post #26
Don’t bother. I did that too thought if they were good i’d sell the whisker 25’s get a few quid back. However side by side there was a huge difference in quality so sold the Okuma on within a week.
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In reply to Post #46
Based on other posts on here, the back wind seems to sometimes engage when there is forward tension on the line (I'm guessing like when playing a fish) and people have fixed it with adding an extra spring.
Let me try find the thread
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In reply to Post #45
Soz being dumb - whats 'the backwind' ting? Does the gearing clam up / does it have a duff anti-reverse?
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In reply to Post #44
How many of them have done the back wind thing?
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In reply to Post #26
Depends what you’re used to I guess - had I been able to get on the £125 Castizm’s when AD had some then likely I’d never have tried the Okumas.
They don’t look as cool as the SS2600’s I already had, and I really really wanted to prefer the SS2600 and for it to be a better reel. But, it isn’t. Not at anything other than looks. The Okuma has better line lay, faster retrieve, is miles smoother and has a great quick drag out of the box. I admitted defeat and flogged the SS2600’s I’d paid £150 each for (with QD caps) and replaced them with 3 Okumas for £130 . Same with the Emblem 45’s, which were good reels but a bit on the big side and I had a spool lock solid while playing a big Barbel in a weir pool. Never really trusted them after that.
I doubt they’re the very best at anything, but they just do everything well. A spare spool would be nice, but that’s why I ended up buying 6 reels as at the time a spool was around £28 and a whole reel under £50.
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In reply to Post #42
Yeah I think you're probably right.
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In reply to Post #41
Def trying to disguise it . . . oops  
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In reply to Post #39
I have a few NGT items also TBH.
Funnily enough I have a chod & long rig box that I scrubbed the NGT logo off for fear of embarrassment.
What's sadder? - Owning some NGT tackle OR buying some & then trying to disguise it!??
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