 |
05-23-2011, 09:07 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 225
|
|
Crappy reels!
Today I fished at pine coulee and i had 2 reels break on me! TWO!!!  One of them was a 5 year old shakespeare and the other one was a 6 year old okuma! both broke the same way for me and my 11 year old sister. As I would cast it would stop reeling and the "spinnging" part of it broke off. And I did check - all the screws remained in place. Looked at them when I came home and I saw brocken pieces of plastic inside  The good thing is that both reels I got as a gift and din't spend my money on it  but otherwise I was very disappointed. Thank god I had my shimano sahara and a small Sienna to back me up. And those reels wroked awesome! I will Never buy a Shakespeare or an Okuma reel!!!
__________________
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
|
05-23-2011, 09:12 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 150
|
|
Yes, that is exactly the problem, the fact that they were okuma and shakespeare.
|
05-23-2011, 09:18 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: cowtown
Posts: 6,653
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 780sjc
Yes, that is exactly the problem, the fact that they were okuma and shakespeare.
|
hahhahahahhahahahhahaha
|
05-23-2011, 09:33 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 225
|
|
Shakespeare I understand...but okuma... never expected them to be bad.
__________________
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
|
05-23-2011, 09:37 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Calgary
Posts: 757
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 780sjc
Yes, that is exactly the problem, the fact that they were okuma and shakespeare.
|
|
05-23-2011, 09:38 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: cowtown
Posts: 6,653
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mish@
Shakespeare I understand...but okuma... never expected them to be bad.
|
Come on Mish you work at WSS, you can find a piece of poop reel from near every manufacturer
|
05-23-2011, 09:54 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 4,018
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by chubbdarter
Come on Mish you work at WSS, you can find a piece of poop reel from near every manufacturer
|
It's always the reels those Asian companies make..........Hahaha
|
05-23-2011, 09:57 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: cowtown
Posts: 6,653
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by horsetrader
It's always the reels those Asian companies make..........Hahaha
|
tools of the poachers are made to disinergrate before court hearings
|
05-23-2011, 10:03 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Calgary
Posts: 757
|
|
The fact that two reels, of different age, from different manufacturers, both broke on the same day, in exactly the same way, to me, indicates they were abused (knowingly or not) in the same way that forced them to break.
Maybe something heavy fell on them in the trunk of the car, so they both broke the same way.
It does not, in my honest opinion, sound like a case of genuine wear and tear, or manufacturer defect.
Last edited by Photoplex; 05-23-2011 at 10:18 PM.
|
05-23-2011, 10:04 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 4,018
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by chubbdarter
tools of the poachers are made to disinergrate before court hearings
|
hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
|
05-23-2011, 10:18 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 225
|
|
Well the okuma reel was sitting at my grandfather's cabin for 2 years. Who knows what happened there....but the Shakespeare reel pretty much was in my posession the whole time. You might believe me or not but I take care of my stuff. Rod cases reel pouches whenever I transport them or store in my house. I just think the shakespeare reel was just a piece of crap 
__________________
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
|
05-24-2011, 01:49 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 1,769
|
|
There should be a couple of Pfleuger President reels sitting behind the shelf in the store, that you might want to try.
|
05-24-2011, 02:59 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 225
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kokanee9
There should be a couple of Pfleuger President reels sitting behind the shelf in the store, that you might want to try.
|
Yep that will be my next reel im buying for my trout rod
__________________
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
|
05-24-2011, 04:02 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 73
|
|
you sound angry , it makes sense, two reels in one day
but really, look at the reels they probably had it coming
you said they were five and six years old, depending on the amount of usage and maintenance i would say they were at the end of their life anyways, depending on the quality, but still, five years of hard use and fun times pays for the reel.
that's just my two cents
Last edited by fishstalker; 05-24-2011 at 04:11 PM.
|
05-24-2011, 05:18 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,593
|
|
very interesting i have an old shakespear outcast from back in the late 80's early 90s that i still use to this day and love it because its one of the only reels i have that is a 6:1.1 ratio and is incredibly fast at retreiving line compared to my other reels thats a 4:1.1 ratio. like yourself i keep up with the regular mantenance and such on the reel and i have had no problems with the shakespear. i last year i bought an okuma and have not used it once yet.i have not heard of okuma before so i am not too sure of the quality of their products. hopefully you will have better luck with the new reels you buy in the future.
|
05-24-2011, 06:33 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 770
|
|
i thought all okuma reels have lifetime warranty
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:03 PM.
|
Linear Mode
