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    Re: Okuma MagnEtix vrs Abu vrs Penn Archived Message

    Posted by Team breakaway on 23/8/2007, 5:16 pm, in reply to "Okuma MagnEtix vrs Abu vrs Penn"

    Have not seen any of the mag elites available here for sometime, chrome rockets are.
    Any of the elites are excellent due to the magnets which slow the reel down (almost too much) great for clean beaches perhaps the Penn 525 is better for all round use.
    Both need to have the spools balanced by correctly loading the line, not in cotton reel style and lots of sites show this but does require experimentation to get it right with the spool running quietly.
    The okuma I have not seen but Mark R has cast with a sample. Looks a different reel to the ABU more like a Daiwa Slosh 20 another good mixed ground reel but controlled by blocks only.


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