Broke A Reel Stem

[sulla]

On sunday after my son and his friends rugby game as we close to a beach so decied to take them for a fish.

My son over the last few years is getting quite profficent at 10 years old and he has a wilson bream rod paired with a okuma avenger

for the cost the reel was great to use espicaly for bream however on sunday he hooked somthing either flat head or tailor as they were heaps of hardyheads around being chased.

Anway mid way through trying to land the fish the the stem on the reel broke. i had considered getting an okuma epix the high spin in size 60 or 80 for the beach

as dont like my good spinners near the sand and they not to expensive however after seeing what material is used in the stem definalty would not use it for decent tailor etc.

my daughter will still use hers for bream as shes younger and still plays in the sand rather fishes so new reel for easter for him looking at the sedona or symetre. i was thinking about post pics for anybody interested to see what the material they use in the stem still think its an ok reel for small kids catch bream but as for bigger fish defiantly not the epix stem appears to be made of the same material so im defianlty going to keep clear.

Edited March 30, 2010 by sulla

[mr magoo]

On sunday after my son and his friends rugby game as we close to a beach so decied to take them for a fish.

My son over the last few years is getting quite profficent at 10 years old and he has a wilson bream rod paired with a okuma avenger

for the cost the reel was great to use espicaly for bream however on sunday he hooked somthing either flat head or tailor as they were heaps of hardyheads around being chased.

Anway mid way through trying to land the fish the the stem on the reel broke. i had considered getting an okuma epix the high spin in size 60 or 80 for the beach

as dont like my good spinners near the sand and they not to expensive however after seeing what material is used in the stem definalty would not use it for decent tailor etc.

my daughter will still use hers for bream as shes younger and still plays in the sand rather fishes so new reel for easter for him looking at the sedona or symetre. i was thinking about post pics for anybody interested to see what the material they use in the stem still think its an ok reel for small kids catch bream but as for bigger fish defiantly not the epix stem appears to be made of the same material so im defianlty going to keep clear.

okuma have a very good warrenty program,even repairing stuff that is out of warrenty ,i would be suprissed if they didnt fix it,get your tackle store bloke to send it back

i took a particular model away gamefishing for a week(used it to catch bait)it was very rough and it got hamered with water,had some corosion issues,took it back to the tackle shop and asked him what did he reckon,didnt have a receipt

sent it away

no dramas replaced the housing ,no questions asked,from what was my fault

cheers arman

[arpie]

Hi Sulla

I repaired the stem on a broken reel once, by cutting about 4 pieces of stiff wire & placing them around the stem & then binding/winding them on with finer wire. I then mixed up a strong batch of araldyte & lathered it all over the original wire & the binding. Allow it to set for a week!

The reel is still in use today.

Cheers'

Roberta

[sulla]

thanks for the replies i will probalby put in a warrenty claim just came as a surprise.

Roberta thanks for the info defiantly come in handy if it happens to any of my decent reels didn't think it was possible to do what you did great idear mate will defianlty rember it

cheers