Cheap fishing gear.
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: The Briny Bar
Forum Description: The place for general chat on saltwater fishing!
URL: https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=50405
Printed Date: 09 Jun 2026 at 11:06pm
Topic: Cheap fishing gear.
Posted By: manoftheland
Subject: Cheap fishing gear.
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2010 at 12:54pm
| Hi guys. I have noticed there is a company on trademe based in australia selling cheap game reels i wouldnt normally be interested but they r so cheap i thought of buying one just for a test out. But i thought i would check first if anyone else has tryed them. They are called omoto. |
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Posted By: junk4us1
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2010 at 1:32pm
| funny ive seen them as well , and been thinking the same thing they sound gd if they got same internals as shimano and penn |
Posted By: blackboat
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2010 at 1:39pm
| i got a reel of them while back looked all flash in pic etc ,,,,,biggest piece of junk i ever bought scared to use it so never well ,very low budget general rubbish lucky though it cost me $50 or so ,my opinion stay away they not what they appear to be |
Posted By: Big_red_hunter
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2010 at 1:50pm
| Ditto. Save your money. Got suckered by the "Designed in Japan" , "Designed in USA" . May have been designed there but sure as hell weren't made there. More like made in china outta melted down plastic cereal animals. |
Posted By: davethefisho
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2010 at 2:40pm
| been suckered by them as well, wouldnt touch anything that the seller " /Members/Listings.aspx?member=2268971 - premium-fishing " sells. |
Posted By: smizz
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2010 at 3:41pm
| looks like i wasn't the only 1 to waste my money.. bought 1 of there reels i used it for about 30min and now it looks like a nice paper weight.. i think it would be best just to save a bit of extra money and get something you know you can trust.. thats my plan now |
Posted By: davethefisho
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2010 at 3:43pm
| just to elaborate, when I got the reel all looked good, spooled it up and had a cast on the front lawn as ya do, then the whole drag system just gave up. hadnt even got it wet. now its good kids toy |
Posted By: manoftheland
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2010 at 3:44pm
Haha cheers guys. I sure as hell wasnt going to use it on marlin like it says in the add! Was going to test it on a bronze whaler. Anyways i will stick to the tiagra.
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