Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Yes, you read it right, you were not wrong!!!

Well I am guessing that the 80 will be an absolute beast but will probebly weigh 105 ounces or more.
How nice would a MAK 70 have been weighing about 75 ounces to compete with the penn 70 VIS but without silly line capacity rings (I want the sides of my spool to be smooth to help protect my line from abrasion) and with makaira quality gearing and a thrust bearing.

Where I come from they say: <<don't set the table without knowing what you're going to eat>>
We are waiting to see the official technical data sheet with all the data.
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It looks like this special series will be released in May.

Team Hard life specialise in LBS fishing they have done hundreds of spooling videos loads of 50W and 80W along with every avet from sx to 130ex but I have never seen them do an 80 non wide Avet EX or old penn 80 narrow ( non wide) so what makes Okuma think a narrow 80 is going to offer any advantage over an 80W in land based Sharking where capacity is king and the rods are left in rod holders for hours.
Now a 75 ounce ( VIS is 74) Mak 70 about same width as a 50W but with enough capacity to allow 1000 yds of 130 hollow with over a hundred yards of 130 mono top shot (like a VIS) would be the ultimate stand up big marlin giant bluefin reel

The new Igfa rules for crank swordfish fishing will make this reel an excellent weapon. Especially in Australia and NZ where the crank technique has a good share of followers. For swordfishing in the United States of America I see it as tough, they are too concentrated with electric reels, California and the Gulf of Mexico aside.

Quote from: MexicanGulf on March 30, 2024, 08:52:31 PMThe new Igfa rules for crank swordfish fishing will make this reel an excellent weapon. Especially in Australia and NZ where the crank technique has a good share of followers. For swordfishing in the United States of America I see it as tough, they are too concentrated with electric reels, California and the Gulf of Mexico aside.

Yes can see that an 80 narrow would be good for that. they also do a bit of deep daytime dropping for swords off watamu kenya where I fish for Marlin. My comments regarding a 75 ounce Mak 70 (gunmetal but with gold MAK 50 gear ratios ) are totally biased because I want one.
Kindest Regards Gary

Quote from: gary760 on March 30, 2024, 09:27:05 PM

Quote from: MexicanGulf on March 30, 2024, 08:52:31 PMThe new Igfa rules for crank swordfish fishing will make this reel an excellent weapon. Especially in Australia and NZ where the crank technique has a good share of followers. For swordfishing in the United States of America I see it as tough, they are too concentrated with electric reels, California and the Gulf of Mexico aside.

Yes can see that an 80 narrow would be good for that. they also do a bit of deep daytime dropping for swords off watamu kenya where I fish for Marlin. My comments regarding a 75 ounce Mak 70 (gunmetal but with gold MAK 50 gear ratios ) are totally biased because I want one.
Kindest Regards Gary

Kenya is my dream. I love swordfishing, now it's been an obsession for several years. But only respecting the igfa rules, so I'm a crank purist

h I have some official information, this new model was intentionally designed for Landbased Shark Fishing. This also explains the hammerhead shark design on the side plate left.
Having said that, I personally think it is the ideal reel for swordfishing too. I hope Okuma usa reads my comment.

As said above, the 80 Narrow will probably get some attention from people targeting swords here in New Zealand. At the same time, the 50 Narrow has already proven to be adequate for most fish.

Quote from: MexicanGulf on March 30, 2024, 09:33:43 PM

Quote from: gary760 on March 30, 2024, 09:27:05 PM

Quote from: MexicanGulf on March 30, 2024, 08:52:31 PMThe new Igfa rules for crank swordfish fishing will make this reel an excellent weapon. Especially in Australia and NZ where the crank technique has a good share of followers. For swordfishing in the United States of America I see it as tough, they are too concentrated with electric reels, California and the Gulf of Mexico aside.

Yes can see that an 80 narrow would be good for that. they also do a bit of deep daytime dropping for swords off watamu kenya where I fish for Marlin. My comments regarding a 75 ounce Mak 70 (gunmetal but with gold MAK 50 gear ratios ) are totally biased because I want one.
Kindest Regards Gary

Kenya is my dream. I love swordfishing, now it's been an obsession for several years. But only respecting the igfa rules, so I'm a crank purist

They also catch lots of swords, often multiple fish in the night trolling with combination skirts/squid on the surface on outriggers and with one on a downright. I have only personally fished for them once for a couple hours while travelling through the night to fish the north kenya banks for yellofin tuna. I was woke from my sleep with a take on the downrigger and after a very short fight I caught a baby one.

Quote from: boon on March 31, 2024, 07:54:20 AMAs said above, the 80 Narrow will probably get some attention from people targeting swords here in New Zealand. At the same time, the 50 Narrow has already proven to be adequate for most fish.

Yes the Makaira 50 narrow is my go to Marlin/ Giant bluefin (UK)  reel I owned 4 since the SEa ( I like the gunmetal colour but wish they had the gold reels low speed gear ratio)was introduced about 14 years ago they have been really good look pretty much like new and have performed flawlessly however one did have slight corrosion deep on the spool when I stripped the braid after 8 years. I recently bought a couple of 50W SEa but wish they were 70s

Congratulations Gary!  Congratulations Gary!
I have always had Shimano when I fished from the shore, now it's been a few years since I only bought okuma, let me say that I have become a huge fan of this brand. My makaira 50 SEA narrow for me it is the most beautiful reel in the world! But here in the Mediterranean Sea, often when fishing with sword , 350 pound blufin tuna arrive... A larger reserve of braid would be useful to me.

Quote from: MexicanGulf on March 31, 2024, 08:45:59 AMCongratulations Gary!  Congratulations Gary!
I have always had Shimano when I fished from the shore, now it's been a few years since I only bought okuma, let me say that I have become a huge fan of this brand. My makaira 50 SEA narrow for me it is the most beautiful reel in the world! But here in the Mediterranean Sea, often when fishing with sword , 350 pound blufin tuna arrive... A larger reserve of braid would be useful to me.

I spool my MAK 50s with 600 yes 100lb seaguar threadlock or Jerry brown hollow with 100 yards of 130lb Jerry brown on top in both cases and then a top shot of 140 yards of 1mm 100lb clear mono ( sufix superior or momoi being my preferred choices) that gives me 850 yards plenty for bluefin if the boat can follow them. However with blue marlin 500 yards can be gone before the crew get the other 5 trolling rods in and then there is a lot of cranking with a now very small diamiter spool to recover the now huge bow in the line. Hence the two 50w for a bit more capacity , but a 70 the same proportions as a 70VIS would be the dogs bollocks
About 18 years ago I baught a pair of 80W tiagras and they were never spoiled or left the house until I sold them- An 80W is just too much metal for a travelling angler.
But a 75 oz MAK70 would be over 10 ounces lighter than a Tiagra 50W
( maybe John from okuma will take note )
 

I fish mainly in daytime swordfishing, the ideal for me is to have 1300 yards of 60 Pound hollow core (I also use seaguar, although it is not marketed in Europe)To it I connect a short leader of about 45 feet with 130 Pound varivas Tournament line. If the weight of the New MK 80 narrow remains contained at around 78 ounces okuma wins on all fronts