1 hour ago, bulldog1935 said:

Okuma Fishing

No. 11, Sec 3, Chungshan Rd.,

Tanzi, Taichung 42756,

Taiwan

@Dash Riprock

Pure Fishing Japan distributes and sells Abu in Japan. 

You'll see them listed on Asian Portal under the heading Purefishing Japan

https://fishing.asian-portal.shop/category/select/cid/352/bid/87

 

A great Doyo-built reel sold in Japan and the rest of the world, but not in the US,

is ZPI Alcance.  The ZPI spool is magnesium, titanium spindle, with ZPI tuned magnets and brake cam. 

 

How does the ZPI Alcance handle actually? I heard mixed reviews, and TBH, it doesn't look so appealing from the outside. 

1 minute ago, newapti5 said:

 

How does the ZPI Alcance handle actually? I heard mixed reviews, and TBH, it doesn't look so appealing from the outside. 

Yeah I thought this one was the same reel as a bass pro reel but it had a magnetic brake, zpi spool and was $300. 

26 minutes ago, Tatulatard said:

Yeah I thought this one was the same reel as a bass pro reel but it had a magnetic brake, zpi spool and was $300. 

 

Yeah, IMO even for ZPI, it's a bit hard to justify the high price with a seemingly generic mag brake. 

2 hours ago, newapti5 said:

How does the ZPI Alcance handle actually? I heard mixed reviews, and TBH, it doesn't look so appealing from the outside. 

They make a short-range pitching model - this one ain't. 

The spool is so fast, it's not for the faint of heart or bad habits. 

Distance is effortless, and effortless is accurate. 

The mag brake cam has a long narrow ramp before it jumps up.

My niche for it is MM to MH, drift-fishing a kayak, 1/4 oz fall bread-and-butter lure to big winter-morning 1 oz topwaters, 5-6", also big 5" Corkys 7/8 oz

As long as you keep jerk out of your cast, no surprises - no need to bomb it, it will bomb itself.

It's the one wide-weight-range reel that leaves Super Duty in the dust for distance and effort. 

The stock spool is just right for medium braid (20-40-lb 832) or mono, the shallow spool for finer X-braid.  To me, it's the reel with the spools Super Duty needs. 

FishingShop.kiwi has a 7-geared LH in stock for $210.

45 minutes ago, bulldog1935 said:

They make a short-range pitching model - this one ain't. 

The spool is so fast, it's not for the faint of heart or bad habits. 

Distance is effortless, and effortless is accurate. 

The mag brake cam has a long narrow ramp before it jumps up.

My niche for it is MM to MH, drift-fishing a kayak, 1/4 oz fall bread-and-butter lure to big winter-morning 1 oz topwaters, 5-6", also big 5" Corkys 7/8 oz

As long as you keep jerk out of your cast, no surprises - no need to bomb it, it will bomb itself.

It's the one wide-weight-range reel that leaves Super Duty in the dust for distance and effort. 

The stock spool is just right for medium braid (20-40-lb 832), the shallow spool for finer X-braid. 

Guess it wasn't really a question. 

 

Hmm, I guess there's more to its performance than meets the eye. With the current exchange rate, I am a little tempted to try one out now.