Hey all,
Hoping someone here can help. I bought an Okuma Ceymar 3000HA a few months ago and have only used it maybe 6ā8 times. Definitely less than 48 hours of total use.
Yesterday while bank fishing, I went for a cast but my finger slipped and accidentally pushed the bail down mid-cast, so the line didnāt go far. I reeled it back in, went for another cast, and suddenly heard something hit the rock below me. I looked down and thereās a small black screw on the ground. A few seconds later, another part of the reel literally fell off.
Now the reelās basically unusable. I tried a few different screwdrivers, but I canāt get the piece back on. The screw itself doesnāt even seem threaded, so Iām not sure how itās supposed to stay in.
Has anyone had this happen before? Is this fixable or should I be looking at getting a new reel? Would love to avoid buying a new one if I can help it. Any advice is appreciated!
Posted by Tidaal
2 Comments
Threads/threading might be stripped. Kind of a weird thing to happen with just snapping the bail closed. Is it fixable? Maybe. Take it to a sportsman’s warehouse or professional local to your area or something and let them take a look if they can repair it. If not, (prepare for hot take) you’re probably better served with a different reel anyway. So many youtubers talk up the okuma ceymar. But my personal experience is that it looks cheap, feels cheap, flimsy and has already developed dings and damage to it. Namely damage on the edge of the spool and line can get caught on it occasionally because of the soft metal.
I say go for the repair if it’s cheap enough to not just go for a new reel entirely and stay away from a ceymar.
That screw is toast. Get an extractor, pull the bad screw, replace and boom done!
If you dont want to do it, dm me. I’m bored and have time.