As serious at catching fish as you are

Getting ready for the big ones? Then check out the Okuma
Makaira Gold 50 2-Speed Open Top Tournament Concept Game
Combo and get your game on. The combo comes with the
2-speed Makaira Gold 50 reel that’s built to give you the best
performance. The matching Tournament Concept rod is designed to
provide power, durability and sensitivity to meet the reel’s
demands.

The Reel
Big game fisheries for Billfish, large Tuna and Sharks will expose
weakness in any one of these component systems with disastrous
results. Embracing and addressing these four cornerstones, Okuma’s
multi-national design team, in cooperation with Tiburon
Engineering, set out to reinvent the offshore reel. The
Okuma Makaira 50 2-Speed Open Top Reel is the
result. Advanced, unique and with numerous patents to its’ credit,
Makaira provides uncompromising excellence within every aspect of
its’ design, construction and performance. With sizes to meet the
demands of big game fishing worldwide, the Okuma Makaira series
sets a standard that will advance the ability and redefine the
expectations of tournament crews, long-range anglers and private
boaters.

Machined Rigid Frame
Okuma’s Machined Rigid Frame construction incorporates a one-piece
fully-machined aluminium frame. These rigid bar-stock aluminium
frames are the ultimate in precision alignment and tolerances
withstanding more pressure and torque than any other material used
in the industry for frame materials. Okuma features these anodised
frames on fly reels, baitcast reels, lever drag reels and star drag
trolling reels.

T-Bar Handle
The patented design of the T-Bar handle offers a true ergonomically
correct angle to ensure you get maximum power with minimum fatigue.
The T-bar takes full advantage of the natural dynamics of the human
hand, wrist and forearm to help sustain power and endurance for the
angler.

2-Speed Gearing
Okuma’s 2-speed technology incorporates two sets of stainless steel
main and pinion gears, allowing you the option of a high-speed gear
ratio or a powerful low-speed gear ratio for maximum power and
torque. To shift gears it’s as easy as pushing a button or popping
a lever with Okuma’s unique shifting design to obtain the
appropriate gear ratio you desire.

Lever Dual Force Drag
For extremely smooth and strong drag outputs, Okuma’s Makaira lever
drags are designed with a patented Dual Force Drag system. This
drag system is specifically engineered to be mounted in the right
side of the spool, designed around a Pull Bar Drag System which
keeps all mechanical workings in precise alignment and places no
pressure on the frame. This system works in conjunction with a
custom designed thrust bearing, which alleviates side load at heavy
drag settings.

Helical Cut Gearing
Makaira lever drag reels utilise helical cut main and pinion gears.
This process allows for improved gear meshing which equates to
improved gear smoothness. The angled teeth found in helical cut
gears engage more gradually than straight cut or spur gear teeth.
This allows helical gears to run smoother and quieter compared to
spur gears. Spur gears cause impact stress and noise, because of
the hard meshing and can not take as much torque as helical gears
because their teeth are receiving impact blows as they mesh
together.

The Rod
The Okuma Tournament Concept Rod is built using
Okuma’s patented Unidirectional Fibre Reinforcement technology.
Exclusively designed for Kiwi anglers by the team at Composite
Developments – each one built strong enough to fight tough fish and
last you many seasons!

It’s manufactured using a patented process with an outer layer of
longitudinal fibres around the rod blank to significantly increase
strength and power in the tip section. This offers lifting power
and strength up to four times conventional graphite rods. The
Okuma Tournament Concept Rod is durable, powerful
and can be fished by all anglers with confidence.

Okuma Makaira 50 2-Speed Open Top Reel
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