b'TestedTica Oxean 5The Oxean 5 is a lightweight,frame. With dual carbon compact lever-drag reel with 10kg of drag. drag plates that sit either side of the spool to ensure smoothness and dissipate heat more effectively.Holding the reel and it just feels a solid, compact reel in hand and I wanted to pair it to a suitable 10kg rod, I decided on the Kiwell XP 10-15kg rod which is a 1-piece 1.9m (63) rod.The Oxean 5 has 6 x RRB rust resistant bearings, providing a smooth drag.With heavy duty multi point anti-reverse system, rigid stainless steel drive gearing, micro click pre-set drag, a forged, anodized corrosion resistant spool, dual drag system with carbon drag washers providing up to 10kg of drag.This little reel packs a punch for its small size!The handy extra loud clicker or line out alarm is good for when you leave in the rod holder and get a good strike.A soft touch handle provides a good grip for wet, sticky bait hands from constant rebaiting.I spooled BY MATHEW HEWETSON TICA OXEAN 5 LEVER-DRAGI must confess, I havent fished a lot withspin reels for surfcasting and they have been good in the overhead lever-drag reels or mono in thechallenging surf conditions, past few years, as a keen lure angler I tend toso I figured one of their boat reels would be more than up fish with spin reels and braid a lot or jig withto it.overhead star drag combos.I only own twoI had seen the larger Oxean reels for game fishing, trolling lever drag reels in my personal fishing arsenal,or live baiting for kingfish and both are for live baiting or jigging. they looked well-built and T his is partly dueusing ledger rigs and I neededstrong.When I picked up the smallest baby brother Oxean to the lack of baita better overhead reel in my5, it too had the same robust fishing I employline-up instead of borrowingconstruction and toughness when on boatsone of their sets. about it. these days, butI was on the lookout for aThe Tica Oxean series recently I havesmall, lever drag reel and rodlight game reel features fished a few times with matesand Kilwell came to the party. a one-piece, corrosion on their boats, straylining orI have used many of their Ticaresistant lightweight graphite 76FISHING IN GODZONE MAY/JUN 2021'