Our results out on the water are usually more forgiving than what we chart in the lab and that was certainly the case with the Orra Winch.3 Generations, 2 Brake Systems, 1 Solid Reel : Abu Garcia's Revo STX Out on the water, I was once again thwarted at my attempts to hook anything worthy of pulling significant drag on this reel, but what I did manage to hook helped show me that the Orra's drag at low to mid-range settings was acceptably smooth and consistent. The important characteristic to note is how smooth and consistent the drag performs, and as the lower curves show, the Orra Winch's drag performance is relatively smooth and consistent.įig 1: The Sweet Drag Performance chart above shows the consistency in drag performance of our Abu Garcia Orra Winch. As the chart below demonstrates, behavior at this lock down drag was quite erratic but that behavior can be attributed to any number of things including line dig. ĭrag: The Orra Winch is specified with a max drag of fifteen (15) pounds but we tested its Power Disk Drag System to a better than expected peak of nineteen pounds (19lbs) on The Machine. Quality Ratings for Abu Garcia Orra WinchĪ look at the Orra Winch's brass main gear and single disc drag system. Honestly, out of the box, the Orra Winch looks and feels like a reel fifty to one hundred percent (50% - 100%) more in retail price.
The reel's 95 millimeter handle has the ever so slightest backplay in it and the knobs also have just the tiniest of wiggle room when push and pulled into and away from the body of the reel. Same profile as the REVO, just value spec'd for affordability. The two work together very well and flow together almost seamlessly with the chromed front plate. It features a very attractive bluish charcoal grey paint on the sideplates and a medium grey paint on the frame. Quality/Construction: The Orra Winch, like the previously reviewed Orra SX, is a lower cost counterpart to the same reel in the REVO lineup. Introducing the value priced, Orra Winch. Abu recognizes this obstacle and has chosen to address it head on with their new, $99 Orra Winch - another counterpart to an established Revo classic. But this reel retails for $199.99 - a price while not out of the realm of affordability is still beyond the budget of many crankbait enthusiasts. My personal go-to, low profile cranking reel over the last few years has been Abu Garcia's Revo Winch. Once coveted for moving bait applications as a way to keep your bait in the strike zone for a longer period of time, they've simply fallen behind as manufacturers push towards reels with 8 and even 9 spool revolutions per turn of the handle. Introduction: Low speed reels (with retrieve ratios below 6.0:1) are becoming harder to find with each passing season. Cranking It Up with Abu Garcia's Orra Winch
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