{"id":2570,"date":"2021-11-09T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildhydro.com\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:24:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T09:24:03","slug":"where-are-okuma-reels-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildhydro.com\/where-are-okuma-reels-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Are Okuma Reels Made? We Investigate."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you hear the word Okuma (pronounced uh-koo-mah) it sounds like a very Asian sounding word doesn’t it, perhaps a bit Japanese?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well that’s because it is a Japanese word!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Okuma is taken from the Japanese language that doesn’t mean that Okuma Reels are made in Japan. I was interested to know the origins of the Okuma brand <\/a>and launched my own mini-investigation to to find out exactly where are Okuma Reels Made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okuma is a Taiwanese Fishing brand who designs and builds their own fishing reels in Taiwan (with some component parts outsourced to China of course!) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in learning a bit more about Okuma Reels and where they are made, I’ve gathered all the information I could find online in this article to make it easy to digest for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s get cracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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