Zebco Omega Pro Spincast Fishing Reel, 7 Bearings (6 + Clutch), Instant Anti-Reverse with a Smooth Triple-Cam, Dial-Adjustable Disk Drag, Powerful All-Metal Gears, Spare Spool

Update March /2017: After watching what was happening on our fishing trips, my wife decided to again try using an open-faced spinning reel. She quickly grew to appreciate the ease of casting, smoothness, and drag reliability of the open-face. With these incentives she's pretty well mastered her Shimano. With no further use for the Z02PRO rig I gave it to our next-door neighbor. He loves it. Momma's happy, neighbor's happy..........everybody's happy!We jig fish for trout with ultralight rigs. My wife just couldn't get the hang of using an open-faced spinning reel. I bought a cheapie spincast combo for her to try out and she liked it. After researching everything available I settled on this reel for her. As I unpacked it I was impressed with the packaging, the instructions, extra handle and spool. The smoothness of the reel was OK but not as good as it should be. Very often new reels are not properly lubricated so i immediately took it apart to make sure. There is a paragraph on the instruction sheet titled "RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE". It shows a picture of the disassembled reel along with points for oil and grease. Problem is they don't tell you how to get the back cover off so you can do it. You have to unscrew the front cover and spinnerhead, then remove the spool. This will reveal the 2 screws holding the back cover in place. Once the back cover is off you're ready to lube the reel. My reel had the typical blobs of grease here and there but there were parts of the gears that were dry. I spread the existing grease around making sure all gears were coated. I then oiled all bearings and shafts I could get to with Quantum Hot Sauce reel oil. Its expensive but its AMAZING stuff. After reassembly the reel was so much smoother running, a huge improvement. The next step was to remove the horrendous line that comes on the reel. It looks like coiled copper wire.......and feels like it too. I replaced it with Trilene XL monofilament (4 lb test for our type of fishing). The next chore was to find a proper casting rod to mount it on. There's thousands of casting rods available but virtually none made for light spincasting. I ended up getting a 6ft BassPro MicroLite. This makes a good combination with the ZO2PRO. My wife loves her new rig and can get excellent distance with a 1/16oz jig. She's gone from catching virtually nothing to really doing well. On our last 3 trips to the lake she's caught a total of 28 trout including a 21in (approx 4 lb) brown trout. She really loves this reel. For her I'm giving it 5 stars. Me? Not so much. While I think this is the best spincast reel on the market, that's still not saying much because they're all pretty poor. The ZO2PRO is an improvement but still has a lot of cheapness about it. The fit of components is pretty sloppy. The drag wheel is poorly located and drag action isn't very reliable. If your drag setting is important then you'd better check it often. The "Level-Wind Oscillating Spool System" isn't level winding. The spool moves fore and aft a measly 1/8in and the line forms a mound in the center of the spool. However, I do have to say the reel casts very well and the wife has had zero problems with line handling inside the reel. The quick change spool is a great feature and the spare spool is a nice touch. The spare spool is either carbon fiber or plastic and doesn't fit the shaft nearly as well as the metal spool installed on the reel. The extra handle is nice but the handle thing is really weird. The double handles curve outward from the reel and feel pretty good. The single handle, for some reason, curves inward and interferes with the thumb on my rod hand. The wife's hands are smaller and she doesn't have that problem. After all this, what's the bottom line? If you absolutely MUST have a spincast reel then this is the one to get. Before you take it fishing, lubricate it well and put a good quality line on it. I think you'll be pretty happy with it..

PLEASE read "reel quick" (ha,ha) before ordering... PRO's: very high quality reel and smooth as butter, durable frame and foot/seat, interchangeable spool!! (awesome feature). HOWEVER,... Con's: 1.**the spool that comes mounted can be on so tight that it is almost impossible to get off to change out **, and this happened to me and I called and was told to either send it in or re-order (why didn't they know about or fix the problem for the price of this reel?). 2. the twin handle that comes with it has one handle that does not turn as freely as the other (very noticeable) so much so that it makes it very awkward and hardly smooth (again.. why?). Overall, I really love the reel, but have no idea why it should have the problems mentioned above as the price of the reel is quite high for this type of reel. IF you get one that doesn't have the issues, you quite likely have acquired on of the most perfect "push button" reels ever made!

This is a quality product by Zebco. Admit-tingly I am tough on reels. This one can take a good beating. It has a great cast and awesome retrieval system. I’ve caught, six pound bass with this reel and retrieving them hasn’t been any trouble. I am not a professional by any means but I do fish daily and I have pulled at least 30 bass with this reel with most of them over 3 lbs. the reel did amazingly well. The retrieval mechanism engages immediately making that initial grab easy to feel. I am extremely satisfied and would recommend this as an alternative to a bait cast reel which tend to be expensive and give you those dreaded birds nests. Personally I would rather be fishing than fixing the reel. Impressive rig that won’t leave you wishing you had gotten a different one. The only down side to the reel is line capacity. If you use braided line, heavy at least, it doesn’t hold a lot.

As an elderly couple my wife has difficulty reeling in feisty fish. This reel "really" (no pun) is very nice. In our younger years always fished with brand X, Y, or Z. Left the Zebco 202s and 33s for the grandkids. "I know" ya can't beat um for the price, ok. BUT, this reel is absolutely SILK SMOOTH. Quite impressed Zebco! Price is higher than most Zebs but, well, I'm gonna buy ME one now!

I guess this review is more about me than the reel to determine what I mean when I say WOW....I like this reel......I took it for a try as soon as it was delivered today and found it ready to go and a very nice reel. I'm loving it, and it, will not only make my fishing time more enjoyable, but more often.....I'm closing in on 70 real quick so you know not too much impresses me anymore.....but admittedly I'm an occasional fisherman, and have always bought my gear off the rack and they usually were the Zebco products, which weren't the lowest end, but certainly not high priced.....This thing makes casting easy, and the more I fish, the better it got....I could poke that bait and hook just about where I wanted itspl and cast a good distance flawlessly with only a tiny split shot on.....It works great and it looks and feels right.....

I have used Zebco reels for at least 4 decades, and have been satisfied with the product delivered at a solid value. When I started fishing again during the Covid-19 epidemic, I sought a step up in equipment. I wanted a spincast reel, but with upgraded performance capabilities. THIS IS IT! The Omega Z02 is smooth as silk and fast as lightning. There's a second spool included if I decide to go with a setup using something heavier. There's a speed retrieve handle if I decide faster rather than powerful. Moving from a 33 to the Z02 is like moving from Timex to Tag Heuer. The Timex will never let you down, but the Tag will give you real confidence in the technology at play.

This reel is unbelievable, by far the highest quality reel I've ever owned. It cast amazingly far with the standard 6lb cajun line and the 5ft ultra light rod I'm using. I will be purchasing the z03 in the near future to go on my heavier rod as well

great quality, great price. arrived on time, etc... real smooth with all the bearing. should last a life time.

What a beautiful, functional and quality piece of engineering. Love it.

Used once and already extremely disappointed. Line twists on every cast and reeling is not smooth at all. I’m very sorry I bought this. Very bad purchase.

faite attention car ce moulinet est plus petit qu'une tasse a café!