Trio: Okuma's "Crossover" Reel

Okuma showcased its innovative side when it developed the Trio range of spinning reels. Don't take this reel for your ordinary eggbeater. It was designed as a radical concept of combining aluminum & graphite to offer strength in construction and shedding unnecessary weight.

What's unique about this design is that Okuma places aluminum where strength integrity is needed. For example, the reel rotor consists of a 'hybrid' aluminum frame connecting to the side of the bail arm. This gives stability and strength under heavy pressure, ensuring perfect alignments and eliminating spool wobble.

Note the underside of the rotor which features the aluminum construction, giving it strength and stability.

One key feature of the Trio is in its spool construction, where multi-disk Japanese-oiled felt drag washers are housed in an aluminum drag chamber and enclosed in a cool, lightweight carbon-fibre design graphite spool on the outer side. The idea is, again, to shed extra unecessary weight from the spool yet maintaining strength and stability.

Carbon-fibre design on the spool encased in an anodized aluminum styling frame

Okuma also prides itself in its patented Elliptical Oscillation System, a design that uses an oval shaped gear working pretty much like a train's gears to provide exceptionally even line lay on the spool. This is also thrown into the Trio.

Probably the first thing when one picks up the reel is to notice a one-piece anodized aluminum reel stem that connects the reel foot to the body. Despite being eye-candy for design, it is also to keep the gears in alignment, according to Okuma.

The Trio also features Okuma's DFD (Dual Force Drag) system, a unique way of maximizing drag efficiency by applying pressure on both sides of the spool. This feature that was initially seen in high-end reels such as Shimano's Stella are now available on the Trio. Apart from the multi-disc felt drag in front of the spool, another drag washer sits below the spool to apply even and efficient braking. As such, squeezing up a crazy 8kg of max drag pressure on the little Trio-20 is now possible. (The Trio 55's max drag is up to 12kg!)

Trio's Features:

Multi-disc, Japanese-oiled felt drag washers
DFD: Dual Force Drag system
9BB + 1RB stainless steel bearings
Quick-set anti-reverse roller bearing
Precision machine cut brass pinion gear
CRC: Corrosion Resistant Coating process
HDGII: Corrosion resistant, High density gearing
Crossover aluminum and graphite hybrid body design
Crossover aluminum and graphite hybrid rotor design
EOS: Patented Elliptical Oscillation System
Hybrid spool design with graphite arbor and aluminum lip
ADC: Aluminum Drag Chamber precision spool system
Rigid, forged aluminum handle design
Hydro Block water tight drag seal
Heavy duty, solid aluminum, anodized bail wire
RESII: Computer balanced Rotor Equalizing System

Model	Bearings	Capacity	Gear Ratio	Line Retrieve	Max Drag	Weight
Trio-20	9BB + 1RB	190/4, 110/6, 90/8	5.0:1	22"	18-lbs	8.8 oz
Trio-30	9BB + 1RB	200/6, 160/8, 110/10	5.0:1	25"	18-lbs	10.3 oz
Trio-40	9BB + 1RB	270/8, 190/10, 170/12	5.0:1	28"	20-lbs	11.0 oz
Trio-55	9BB + 1RB	380/10, 340/12, 240/15	4.5:1	30"	24-lbs	15.3 oz