As the saying goes "if it ain’t broke don’t fix it", even as a multiplier user myself i don’t really see the advantage now days, longer European rods and better fixed spools will give you the distance without the bird's nests, cold wet thumbs in the winter are a liability even with a "thumbie" and a lot of fishing time can be wasted sorting out a tangle as you know, also fixed spools are easier to clean and look after. You will find a lot of the old multiplier users that have changed over will say it’s the best thing they have done and others will disagree.All i say is give a borrowed one a try first and see how you go...Alan
Multiplier or Fixed Spool
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Smaller 100/200 size Abu's and shimmy's for all my freshwater lure fishing (Heavier than 5grms)
Daiwa 7's and a shimmy Speedmaster for anything from the (Sea) shore or the odd foray against wels.
I'm land locked (Switzerland) so don't get much opportunity to sea fish unfortunately
I grew up using multi's, learnt to cast with a mitchel 600 series with delrin side plates.
I do have a few FS/baitrunner reels that I use on rivers for Barbel and co but much prefer the feel of a multi.
Too old to change probably.
Funny, I had a couple of mitchel 600 but had red and silver multi's before those modern 600 reels came out but can't remember the name of them (could of been sea strike or something like that). Never to old to try something new!!!!!...most of the spin reels I use are able to apply 3 to 4x the drag of the multi's I used to use and modern braids allow me to fish close the max breaking strength of the line. I will happily use 15lb drag with 20lb braid or even higher on stronger lines where we need to do dead pulls on big stubborn stingrays and sharks.Smaller 100/200 size Abu's and shimmy's for all my freshwater lure fishing (Heavier than 5grms)
Daiwa 7's and a shimmy Speedmaster for anything from the (Sea) shore or the odd foray against wels.
I'm land locked (Switzerland) so don't get much opportunity to sea fish unfortunately
I grew up using multi's, learnt to cast with a mitchel 600 series with delrin side plates.
I do have a few FS/baitrunner reels that I use on rivers for Barbel and co but much prefer the feel of a multi.
Too old to change probably.
I do still use multi's but they are lever drags with pre set drags mostly targeting fish on line class.
This was a recent capture using a Shimano rod just over 8ft casting lures and an old Shimano twin power 10000 spin reel. I will use this outfit from the shore and rocks on an upcoming trip in two weeks as its so easy to use and cast over and over. I would guess it casts an easy 100m even for such a short rod.
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