Multiplier or Fixed-spool Reel

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:21 am

I am interested in finding out which type of reel members prefer using.

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To be quite honest,

go with what your comfortable with and enjoy your fishing. Don't freck it up by trying to be clever.

Member Joined: Sep 23, 2007 Posts: 20

multiplyer's are a pain in my eye's i like fixed spools easyer

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:47 pm

Multipliers are for tackle tarts, FS's are for ordinary blokes. Have got a multiplier but only for boat fishing.
Wish I could work out how to vote on this forum then I could vote for Maggie Thatcher again.

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:38 pm

multipliers but really depends on the venue

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eccles wrote:

Multipliers are for tackle tarts, FS's are for ordinary blokes. Have got a multiplier but only for boat fishing.
Wish I could work out how to vote on this forum then I could vote for Maggie Thatcher again.

b**llocks

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Interesting theory Eccles. I have four multiplier reels for beachcasting. They are by no means the most expensive. They are not particularly pretty. They are not covered in Burberry. I do not wear slinky satin underwear. So, theoretically, that would not make me a tart and thus I cannot be a tackle tart.

I use multiplier reels because, believe it or not, I find them easier to use. Pure and simple. No tricks.

My advice to anyone unsure of where their alleigence lies would be to find someone with one of each and have a go. See what works and then stick with it.

My opinion of course. Please feel free to take it or leave it.

big grin

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:43 am

Oh don't take on so Dunc's, you should know by now that wind-ups are my favourite sport. I love to get a re-action from some of the super-sensitive girls that are around. I suppose I may have another try with a multipler one of these days but spending too much time finding more hot spots at present.

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:38 am

I use fixed spool for spinning and multiplier for rock/beach fishing. You can definitely cast further (when needed) with a multiplier although the retrieve isn't as fast so maybe very rough kelpy ground could be best for fixed spool. Whatever floats your boat really

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:52 am

mogthemackem wrote:

I use fixed spool for spinning and multiplier for rock/beach fishing. You can definitely cast further (when needed) with a multiplier although the retrieve isn't as fast so maybe very rough kelpy ground could be best for fixed spool. Whatever floats your boat really

What he said lol,same as Darren,f/s for spinning,multis for beach,pier,rocks and cliffs

Occasional Joined: Apr 20, 2007 Posts: 188 Location: Kent

was my first sesshion with a multiplier, today and i think they are better for their grunt as you can pull in a fish without needing to pump the rod, but with a f/s you can keep away from snags.

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:59 pm

mogthemackem wrote:

I use fixed spool for spinning and multiplier for rock/beach fishing. You can definitely cast further (when needed) with a multiplier although the retrieve isn't as fast so maybe very rough kelpy ground could be best for fixed spool. Whatever floats your boat really

I would have agreed wholeheartedly about the distance thing BUT just fished last week with a new buddy. He was fishing at a distance of between 140 / 160 yrds and that is no exaggeration, I have been fishing for 40 years and seen them all. Most blokes think they are fishing about 40 yards further than they can actually cast!
Fixed spool reels tend to be used by blokes who can't be bothered to master a multiplier and take the easy option. A fixed spool, if used properly can certainly fish at the same distance as a multi.
Coincidently I use multi's for beach/rock fishing and fixed spool for spinning etc. same as most I think.

Don't want to court controversy but just MHO.
Besides multiply users seem to have a better use of the English language as my post and some others prove!

tougue

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Basically if I were you I'd go for a multiplier- they're sexier, come in better colours (especially the abu mags) and better for fishing with unless liket he previous poster said you really can't be bothered to master the art of the multiplier in which case go for a fixed spool.

I play with my mutlipliers all day long and never tire of them whereas my FS reels only come out to play when I'm spinning- personally I find FS reels boring.

Member Joined: Sep 26, 2007 Posts: 5

I am new to see fishing and know very little. would it be advisable to stick with a fixed line spool rather than a multiplier? If so, can you recommend a good fixed line spool for beaches, pears, rocks and sea lochs?

cheers muchly

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:44 am

multi's all the way.

they are powerful, light, bloody bomb proof if you buy the right ones will cast tiny weights yet achieve massive distances but also cast 8 ounces of lead and a massive cod bait with no problem, hauling fish up cliff sides in gail force winds... not a problem.

fixed spools are generally not upto all that lark happy