Another Stupid Question!

[excarper]

Hi all dont laugh but this is a serious question! I am right handed and when i use a fixed spool reel the handle is on the left. I am contemplating buying a multiplier which we all know sits on the top of the rod rather than underneath it. So do i need a multiplier that is a left hand wind or right? Also what are the benefits of a multiplier against a fixed spool? I have a penn surfmaster 850 at the moment. My mate has just bought a multiplier and keeps getting birds nests. Also should i get one with a level wind or not?

[philipn]

Originally Posted by excarper

Hi all dont laugh but this is a serious question! I am right handed and when i use a fixed spool reel the handle is on the left. I am contemplating buying a multiplier which we all know sits on the top of the rod rather than underneath it. So do i need a multiplier that is a left hand wind or right? Also what are the benefits of a multiplier against a fixed spool? I have a penn surfmaster 850 at the moment. My mate has just bought a multiplier and keeps getting birds nests. Also should i get one with a level wind or not?

sorry just got in after blanking today needed a laugh no offence most fixed spoolsyou can change the handle from left to right not a big fan of multys although i have a couple prefare fixed spools as distance is not reely needed where i fish

[excarper]

i know about the fixed spools philipn been using them for thirty years! Was asking about if i need a left or right wind multiplier! You would be good on mastermind... name.. philpin... occupation.. serial blanker... specialist subject... replying to questions on fishing forum without actually giving an answer. Lol
Was you searching for cod on the mersey today?

[geejayy]

p'rhaps i'm just cackhanded but it feels perfectly natural, (to me anyway )
to use a fixed spool with left hand wind and a right hand wind multi. don't know why, maybe because with the multi i'm holding the rod left handed beside the reel while useing that hand to guide the line across the spool.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmn.....with fixed spools its exactly opposite but obviously no need to guide the line.

so as i think about it i'm totally flummoxed as to why,
but for me i know left handed multi's & right handed coffee grinders just feel awkward

[captain chaos]

HI EXCARPER, THERES SOME HORRID PEOPLE OUT THERE, TAKE NO NOTICE,
I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU CAN GET A LEFT HANDED MULTIPLIER, WATCH THIS SPACE, I AM EXACTLY THE SAME WITH FIXED SPOOL TOO, RIGHT HANDED.

[JustMark]

You can get left handed multipliers. Nowhere near as big a range, but they are out there. Example below

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/862-MULTIPLIER...item2c4f32f524

[philipn]

Originally Posted by excarper

i know about the fixed spools philipn been using them for thirty years! Was asking about if i need a left or right wind multiplier! You would be good on mastermind... name.. philpin... occupation.. serial blanker... specialist subject... replying to questions on fishing forum without actually giving an answer. Lol
Was you searching for cod on the mersey today?

ouch i deserved that and yup but didnt get any

[geejayy]

Originally Posted by captain chaos

HI EXCARPER, THERES SOME HORRID PEOPLE OUT THERE, TAKE NO NOTICE,
I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU CAN GET A LEFT HANDED MULTIPLIER, WATCH THIS SPACE, I AM EXACTLY THE SAME WITH FIXED SPOOL TOO, RIGHT HANDED.

abu make left handed versions of most of their models , model number usually ends in 01 to denote this

http://hatterasoutfitters.com/s-mart/7001hs.htm

[excarper]

Do any of you use a fixed spool and a multiplier? If so what side are the handles on them both?

[JustMark]

For me

Boat Rods= Right Handed multipliers
Beach Rod= Left handed FS (for now. Have to upgrade my beach kit)
Baitcaster (trigger type) = Left handed small multiplier
Fly Rods= Left handed reels