Multiplier Reels

[nestle]

i bought my first mutli last yr and i went out and spent 90 quid on a abu reel and couldnt beleive how nice it was costing reeling in everythink about it just made me wonder why i didnt do it b4 the sound they make is amazing too :)

i only ever bought abu multis but both are good and cant complain about them as never giving me a prob had the odd bn but all i had to do is let a little line out and its gone .. well worth having if ya ask me

[nestle]

Originally Posted by malabu

Thanks for that info.

When I was about 10 a few years ago my dad bought me a 5000C ABU multiplier and would make me cast to for an hour a day to try to hit a bucket about 50 foot away. I use to hate it when a cast goes wrong and you get a lovely bird's nets, I think most of us who owned a multiplier knows what I mean. I am very glad now, that my dad made me spend those hours learning how to use a multiplier.

As I grew up, I realize that it was much more practical to use a left hand wind reels as I am right handed. One good thing about fixed spool reels is the interchangeable the handle to suit a left or right hand wind. Unfortunately for the multiplier, it is fixed.

Also there are not many ABU multipliers left hand wind available many years ago compare to present day. Last month I visited a local tackle shop and my cousin bought a 7001 red multiplier. Since then I have been thinking of getting one, a 7001. But have been overwhelm with all the new ABU products, especially being out of touch for quite sometime.

i got the 7001 very nice reel looks and fills amazing glad i bought it tbh :)

[geffski]

if i had the money id collect em just for ther asthetic beuty!
top reels!

[malabu]

Originally Posted by nestle

i got the 7001 very nice reel looks and fills amazing glad i bought it tbh :)

Yeah, my cousin's 7001 felt great and you can tell the difference compare to those made in the east or maybe it just me. I must admit, it took a week after my cousin bought his before I started to get the itch to get one myself. I was so used to the multipliers being black and never was really keen in the red's.

With the black, you felt that it was solid, tough and robust. The red seem toy-ish and fragile, took me a while before I got used to the red and now can't wait to get one. (no offence intended to those who own a red ABU)

There' something to be said about the ABU multipliers. Now that I am getting back into fishing, I have gone mad and spend quite a bit on reels. A part from the 5000C that I still owned since I was 10, I recently bought a two 6501C3. One new and another second hand and a 4601C3 and soon a 7001. I had to stop myself as I started to look into the C4's. Must admit they are beautiful, blue and gold.

Well not that many multiplier really, but I have hell a lot more fixed spool reels. There is only one brand for fixed spool for me and it is the German made DAM, especially the Quick models which is what I am into and a bit of a collector.

[codhead]

When I first started beach fishing in the early 70s, I used an Abu 484 rod and a Mitchell 624 reel, the reel was also used for boat fishing too. I gave up for about 30 years and then got back into it again a couple of years ago. I started back with fixed spools but never felt completely comfortable with them. Earlier this year I picked up a 7HT at a car boot for £5 and a few weeks later splashed out on a 525 SuperMag. A few sessions down on the school sports field and I was away with it. I now use a combination of multi & fixed spool, depending on venue and target species, although I tend to use fixed spool at night. The only advice I'd give anyone thinking of a multi for beachcasting is avoid anything with level wind and buy a recognised leader such as Abu mags, Penn SuperMags and Daiwa Millionaire. They may cost more but they are well made, feel superb in the hand and if you find you can't get on with them, you'll have more chance of re-couping your money from a known brand.

It seems harsh and even though Okuma are now producing some brilliant reels, they and the likes of DAM, Ron Thompson, Shakespeare etc will always be viewed on the 2nd hand market as being worth about 2 balloons and a goldfish