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Yes. When it comes to USA made, adjustable click-pawl fly reels, the Martin MG series is about as good as it gets, and that holds for the multiplier MG 10. I love the MG 10 wherever there's a chance fish will charge towards you, as in one swift eddy that I fish often. The click sings just as it does on the conventional 1 to 1 MG7 or the ultralight MG3. They are sturdy and elegant in design. The MG 10 and its even more robust disc drag cousin the MG 72 have a relatively high gear ratio (3 to 1, as I recall) that gives very rapid line recovery, and would easily out-retrieve the largest arbor reel going. Yet you still have the compact design of a more traditional fly reel. As with any multiplier, the downside is slightly higher cranking effort, so some multiplier fans like other makes with gear ratios about 2 to 1. I have two in that neighborhood, but the MG 10 is by far my favorite. And darn that bulldog, he had to put in a photo of an MG 11. I don't have one, and there's one on Ebay right now, but at a higher than usual starting price of about $45. Actually the reel is well worth that, but I don't think I'll go for it, having paid way less for my MG 10s. For more info, see the 3rd page of discussion below titled "Got a new reel lately." And for even more on multipliers in general and the Martins in particular, check out the fiberglass flyrodders board where bulldog is moderator of the reels discussions.

A unique feature of the Martin multipliers is that the gearing is mounted on the crank side on a removable plate. Thus, the backplate is essentially identical to the one on the same-size conventional models such as the MG 7. The backplate is shown in the photo below, and to its left, the more typical multiplier design with gearing on the back plate and handle/shaft that locks the spool and engages the gear. Well, what the heck, so you can compare, I'll throw in other photos of this British multiplier, sold under many brand names. The MG 10 is far better quality, but for somebody who just wants to try a multiplier, there's a beat up one like this under the Cortland brand on Ebay right now for $13.00 (180158409207).

Yup, I guess I should have snagged it, too, and then we'd have bid each other up around a hundred. Well, I hope whoever got it enjoys it. I chatted with a guy fishing an LL Bean multiplier made by Martin today, part of the Angler series from, as I recall the '80s. It had a solid backplate rather than ventilated as in the MG reels, and the crank-and-gears plate was ventilated, but less so than the MG handle plate. Size and mechanics identical to the MG 10. So that's another one that might crop up as a decent buy someplace. On another note, I am waivering as to bidding or not on an hours-to-close auction for an Orvis Battenkill multiplier with the handle-side gearbox about the size of an Austin-Healy transmission . A nifty reel--although this one looks a little beat up--that I've seen thanks to bulldog's photos, Young made, right?