With the profusion of all the new large arbor reels, has the need for multipliers diminished?
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Posts: 965 02/10/2009 22:05 Angry Andy |
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Posts: 32 02/10/2009 22:23 |
I hope not! I am designing and prototyping one right now. I think that the big manufacturers are 'spinning' the large arbors as better because they are
cheaper and easier to design and manufacture than a multiplier. J
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Posts: 141 02/10/2009 22:35 |
I bought one of these multiplier/large arbor reels a couple of years ago from the U.K. http://www.mullarkeys.co....g-reels/0/lureflash/1987/ It has
a 3-1 retrieve (I believe) with a large arbor. It's pretty cheaply made but it's worked very well. It came with three extra spools.
Anyway, it has made a big difference in my ability to bring the fish to hand. |
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Posts: 1298 02/11/2009 04:43 |
 
Here is the CFO V Multiplier that I've set up as my BIG fish reel. West coast Steelies, smallmouth, Strippers ect. 1.67 to one. Better than the LA's If you ask me. |
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HexaMaineiac |
They may look ugly, | #4 | ||
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Posts: 544 02/11/2009 09:14 |
but large arbor reels are simpler than multipliers and keep the line coils looser. The other advantage, if you catch big fish that really require a drag, is
that as more line goes out the radius doesn't change as radically, thus changing the amount of drag less. The functional drag increases rapidly as the
radius of the spool decreases with more line going out.
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Posts: 680 02/12/2009 01:15 |
ANy reel is a large arbour reel at any given size when the backing is realized. The backing builds up the spool core just like a large arbour. I would say a st
john loaded with 250 yds backing is quite a large arbour reel. Its when the spool becomes wider then "normal" that advantages start to show. In
answer to the question ...........no........!
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WatercolorMan |
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Posts: 1304 02/14/2009 05:46 |
Hexa
I'm not sure what you mean when you say a big fish ? But the reel shown can bring in a 40 lb Salmon quite effectly. I really like the Multipliers when fishing for Stellies as well when they make a run at you full speed you will need to pick up line really fast. . . or your fish will break you off. It's hard to beat a Multiplier picking up line. At a rate almost twice as fast as the LA reel. I can see using the big ocean LA reels. I don't find using the LA necessary for a regular trout but my 3" large arbor Abel is a nice reel . . . I also wanted to add that I will not use the cheap lines that coil up any more, there just a pain in the #*!%*# Now that we have so many lines to choose from.
Last Edited By: WatercolorMan 02/14/2009 05:51.
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Posts: 1915 02/14/2009 15:39 Registered User |
Multipliers are ok, but I've found them, because of the multiplying/gear system, heavy and harder to crank even with no load on the line, than a non
multiplier reel.
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Posts: 164 02/14/2009 17:04 |
gofish60 wrote:That extra weight is why I use an Orvis Battenkill 7/8 multiplier. It balances with my bigger -- #7 or #8 -- rods and brings line in QUICKER (and easier) than a LA. |
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Posts: 1207 02/16/2009 00:44 |
Thanks for this discussion, Andy. I am going try my multipliers and large-arbor reels under similar conditions and see which ones I prefer.
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Posts: 1313 02/16/2009 16:15 |
I don't think we need them, but they are some nice ones.
I have owned several and llke the way the CFO works. Nice on the huge sea run fish here on the West Coast. Alan |
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Flyman615 |
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Posts: 3079 02/16/2009 20:13 |
As a card-carrying "old school" type, I prefer my two Hardy Lightweight multipliers to the new "Star Wars" LA reels.
I find these classic multipliers most useful when float tubing still waters. When you hook a fish in that situation, you just can't beat a fast retrieve to get the fish "on the reel". But you do have to be very careful, because if you lose your "crank"---horrors!---replacements are nearly impossible to find. As to the "large arbor" fad, I agree--a proper amount of backing can accomplish practically the same purpose with many conventional reels. And if you young bucks think the large arbor is a new invention, I have a 1920's Hardy 3 3/8" St. George that may convince you otherwise. Regards, Flyman 
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