HELP

Got a multiplier today. This might sound like a stupid question.There is an on-off switch on it. I think it is for the drag system. Should you cast with this on or off?

name, make and model might get a reply

Its a ron thompson Mission multiplier

Dont know much about them but if in doubt RTFM

RTFM?

If it's like mine it will be the ratchet ( clicks when line is taken ) . Works independently of the drag . Cast with it off .
Don't misunderstand me here - unless you are half-way familiar with multipliers I'd get someone with a bit of experience to show you how to adjust the settings etc before you even try casting . Get settings and/or style slightly wrong and it's birds nest or crack off every time . It is with me , anyway . I know the reel's ok so it must be my style that's cr*p . Good luck with yours . Meanwhile I reckon fixed spool are much more forgiving .

Hi Daven

RTFM - "Read The Flipping Manual" to which would add, now now Pat S, we all had to learn and I found multipliers a flipping curse at the start too...

The basic idea is that you load it up with the bait and lead off a shockleader and then adjust the drag (it is typically a star or five pringed wheel near the handle) so that the lead is just dragging line off the reel.

With your thumb on the side of the reel spool (and not the line especially if you are using braid as a main line), get ready to cast. the casting action to start with should be SLOWER than you would use with a fixed spool (FS) reel.

You will on lots of multipliers get an overrun where the line continues to shoot off the reel after the lead has hit the sea. This can leads to "birdsnests" where the line becomes horribly tangled up on itself around the reel (worse with braid, stick to the mono for starters). To stop this, you thumb the spool just as the lead hits the sea to "brake" it. Some of the reels have an internal braking system which had led the manufacturers to call them "mag" e..g. 525 mag. If the reel has this, all the better but it may be required to be adjusted internally before you start reeling...

Best option, find an experienced multiplier angler and talk to them, even get them to give you a basic lesson, and when you screw it up, don;t feel so bar because I am still messing it up three years after converting to multipliers.

:wink:

Hope this helps...

Ref RTFM, apologies I didnt mean to seem lippy, reading back I now realise it seems that way. I believe in gettting the manual out first and seeing what it says, it should at least give the basic functions of the reel and what the drags etc are for.

Good luck with the purchase, hope it goes better than the problems Neilius is experiencing with his 525 mags.

No offence taken.The reel didnt come with a manual which I found strange.I would have checked that first myself!! Think I have it sorted now though.

".......flipping"????? When it was explained to me it wasn't flipping and was much more to the point. It might be worth checking the manufacturers site for a copy of the manual (or should I say FM) if you want it. Manufacturers often publish them in pdf format.

Hi Kieran,
Maybe i am not reading your post right,but it seems you are casting using the drag rather than putting the reel into free spool mode.This would surely lead to premature wear on the drag washers.I'm also not sure about using pressure on the side of the spool.I was involed with the tournament casting scene a few years back and found that unless my thumb was almost wrapped round the spool (over the line)that the spool would slip under the pressure of the cast.
Not criticising anyones style,just an observation .
Hey if it works for you , don't change it.

Hi shockleader50

Quite right too but it was recommended to me to leave some minimal drag on whilst learning to cast before leaving it spool totally freely. As regards the thumb, I tried it on the line and it works fine but I have found that it works equally well thumbing the edge of the spool and with a move to braid and a gradual build up on the power I am trying (!) to put into the rod, again I was told that it was use the spool or buy a thumb protector... but I will happily learn from more experienced anglers here, like yourself.

My main issue in posting at all was that the original poster, seeking help, would not be discouraged or offended accidentally by the RFTM comment.

RSVP on the casting / drag ... very happy to see how it should be best done.

Spot on mate,
the last thing we need is for anyone to feel embarassed by any info on the site,although i did have a little chuckle about the RTFM post.Hope Daven seen the humour too. :lol: :lol: :lol:
99.9% of the posts are relevant and very informative and long may this last.
P.S. Nice Pollack pics in the gallery.