In article , Angus Robins
wrote:
How does one wind in line on a multiplier without level-wind?
Surely a lot of distance is lost through uneven winding?

Newcomer to sea-fishing looking at reels: considering Penn or Diawa reels at
the moment. Any advice.
Rocky shores with some beaches in this part of N-W Scotland.

Oops! You've been reading the wrong magazines.

[ Long range beachcasting is a specialist technique that you only need to
consider if you have very flat, featureless beaches and the fish swim at
extreme range. It so happens that there are a few venues like this near
London and home counties journalists naturally write about the conditions
they experience. Most anglers in the west - with a few exceptions in
Lancashire/Cumbria - could fish successfully for a lifetime without even
owning a conventional beachcaster. OK, most do use one sometimes when
fishing is slow or the whiting are running.
]

I'd be surprised if you wanted to bottom fish your area for much of the year
- unless you're fond of dogfish. Even so, in many places an 80 yard cast
will put you beyond the fish so level wind drag will be too small to
measure.

For the next couple of months concentrate on spinning and floatfishing.
Leave the bottom gear at home 'til you hear of a few decent catches.

And in rocky, graunchy or snaggy areas you need to retrieve as quickly as
possible so a big fixed-spool reel might be of more use to you than a
multiplier.

Hth. Cheerio,

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