Dan the Fisher
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Better performance while maintaining the essence of what a mooching reel is. Watching guys reel after a fish on a 1 to 1 is comical. Looks like they are going to pop a nut trying to keep up with their fish and with barbless operations out west I cant even imagine how many fish are dropped because of a lack line between the lure and angler.To play Devil’s Advocate - if you don’t want to use a classic single action reel, there are no shortage of conventional lever drags or level-winds that utilize the advantages of multiplier gearing to reduce the arbor diameter to allow for smaller, lighter reels that still have skookum drag systems. Isnt the whole purpose of the large arbor, and thus the large, bulky size, on classic moochers like Islanders to increase line pick-up per reel revolution? So, if you’re multiplying and going away from the sport of 1:1 ratio, why stick with the bulky, large arbor design?
Anyway, seems to me there are no shortage of multiplier reel options if that’s what folks want, just looks at what the vast majority of salmon anglers south of the border troll and mooch with.
Cheers!
Ukee
That's just my new view after being exposed to a multiplier moocher. Prior to this I was totally sold on 1 to 1 sport.