FLADEN,CHIEFTAIN,30,MULTIPLIER,REEL,SEA, are these anygood?

[bobo]

just a bit of advice needed ive seen these FLADEN,CHIEFTAIN,30,MULTIPLIER reel on ebay and they are £14.50 buy it now from seaton deleval. does anyone know if they would be anygood for boat fishing?. I will only be going out around 8 times a year so wont be using it a lot.
its a shop selling them but I dont know the first thing about multipliers so hopefully someone will point me in the right direction.
thanks

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

personally would want a reel in the next bracket up IE £50/60...for that you could buy a decent second hand reel or even an ABU 7000 or similar

I've been using an Okuma Magnetix 30 on the other rod which copes perfectly well with rough ground fishing and wrecking

The Fladens are a bit crappy/plasticcy IMO

 

[bobo]

The guy on ebay has this in the description THE SHAKESPEARE & OKUMA REELS THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME REELS WITH DIFFERENT GRAPHICS BUT SELLING FOR A LOT MORE.

Thanks for the advice its just there is that many differant reels out there to choose from its hard getting the right one. I am hoping to get a boat either at the end of the year or just into next year if I enjoy the hobby enough so it would get used more in a year or so time hopefully.

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

Aye he's right in that regard but I've been using the Okuma magnetix 30

Okuma Magnetix 30 LS Level Wind Multiplier Reel on eBay (end time 07-Aug-09 12:20:41 BST)

much better built and technically a heavy ground beach reel - but it's too big for the shore in my opinion so I switched it to the boat and have had no probs

 

[bobo]

Now That looks a nice reel the okuma one. Thanks for the link and the help.
cheers mate

 

[paulgalon]

fladden boat reels

fladden boat reels

personally a wudnt even keep a reel that cheap as me back up it would probebly pack up if u got out decent on,a would go for a tried and tested reel like the shimano tlds,diawa lds or the penn lds

 

[wildcard]

Buy cheap = buy twice.

The only thing cheap and bulletproof for a boat is a Scarborough reel. Cheap multiplyers won't last a season.

Alan

 

[ladycharlotte]

for around 14.50 on ebay i have seen a few decent mitchell 600 sold and them reels last for years

 

[big_sean]

for around 14.50 on ebay i have seen a few decent mitchell 600 sold and them reels last for years

Made with a plastic spool that when gets put under tension explodes only way round this was to half fill with soft wool and when it tensions up respool and then remove built up pressure


Sean

 

[Mike.Haley]

personally a wudnt even keep a reel that cheap as me back up it would probebly pack up if u got out decent on,a would go for a tried and tested reel like the shimano tlds,diawa lds or the penn lds

Been using the Okuma for a while now and never had any problems with it. Normally use a Penn LD, but started using the Okuma when the Penn was in for a service. the Okuma handled a 30lb+ cod no problem when myself and a few mates were fishing out of Weymouth.
As they say " Don't knock something untill you have tried it".