Multiplier for a novice shore fisherman

[jonny_mc]

stephen

[JAW]

Fred welcome to the board mate. As the lads have said previously, the slosh 20/30 range are excellent value for money and are reasonably easy to tame for casting. They both have excellent retrieves 6.1 to 1 and are ideal for both rough and clean ground fishing. For fishing the more clean sandy areas i don\'t think the new Penn 535 mag slidey can be beaten, it has an excellent retrieve 6.1 to 1 and casts superbly although at £115.00 it is slightly dear, but you pays for what you get - quality. Anyway hope this helps.

Cheers JAW.

[MikeR]

I\'ve used penn 525\'s and Sloshes, but the Abu Mag Elite is by far the easiest to cast with......and it\'s oh so smoooooooooth!

Only useful on clean sand though. The Sloshes are tough but I don\'t rate them as user friendly and 7000 Abu\'s look too good to be dropped on the rocks. At some point I\'ll be trying a 535.

[UKFred]

Hi

Thanks everybody for your comments. I sent the link to the person who asked the wquestion and he has been on the board to have a look.

I\'ve been using a Shakespeare President for the last three years, and it has been ok, once I learned to tune it (down) to prevent birds nests.

I know that it\'s a clean ground reel, but I have used it uptiding in the Humber with no problems.

I just bought a SL30SH and found that it worked like a dream beach fishing, I\'m looking forward to trying that up-tiding later in the month.

Again, thanks for your comments, folks. Much appreciated.

Fred

[mark]

use my slosh on the boat as well, up and downtide, works a treat

[kensr27sz]

downtidig is how bro inlaw broke mine.

[kensr27sz]

lesson to learn dont lend inlaws gear.

[gag1]

Hello Kens, did the ususal tuning with the penn 525 gs mate. Washed the bearings out with lighter fuel and then applied gear oil to slow them down. Put all four blocks on for the first couple of sessions and then took two blocks off. Its still that way now and has been brilliant for me.

cheers.
george.

[UKFred]

I must be too keen on hot tea and hot food (as well as warm beer) because I bought a Coleman stove (no, that isn\'t for the beer) and I\'ve found the petrol filter for the stove is great for filtering unleaded pump fuel to clean bearings. Just a little into a Sharwwods Chinese sauce bottle (food again!) with a metal lid and you can carry it with you for two-day trips like the open at Bridlington. Then again, maybe I\'ve just been living too long in Yorkshire.

Fred

[tala]

I like MikeR much prefer the Mag Elite for normal beach fishing, set the slide to 4 and after the intial thump I slide it to 0, goes like a train without nesting up.(smooth as silk).
There is not a great deal to choose between the slosh or the 535, they are both cracking reels and both do the job perfectly well, personally I think the slosh is easier to tame and its slightly cheaper so the slosh just edges it for me.
Just my preference tho

[Edited on 12/1/2005 by tala]