It would take at least a season to get to the guts of it, but I am already confident that my quest for a 6500CT-type reel replacement has ended. Little wonder, for hardly anyone, had actually tried or even seen either reel.īy chance, or maybe by divine intervention, both turned up for Sea Angler to review. The few sensible and thoughtful views lay half-buried in the mess, but for the most part, I learned nothing of value. Squabbling amongst themselves, the flock pecked away, the inevitable result being a digital version of what real starlings leave behind in my garden. I had hoped to extract solid information from wise owls. Are they any good? Clicking my way through the jungle of woeful ignorance called social media landed me in forums where both reels were being dissected. The Penn Fathom II Casting Special and the Akios Nitron F-15. I want a multiplier that casts like a 6500CT but is tough as tungsten, friendly and compact. Awesomely willful and spiteful to cast, heavy and awkward. Eventually, I got hold of one, and indeed it was awesome. He knew somebody who knew somebody who had a pal in the trade… yes, the Speedmaster really was awesome. It would smash all tournament records, the pundits claimed
First, in the 1980s, came the Shimano Speedmaster, so hyped by the media that it almost achieved legendary status before it hit the shops.
New reels arrived that seem to answer my prayers, but they never quite measured up. Adequate for clean ground, they crash and burn in the rough stuff. Their saving grace is that they cast supremely well, but as practical fishing tools most of them are limited in capacity, retrieve power and durability. Fishing open beaches where distance is often the key, I have long standardised on 6500CT-type multipliers, sticking with them because there was nothing better for long range work.
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