Bugsy, Great post, you provide some very solid info on the topic.

I like the concept of multipliers as well. I did get a chance to do some striper fishing once with a borrowed multiplier reel and we did get into several bass in the high teen to mid 20 lb range that day. On those big fish I found myself having to trap the line against the rod to prevent line going out of the reel when pumping the rod on a sulking fish.

This may not be as much an issue with a quality multiplier like a Bogdan. I do think we would see a resurgence of interest in multipliers if the price points for reels with "reel stopping power" and simpler maintenance could be brought down.

Guy