10-15-2004, 02:33 PM
I have never used the lever drags myself but it sounds like you may have a quicker control and more precise. I have some of the older Penn 500s as well as newer Penn 501s, 545s, 555s and the 9M levelwind for realy light stuff.
I wasn't too long ago that I got a brand new drag replacement. That was do to hooking into a 150 Bat Ray that wouldn't slow down for anything. My reel was smoking something fierce. The only thing my son could do just before we cut the line was to poor the last of our 1gallon water bottle on it to try and keep it cool.
I ended up having to cut the line as I was just about to get spooled and the end was near. From there it would have been a tug of war with me and my 80lb braided line with doulble arbor knot against the Bat Ray from hell headed to the Museam at Catalina Island.[pirate]
I am glad that I use heavy freshwater hooks for my C&R fishing. At least the hooks will rust out within a short time.
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I wasn't too long ago that I got a brand new drag replacement. That was do to hooking into a 150 Bat Ray that wouldn't slow down for anything. My reel was smoking something fierce. The only thing my son could do just before we cut the line was to poor the last of our 1gallon water bottle on it to try and keep it cool.
I ended up having to cut the line as I was just about to get spooled and the end was near. From there it would have been a tug of war with me and my 80lb braided line with doulble arbor knot against the Bat Ray from hell headed to the Museam at Catalina Island.[pirate]
I am glad that I use heavy freshwater hooks for my C&R fishing. At least the hooks will rust out within a short time.
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