07-21-2011, 08:51 PM
if your using a 5 pound test line, you want the drag set for 4 pounds...
Drag tention is measuered in foot pounds,
if you have a 5 pound sack of taters, hook the line to it and lift your rod, the rod shoud bend and line should come out of the reel slowly, "do not attempt to pick up the sack of taters with the rod.
you can use hand held fish scales to set the drag weight, just tie a loop in the line and pull on the scale and no line should come out of the reel untill you reach about 4 pounds..
most every body dose it by and and by golly.
some of us will reset the drag while fishing, I have a battle drag on my spinning reel, this allows me to have fun with the smaller fish and still if I hook in to a hog, I can tighten up the drag untill it feals right to my perspective of what I might have on the other end not to exceed my rod, reel or line clasification.
bait casting reels have two drags on them, one for fighting the fish, "we have just discussed that" the other for casting. I am going to be honest, I am not the best at using bait casting reels. I never seem to get the casting spindle set right, and I swear that giant oak trees from a foot ball field's distant away will jump right in front of me and tangle me up. [angelic]
if you get the casting drag set to tight, as mentioned earlier, you will experience no casting to lures flying back at your face if you are not carefull... to loose when you cast, your spindle keeps spinning and unwinding line inside of your reel creating a rats nest that you will spend the remainder of your time trying to untangle it.
there is a happy medium for the spool tentioner, put your lure on the end of your line, click and release the casting button, the lure should go to the ground and when it hits the ground the spindle should stop spinning releasing no more line.
if the lure dose not hit the ground, loosen the casting drag, if when the lure hits the ground and you see loose line in the reel houseing tighten the spindle drag just a tad.. Retry this several times to make sure you are at the proper setting
Drag tention is measuered in foot pounds,
if you have a 5 pound sack of taters, hook the line to it and lift your rod, the rod shoud bend and line should come out of the reel slowly, "do not attempt to pick up the sack of taters with the rod.
you can use hand held fish scales to set the drag weight, just tie a loop in the line and pull on the scale and no line should come out of the reel untill you reach about 4 pounds..
most every body dose it by and and by golly.
some of us will reset the drag while fishing, I have a battle drag on my spinning reel, this allows me to have fun with the smaller fish and still if I hook in to a hog, I can tighten up the drag untill it feals right to my perspective of what I might have on the other end not to exceed my rod, reel or line clasification.
bait casting reels have two drags on them, one for fighting the fish, "we have just discussed that" the other for casting. I am going to be honest, I am not the best at using bait casting reels. I never seem to get the casting spindle set right, and I swear that giant oak trees from a foot ball field's distant away will jump right in front of me and tangle me up. [angelic]
if you get the casting drag set to tight, as mentioned earlier, you will experience no casting to lures flying back at your face if you are not carefull... to loose when you cast, your spindle keeps spinning and unwinding line inside of your reel creating a rats nest that you will spend the remainder of your time trying to untangle it.
there is a happy medium for the spool tentioner, put your lure on the end of your line, click and release the casting button, the lure should go to the ground and when it hits the ground the spindle should stop spinning releasing no more line.
if the lure dose not hit the ground, loosen the casting drag, if when the lure hits the ground and you see loose line in the reel houseing tighten the spindle drag just a tad.. Retry this several times to make sure you are at the proper setting