muchalls wrote: That said, I bought a 8 wt fly reel for around $20, go figure! |
AdAstra wrote: PS. Looking to get the Okuma Metaloid 5NS |
Steps wrote: Dont know enough, but understand clearly the mechanics, about a lot of what Roz says above. example would be the Baitrunner 8000D (and OC for that matter) which is spec'd for 9kg of drag, which I genuinely believe the drag stack will produce without much trouble, however the flex in the rotor becomes a problem beyond about 6.5kg. I have wondered... yes the issue of full or MT spool.. huge difference.. but also if the rod is up or down makes a huge difference.. Where is the 'official' drag taken from? Straight off the end of a rod, basically rod pointing at the fish or rod up ? Ever noticed most fish bust off.. line knot whatever, when the rod is higher? Fish pulls, rod drops, the gets tweaked up, even a little, 1/8 or 1/4 turn, then lifted up, that drag increase may 3 or 4 times... snap.. That "9kg" and lets say 35 kg braid , 30lb fluro, just turned into well over main or trace rating. And that no taking into account how full (or MT ) the spool is. As it happens, a crew last friday lost by far his PB by doing just that, shortly after telling him not to.. The rod / real was pre set on scales before going out.. put a full 1/2 turn on the drag, then lifted.. |
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