Reels 101

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The drag on the tld15 in the "strike position" is 12 from the factory, max drag is 22, which is the same as the torium/saltist but with lower gearing and leverdrag, which may explain why it is so much fun to grind fish out of the kelp with.

Another cheap trick for broke asses like myself:

If you are lucky enough to have a dedicated flyline/bait reel there is really no reason IMHO to not use spectra. But spectra is not cheap, so I put 100 or so yards of old 40lb mono (off a heavy iron rod) as a backing and then 150-200yds of spectra, this allows me to spool up 2-3rods for the price of one, which saves about $30 and i don't feel all that bad when my OCD forces me to change my line.