setting drag question - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

DIVERGARY · 07-31-2008, 12:47 PM

My Shimano TLD manual says to measure the drag when the spool is almost empty. As more line is on the reel there is more mechanical advantage from the larger diameter so the drag will be less, but as a fish runs the line out the drag progressively increase due to the smaller diameter. I have been using this method for the past 10 years and never had a line break, solved my breakoffs when i had long runs.

07-31-2008, 12:47 PM	#10
DIVERGARY Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 1	My Shimano TLD manual says to measure the drag when the spool is almost empty. As more line is on the reel there is more mechanical advantage from the larger diameter so the drag will be less, but as a fish runs the line out the drag progressively increase due to the smaller diameter. I have been using this method for the past 10 years and never had a line break, solved my breakoffs when i had long runs.