Properly Setting The Drag

Properly Setting The Drag

Set the strike drag with the rod in a holder. The scale should read between 25 and 33 percent of the unknotted line strength when the drag starts to slip. Thirty-pound-test line (shown here) should have a strike drag setting of between 7.5 and ten pounds.

If you set the drag on a light-tackle outfit (12 pound test is illustrated here) with the rod tip pointed at the scale (top), the reading should be about 15 percent of the unknotted line strength. When the rod is in the fighting position (bottom) friction will increase the drag.

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