Damned67
21-03-2013, 07:08 PM
Hi All,
Thinking about trying to accurately set my drag, just for a bit of fun. I've always just grabbed the line with my hand and pulled... 'that's about right'.
Anyway, everything in my head tells me the standard drag setting is 1/3 of the lines breaking strain. For 10lb line, that's 3.3lb, or about 1.6kg. That's not much drag at all. 6lb line would be set at 0.9kg... That's barely more than free-spool!
So my question is this, when dealing with lighter lines, are you still setting at 1/3 of breaking strain, or something different.
I can see the need to set at a 1/3 for big game fishing where 100's of metres of line might be out, but not so convinced when snapper fishing in the bay.
Cheers,
Thinking about trying to accurately set my drag, just for a bit of fun. I've always just grabbed the line with my hand and pulled... 'that's about right'.
Anyway, everything in my head tells me the standard drag setting is 1/3 of the lines breaking strain. For 10lb line, that's 3.3lb, or about 1.6kg. That's not much drag at all. 6lb line would be set at 0.9kg... That's barely more than free-spool!
So my question is this, when dealing with lighter lines, are you still setting at 1/3 of breaking strain, or something different.
I can see the need to set at a 1/3 for big game fishing where 100's of metres of line might be out, but not so convinced when snapper fishing in the bay.
Cheers,