While at Bassmaster University recently I watched Denny Brauer put on an
interesting display. He made 50' pitched with his TD-X baitcaster & NEVER
put his thumb on the spool. No trace of a birdsnest whatsoever. It goes to
show that with today's reels if they are adjusted properly a backlash should
be a rare occurance. Heck, I sure was impressed.

Warren

"RichZ" wrote in message
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Ken Blevins wrote:
are you saying that smaller diameter line should
have more overruns because the spool is turning faster than that of a
larger diameter line and more attention to "thumb" control is
needed .

Exactly the opposite. The spool is spinning SLOWER with the lighter
line, which results in less braking force from the centrifugal brakes,
and thus more need for an educated thumb.