Shimano Curado 201
Just got it in the mail today. Thought they would have instructions on how
to adjust the brakes and set the tension for proper casting. Does anyone know of a site that has such instructions? This is the first reel of this type I've owned. Thanks in advance for the help. -- Ed (remove nospam to reply) |
Shimano Curado 201
Well... you bought a good first reel.
To adjust the brakes on the spool, flip ou the little lever on the right side and unscrew it. Inside you'll see 6 pins with the plastic brakes on them. They either snap down towards the center of the spool, or snap out. When they're snapped down, they will not act as brakes, but pulled out, they'll spin against the race and act as brakes. Adjust them until you can cast well. I usually pull out every other pin, but set my tensioning knob to make corrections. I know someone here has a better explaination and probably a site or two they'll share. "egildone" wrote in message news:ZyBRb.494$Le3.380@okepread04... Just got it in the mail today. Thought they would have instructions on how to adjust the brakes and set the tension for proper casting. Does anyone know of a site that has such instructions? This is the first reel of this type I've owned. Thanks in advance for the help. -- Ed (remove nospam to reply) |
Shimano Curado 201
I have never had to adjust my brakes on my Curado reels, just the casting
spool tension which is the small brass knob on the side. I would suggest starting out with a fair amount of tension then, as you get used to it, back off the tension. Watch out for headwind and be careful when you change lure weight. Above all, be patient and have fun learning. "egildone" wrote in message news:ZyBRb.494$Le3.380@okepread04... Just got it in the mail today. Thought they would have instructions on how to adjust the brakes and set the tension for proper casting. Does anyone know of a site that has such instructions? This is the first reel of this type I've owned. Thanks in advance for the help. -- Ed (remove nospam to reply) |
Shimano Curado 201
To set the tension knob on all these type reels is simple, put whatever line
and lure you are going to use on and reel it up close to the tip, now pressdown on the casting button while holding the spool with your thumb. Release the spool and let the line run free till the lure hits the ground. If the spool causes a birds nest the knob isn't tight enough, tighten and test till the lure falls relatively fast but has very little overrun that causes a birds nest. The more you use the reel and get an "educated thumb" the less you'll use any of the adjustments and the better the reel will perform. Don't try to cast to the moon on your first practices, accuracy in casting is more important than distance. Cast to something in your yard like a Hoola Hoop or kids wading pool about 25 to 30 ft away, when 9 out of 10 goes in look for a bucket and start over, when you have that licked you are as good as most fisherman. |
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