"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message SNIP

That's pretty much how I set mine too Charles! If it works for muskies
in the weeds, stumps and logs, it'll work for bass too, I reckon.....
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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
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Then maybe you are using to heavy of tackle.

6'6" Medium Light to 7' Medium Heavy with a Curado 200 or Cardiff 100
reel? Nah, I just developed a very educated thumb and sense for how much
pressure I can put on a fish. I rarely break off a fish due to line
snapping.
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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
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I have set the drag before and do not touch it unless I am going to be
spooled. I learned fishing on the salt and you could hook in to very large
fish on the lighter gear. Fishing for Stripers at the Berkeley Pier as a
kid, you may get a 22# perch or an 80# Mud Marlin (ray).