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.


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