Setting Up Your Reel to Go Fishing

How do you set the drag on a reel

Started by RAM3

Replies: 11
Views: 9,166

May 22, 2011, 05:13:39 AM
by SoCalAngler

line winding options

Started by Steve-O

Replies: 11
Views: 8,872

January 21, 2011, 06:59:02 AM
by JGB

What Backing

Started by Gman_WC

Replies: 10
Views: 7,563

June 07, 2012, 03:25:51 PM
by Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B

What to do with a new Penn Torque 300

Started by Dominick

Replies: 10
Views: 9,996

August 31, 2010, 03:16:22 AM
by Phinaddict

Ideas for a ideal reel

Started by Walter_Lars

Replies: 10
Views: 6,704

March 05, 2010, 06:35:42 AM
by seagipsy

Smaller Reels for 8 day LR tuna fishing

Started by jcool3

Replies: 10
Views: 3,847

April 10, 2019, 04:14:33 AM
by SoCalAngler

Mono vs. braid

Started by PierPirate4578

Replies: 10
Views: 3,641

February 22, 2018, 09:20:52 AM
by Jeri

130 lb mono diameter

Started by thorhammer

Replies: 10
Views: 4,583

April 03, 2016, 03:22:50 PM
by Rancanfish

Spooling Reels

Started by Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B

Replies: 10
Views: 5,225

November 09, 2016, 08:59:50 AM
by Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B

Spinning reels

Started by CharterMaster

Replies: 10
Views: 3,039

July 19, 2019, 02:42:44 PM
by MarkT

What to look for...

Started by D1FISHR

Replies: 10
Views: 5,432

October 06, 2016, 06:28:45 PM
by mike1010

Jigging/Bottom-bumping-multi-purpose reel ?? w/requirements

Started by Reel Stamas

Replies: 10
Views: 7,923

January 25, 2010, 12:10:53 AM
by alantani

Suggestions for new reel

Started by wascallywabit

Replies: 10
Views: 3,227

September 18, 2019, 04:31:19 PM
by SoCalAngler

Backing off drags after a fishing trip

Started by Megalops

Replies: 9
Views: 10,504

July 27, 2012, 06:24:53 PM
by Nessie Hunter

Don’t let this happen to you.

Started by gstours

Replies: 9
Views: 5,052

February 27, 2021, 05:04:02 AM
by Cor

reel advice

Started by Fishermantpr

Replies: 9
Views: 6,853

July 30, 2011, 12:01:44 AM
by SoCalAngler

Reel Questions

Started by DFT

Replies: 9
Views: 8,487

June 06, 2015, 11:25:33 PM
by otghoyt

Two Reels (Three Rods), One 80 lb Rig

Started by fishmeluck

Replies: 9
Views: 5,187

July 16, 2016, 10:33:16 PM
by Shark Hunter

Second-guessing reel size.

Started by Wolfram M

Replies: 8
Views: 1,730

September 13, 2022, 11:26:00 AM
by Wolfram M

Fishing Sea Bass Wrecks

Started by mo65

Replies: 8
Views: 5,419

January 13, 2018, 04:38:42 PM
by mo65