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| Morning-
I just bought a Shimano Tranx 400 AHG and I can't seem to tighten the star drag enough to not be able to pull line off the reel. It does tighten some and it seemed to work OK when I reeled in a 20 pounder last weekend.
I have the same exact thing happening on my Abu Garcia Ambassedeur 400 Round reel.
Line is Sea Breeze 80 lb braid.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Location: plant earth | Usually if you put just braided line on a bare spool it will start to slip sooner or later. Do you have some type of backer line say mono. You will need that for a base or the braided line will spin on the spoon. Possible it didnt move until u got the line on the spool wet. There are others on here that use other methods they all work well. |
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| 2 wraps of electrical tape to the spool also works great, however i also usually use mono as backing. |
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| both guys seems to be right.personally i spool half 50 lbs big games mono make an albright knot and load the rest of braid |
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| Thanks all - Electrical tape and mono backing - problem solved!
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| you don't need both |
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Location: Almond, WI | Another issue with new reels is often the factory over-lubes them before they send them out and occasionally some oil will get into the drag washers which will cause slippage. |
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Location: Aurora | Don't git me started on new reels..
Over-lubed, under-lubed or worse, that sticky long term storage-type grease they use.
That's why they all go to Pikemaster right off the shelf cuz you don't git second chances with new bearings.
$25 bucks and viola', no drag slippage, no worries, and he knows which plastic bushings should be replaced with ball bearings, how to get more drag from some reels with a slightly thicker washer, deep sonic cleaning, and the best lubes.
Pimp & Polish baby.. Oh yeah
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Location: St. Lawrence River | supertrollr - 3/15/2018 11:45 AM
who the **** is that old man?
The most interesting man in the world |
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