Bigger than you were hoping for, but within the limits of your gear. After a good battle of you cranking in between the drag doing its job of slipping, you get the fish to the shore. The slippage is preventing the line from breaking (because that would take ten pounds of force to happen). With each surge the drag resists against the pull. Dzzzz, zzz, zzzz! The fish beings to tire a little – remember he’s swimming and dragging around the equivalent of three pounds of weight – about 20 percent of its body weight. The fish, after being hooked, starts to pull out line and your drag sings like crazy. How’s that possible? The line test strength is only ten pounds, the drag is set at three pounds, and okay, there’s a 30 pound leader… but that’s not the weak link. You hook what you almost find out later to be a fifteen-pound fish. line, 1/2 – 1 1/4 ounce lures, the manufacturer has listed on the side of the rod. It’s mounted on a quality seven-foot spinning rod. Your reel is well-maintained the drag washers were recently serviced and capable of generating fourteen pounds of maximum drag. Scenario: you’ve spooled your fishing reel up with ten-pound test line, tied 30 inches of 30 pound test fluorocarbon line on as a leader because you are concerned about your thinner main line chaffing on rocks, carefully tied knots, (knots reduce line strength) and using a pull type fishing scale, properly set your reel’s drag to three pounds of drag before slipping occurs. Let’s take some of the aforementioned info and apply it here. So, if you have a rod rated for 14-30 pound line, would you consider such a large drag capacity necessary?Īnother misnomer is that some fishermen think ten-pound test line is necessary to handle fish weighing up to ten pounds (or 30 pound line for a 30 pound fish, etc.). And, enough force to rip the guides out of a rod not built to handle it. That’s enough force for massive deep water game fish. Okay – knowing this, why would you want a reel that can develop 55 pounds of drag? In theory, that’s enough drag for 165 lbs. If you are spooled up with 30 pound test line, big enough to handle very large fish, the drag would be set at ten pounds of pulling force before the drag slips. The drag setting, the amount of force in pounds of pulling force, should be no more than one third of the fishing line’s test strength. Some anglers are dazzled by high drag settings available on some (usually more expensive) fishing reels. Or, use a wire leader for bigger, more vicious fish. If you are going after toothy game fish, or fishing a rocky area, use a heavy monofilament or fluorocarbon leader connected to a proper main line size that is matched to the rod, reel, and drag. Many falsely believe that a heavier line will prevent bite offs, and break- offs by a big fish. Using a heavier line beyond a given point, is not necessary if the drag on your reel (more about that later) is set properly. Too light of a line on too heavy of a rod will lead to snapped lines. Using too heavy of a fishing line, whether you are fishing with monofilament line, fluorocarbon line, or braided fishing line, could lead to snapped off rod guides or at the least, it will cut down on casting distance. The relationship, the balance, has to be shared among all of the components. test) and lure size (ounces) for the size and species of fish targeted. Select your fishing rod for the line size (lbs. There’s an old expression, “Fish don't break fishing tackle, fishermen break tackle.” A lot of breakage can be avoided through proper fishing gear selection. There needs to be balance within the components themselves and balance in the relationship of the components.įishing tackle also needs to be matched to the size and species being fished for. I’ve seen this problem exist among newbie and veteran anglers alike …the matching up of the correct size and types of fishing tackle.Ī fishing reel, fishing rod and fishing line need to work as a coordinated unit, with one part not overshadowing the others by being too heavy or too light. Matching the best fishing reel to the best fishing rod for balance and the best setup as a rod and reel combo.
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