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Setting the Drag on a Lever Drag Fishing Reel

Properly setting the drag on a fishing reel is one of the most important things you can do to insure landing that fish of a lifetime.

On lever drag reels there are two drag settings we need to concern ourselves with, strike drag and full drag. The strike drag setting needs to be high enough to prevent backlash on the reel and below the point where the initial strike force or inertia exceeds the breaking strength of the line.