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<blockquote data-quote="lunkerslayer" data-source="post: 495364" data-attributes="member: 217"><p>Ok my experience is how i use the drag when dealing with a bigger fish, i use my right hand to dial the drag depending on the timing of the retrievalof the fish . Earlier in the fight i dial down the drag so the fish can feel some resistance while taking the line out and when the fish quits pulling i dial it back up just enough so that when im pulling back the rod the drag isnt still spinning line out. This process was ideal when i used mono because spider wire or power pro were still a new product which if anyone remembers they sucked. I learned this technique i describe while catching cat fish on light gear on the red, I guess i never seen anyone use the anti reverse option, probably be better since using the drag would twist the line up something fierce making the reel useless because it would would twist up on to itself when i used it again, but when i switched to braided line no more twist. I would use this same technique ice fishing as well, which is the reason i went with quantum reels because they used ceramic discs in their drags which were much better then the carbon ones in others, nearly indestructible.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="lunkerslayer, post: 495364, member: 217"] Ok my experience is how i use the drag when dealing with a bigger fish, i use my right hand to dial the drag depending on the timing of the retrievalof the fish . Earlier in the fight i dial down the drag so the fish can feel some resistance while taking the line out and when the fish quits pulling i dial it back up just enough so that when im pulling back the rod the drag isnt still spinning line out. This process was ideal when i used mono because spider wire or power pro were still a new product which if anyone remembers they sucked. I learned this technique i describe while catching cat fish on light gear on the red, I guess i never seen anyone use the anti reverse option, probably be better since using the drag would twist the line up something fierce making the reel useless because it would would twist up on to itself when i used it again, but when i switched to braided line no more twist. I would use this same technique ice fishing as well, which is the reason i went with quantum reels because they used ceramic discs in their drags which were much better then the carbon ones in others, nearly indestructible. [/QUOTE]

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