dodgeguy

I would never use anything under Fuji Alconite with braid. I've see guides get grooved on rides with lesser guides.Not All Guides Are Good With Braid !!!!

Not if u buy an LFS and set it right. Like I said get someone who knows how to help u.

Yeah pure fishing totally screwed that up.

Send it to me I'll use it.

How often do u retie?

As far as I know Pflueger no longer sells bait casters. They used to be my brand and now u can't find them.

If u buy a low cost bait caster u will pay in aggravation. I suggest a Lews LFS right now on sale at Bass pro for 79$. That can't be beat.For the rod forget the 2 piece. I suggest falcon bucco at Bass pro 6-6 mh moderate for 99$. Anything cheaper will be harder to learn on. The reel has magnets with a dial to set them and they work well.i prefer centrifugal brakes but they cost more.I would suggest 50 lb vicious no fade braid for line. Braid is easier to cast and easier to remove a backlash and doesn't get damaged by a backlash where mono and flouro do. I suggest you get someone who knows how to use one properly to teach you.

Pull the spool out and oil it. Do you know what kind of brakes it has? Either that or send to Delaware Valley Tackle

Vicious no Fade Braid in 50 lb test. Best braid made.

Switch to carbon drag

lews bb1 6 speed for cranks. there are none better.

IMHO spinning is not for deep diving crankbaits. A low gear ratio low line retrieve bait caster is what you need. Deep cranks on a spinning rod will tire you out fast as spinning reels generally take in to much line. Jerkbaits on the other hand are fine with spinning.its a totally different technique that's not as stressful. Get a 6 ratio lews bbq pro with the externally adjustable centrifugal brake and learn how to cast. In 2 weeks you should be fine. Have someone who knows how teach you.

Do you have sonar ?

Lews Custom Lite shallow spool

I learned it from Bill dance like 30 years ago.

Never pick it. Push down release and jam your thumb on spool pull out line gently untill it stops. Pull on the loops with your fingers to loosen them .jam thumb and repeat as needed. 99.9 percent of knots pop out with no damage to line. The only backlash that it might not work on is when you hook a tree or your buddy behind you.

U should almost never have to cut braid out. It's the easiest to remove a backlash from and the line doesn't get damaged.

I would stay with fluorocarbon. Are you using a shallow pool?Shallow spool equals less digging. Somehow I can't picture braid with bfs. I hate leaders more than I dislike fluorocarbon line.

i have this mental block in my head that keeps trying to tell me that i would catch more fish on flouro. as a result every year i put it on a few rods. i cant say that on a slow day with braid that the flouro made any difference but that little devil keeps popping up on my shoulder and wispering in my ear. i have yet to find a way to kill him . as far as which braid i use its vicious no fade braid. the stuff is amazing and does everything i want it to do and dont need to color it.

they are fantastic reels at that price point. i definately put them up against reels costing 3 times as much. rarely backlash and are smooth on retrieve. i had 4 first gen that 8 sold after 8 hard years and replaced with second gen. al 4 are still going stong after 3 more years.

What he said.

almost any reel can be set up to be mostly backlash proof. IMHO lews 27 point brakes is the best. It can be set so the only place u need to thumb it is on splashdown.preety much the only way to backlash is on the back cast if u hook something behind u. No need for DC IMHO.

I'm surprised it took so long. You learned on braid and your used to it. Flouro carbon requires more brake as it has memory where braid has none. Two totally different animals.

Great stuff

Lews Custom Lite