Faytisdestiney

Sorry for the delayed response. Your right about the directions which is why I filled it so much. My motion was bring it back then to be honest I waited a second or two for the lure to settle then cast forward like a regular closed face reel. I then tried side ways and did the same thing with pausing. Did kind of like a flick motion. Down and upwards till I let the line go and stopped.

I am upset with him but not surprised. My wife and kids took my rook dicks sporting good for Father’s Day. I figured the sales person didn’t know anything like he claim. However since I’m still new to this stuff I had nothing really to go on. He also told me that my reel can’t handle more then 12lbs because it says 10-17lbs on it or something like that. Same for my pole. That’s what I was thinking. I watched many videos for learning and most of them didn’t have to feather or thumb at all. No one did do either on setting 4. I will try to that. Most of my backlashes are happening before the lure even starts to decent Attached is the lure I was using and line in my reel. I think it’s called a venom. Not sure on weight. I filled spool as much as a few videos said to. none of the videos mentions the one motion cast. I was bringing it and waiting a second to cast forward. thank you for the advice. I am going to try it tomorrow

ive done that. I also had it had 4 and nothing seems to help. I had it on 4 made sure the lure went down slowly then gave it a light toss and the reel backlashed all way the down inside the reel, i had to remove all the line to get it out. I am thinking this reel is defective.

One other thing i want to mention is no matter the weight or # brake i use this i always cast the same distance. And when it birdnests it goes all they way to the bottom of the spool. I have to remove almost all the line to get it out. I am beginning to wonder if this reel isn't just defective.

to be honest im not sure. It is 12lb test and the guy at the shop said it was braided line. I dont see it say braided anywhere on it tho. I dont know anything about line really. ill attach a pic of the line. According to the instructions and everything i have read your not suppose to adjust to the lure using this reel. I have tried doing both with and with out. What gets me is how ppl dont have to thumb it but i can manage it lol.

I am new to baitcasters and I did a lot research and decided to go with the Shimano SLX DC 150HG. I have watched tons of videos on casting and how to fine tune and as far as I can tell I’m all set up just fine. I also bought a new pole it a Dobyns fury series. 7ft 1pc 8-17lb med/heavy mod-fast action. The line is 12lb braided. almost every cast I get a backlash even on setting 4 where backlashes are suppose to not happen. In all the videos I watched people are throwing out lures 100+ feet and not even thumbing it. I am getting the backlash as soon as I cast and the few times I don’t I get maybe 20-30ft and half of those times it backlashes after the cast. I turned the knob so the spook stops going left to right like everywhere says. one thing I tried was ignoring that and tuning it to the lure so when it falls it doesn’t backlash but that did not help. I don’t know what’s wrong. Any help with this would be very much appreciated.