Donny t

I'm very sorry to hear that. Cancer is an awful soab.

Also a bit off topic but if you live in bronzeback country (smallmouth) would you mind sending me a few pics of some beauties, I really miss those guys, down here all we have is the green stuff ?

I normally use 5 pounds of drag (measured with a scale) but occasionally crank it up when fishing heavy cover, and sometimes go as low as a couple pounds if I just want to enjoy the fight (bass actually peel a little drag but can still be landed fairly quickly), though hooksets can be a pain as I have to remember to thumb the spool or risk a failed hookset.