Shinmothy

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but how exactly do I tune one of these? I purchased a JDM one as an upgrade to my crappy bait caster I learned on but I’m a little confused as to how to tune it given the whole magforce brake thing. I accidentally messed with the tension knob which is apparently a no no and I’m a little worried at not being able to set it back to where it was. Do I just leave the tension knob alone and turn the magforce dial until it doesn’t backlash anymore or something?

Hi y’all, I’m looking for a beater all around rod to take with me to college so my expride can stay at home. I think I’ve mostly settled on the Ark tharp series as the best blend of everything I want. However I can’t seem to understand the difference between the Moneymaker (7’ 3” MH F) vs the Hammer (7’ MH XF) which are both listed as all purpose and have the same lure ratings on Ark’s website. I did read the TT review that said that the moneymaker fished more like a heavy, but I’m looking for something that can fish weightless senkos comfortably and go up to 1 oz or 1 1/2 oz if needed, but not necessarily handle 2 oz comfortably like the moneymaker did in TT’s review. Would I be better served with the hammer instead then? Or is the moneymaker fine and I’m just overthinking it. Any help is greatly appreciated and if y’all have any other suggestions for rods <200 mark preferably under 150 I’d greatly appreciate it.