2 hours ago, bma3 said:

I have adjusted the brakes, I'm not a rookie lol. It's 12lb test. 

 "My bait that I was using yesterday was 1/2 ounce. I haven't been able to find any sort of internal braking, only a knob on the side. "

 

If you're only adjusting the spool tension and you haven't gone inside the reel to adjust the casting brakes, then you haven't adjusted your brakes. Casting with fluorocarbon isn't very different to using any other type of line, only a minor adjustment. Casting a baitcaster without knowing how they work or how to adjust them is much more difficult.

I use line conditioner because I think it helps gives a little more distance, but for bird nest prevention I think brakes and thumb control are key.

 

Yesterday on very windy day, I was side casting crankbait on FC into wind and under pipe running parrellel to bridge, thumb always at ready to stop line if crank was about to hit pipe.  Worked great until wind took crank just as it was starting to clear pipe, too fast for me to react, result was worst birds nest ever - I had to cut out.

20 hours ago, Tim Kelly said:

 "My bait that I was using yesterday was 1/2 ounce. I haven't been able to find any sort of internal braking, only a knob on the side. "

 

If you're only adjusting the spool tension and you haven't gone inside the reel to adjust the casting brakes, then you haven't adjusted your brakes. Casting with fluorocarbon isn't very different to using any other type of line, only a minor adjustment. Casting a baitcaster without knowing how they work or how to adjust them is much more difficult.

I meant the other knob on the other side of the reel. The Okuma Cerros does not have internal brakes but instead has a dial on the side. 

11 hours ago, bma3 said:

I meant the other knob on the other side of the reel. The Okuma Cerros does not have internal brakes but instead has a dial on the side. 

 

On 10/9/2017 at 11:49 PM, bma3 said:

I have adjusted the brakes, I'm not a rookie lol. It's 12lb test. 

When I was a baitcasting rookie, I didn't know the difference between magnetic brakes and centrifugal brakes either. Or that the spool tension adjustment is controlled by a "knob" and the magnetic brake adjustment is controlled by a "dial".

 

I learned those things on this forum just as you now have.  Your reel has magnetic brakes which help slow the spool down at the end of the cast. If you are backlashing at the beginning of the cast, use more thumb on the spool or add more spool tension with the "knob". You might also be casting too hard. I have a reel with magnetic brakes and when I try to really whip a cast I almost always backlash right away.

I run 4lbs, 6lbs, and 12lbs InvizX for my ultralight setup, my finesse rig, and my squarebill/crankbait/spinnerbait setups respectively. Every night before I go fishing I give each reel a couple of squirts of KVD L&L and have not had any instances of backlash whatsoever during my year of fishing.

 

I run a Daiwa Exceler 2000 on my UL, a Daiwa Fuego 2500 for my finesse rig, and my baitcasters are Daiwa Tatula's which have been dialed in to maximize casting distances as I fish from shore and desire to cover as much water as possible.

 

Out of all the fluorocarbon lines available, I think that Seaguar and Sunline are the brands that handle the best when it comes to simple out of box usage. They both have very little memory, in my case with InvizX there was none at all. I believe that there are a lot of mental blocks that fishermen put in front of themselves, and for me that little bit of KVD L&L helps put my mind at ease that I won't suffer any backlashes or overruns when I'm fishing with the setups involved.

 

With my mind at ease, I can focus on what matters; the fishing.

11 hours ago, Attila said:

I run 4lbs, 6lbs, and 12lbs InvizX for my ultralight setup, my finesse rig, and my squarebill/crankbait/spinnerbait setups respectively. Every night before I go fishing I give each reel a couple of squirts of KVD L&L and have not had any instances of backlash whatsoever during my year of fishing.

 

I run a Daiwa Exceler 2000 on my UL, a Daiwa Fuego 2500 for my finesse rig, and my baitcasters are Daiwa Tatula's which have been dialed in to maximize casting distances as I fish from shore and desire to cover as much water as possible.

 

Out of all the fluorocarbon lines available, I think that Seaguar and Sunline are the brands that handle the best when it comes to simple out of box usage. They both have very little memory, in my case with InvizX there was none at all. I believe that there are a lot of mental blocks that fishermen put in front of themselves, and for me that little bit of KVD L&L helps put my mind at ease that I won't suffer any backlashes or overruns when I'm fishing with the setups involved.

 

With my mind at ease, I can focus on what matters; the fishing.

I too bought some InvizX after I struggled so much and almost all my problems went away. I think line played into it a lot.