I have a Shimano Caius 150HD on a Daiwa 7' AIXD MHF rod and am struggling to understand why the casting distance seems limited compared to similar setups. It's spooled with 30lb spiderwire with a 3' 15lb FC leader. It is used for Tokyo and Texas rigged soft plastics with a variety of weights and worms. Even with the heaviest worm/weight combo, my casting distance is a good 10' - 20' less than similarly rigged reels. I cleaned and lubed it over the weekend and gained a few feet but I'm still no where near what I would expect it to be. I have the cast control knob backed way off and the brakes are at a minimum (assuming up is on and down is off). Do y'all think this is something in the setup? Or are these reels known to have shorter casting distance. Is the line too much for the reel?

I don't have a Caius 150HD to verify this, but isn't up on the dial going to reduce the brakes and down going to apply more brakes? That's the way all of my reels work. You may have your brakes maxed out, when you're thinking they should be off, which is causing the problem. Double check that, if you don't mind.

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November 15, 20214 yr

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It turned out to be the brakes. I had 4 down and two up. Reversed that and I my casting distance went way up matching that of my other rods.

Thanks for all the replies.

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November 16, 20214 yr

23 hours ago, gunsinger said:

It turned out to be the brakes. I had 4 down and two up. Reversed that and I my casting distance went way up matching that of my other rods.

Thanks for all the replies.

This is what I figured the issue was, glad to hear you got it sorted!

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November 16, 20214 yr

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On 11/8/2021 at 11:40 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

I use a 7' MH/F Aird X for one of my spinnerbait rods, it'll get them out there just fine, I doubt the rod is the problem.

I have an Aird X MHF and a MF. I also have a Falcon Lowrider MHF and a Dobyns MHMF. They are used for different applications but all cast well. I was also going to doubt that it was the rod, but just saw the OP mention it was the brake setting, so there it is.

I love my Falcon and Dobyns, but I still use my Aird X’s a lot.

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