HOW 2 TUESDAY #12 - How To Set Your Drag For Saltwater Gamefish

Tom Rowland Podcast

Waypoint TV

Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Bouncer gives some excellent advice including: Use a hand scale every time Point the rod directly at the scale and pull back until the drag slips at 20% of the breaking strength Use the scale to observe how the drag changes as your customers or friends pull on the line and bend the rod Practice so much that you can know exactly how hard the angler is pulling by the bend in the rod

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1:00.0	legends of sport fishing bouncer Smith we're sitting in his Miami apartment, we're looking
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1:17.8	about how to set the drag for Saltwater game fish.
1:21.2	Bouncer has a way that he likes to do it and likes to instruct his
1:24.0	customers and he's going to share it with us today. Bouncer? The first thing to do
1:27.8	when you're setting your drag is to acquire some kind of a hand skill. You want to set your drag so that your rod is
1:37.3	pointed straight at a hand scale. The hand scale is fastened into your
1:41.7	fishing line and your line is running through the guides on your rod.
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