Get the tension set first then set the brakes.

To set the tension...tie on your bait/lure. Hold the rod out straight parallel to the ground. Have the rod tip about 4 feet high. Press the thumbar like you were going to make a cast. Then loosen the tension knob behind the cranking handle until the bait starts to slowly fall. Do not have your thumb on the spool...let it free fall. You want the bait to fall at a slow steady speed and when it hits the ground the spool should stop.

If the spool continus to turn and over run tighten the tension. If the lure/bait does not want to fall loosen the tension.


If the birds nest is starting to form as soon as you make the cast and get bigger as more line comes off adjust the brakes. They will be located on the oppsite side of the reel crank.

Pending on how the reel is made there is two ways that brakes can be adjusted. Some reels have a knob that you adjust. Some you have to take the side plate off to activate or disable the brake.

If the birds net only starts to happen at the end of the cast adjust the tension knob located on the same side as the crank handle.


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