Quote Originally Posted by ErikSmith View Post
Ive always heard keep the drag at 1/3 your lbs test line. So if u use 10 lbs line set it at 3 lbs. have to have a scale of some kind to do this though. I fish a lot of ultralite stuff and have mine set so creek bluegills can strip drag on a good run. But my catfish pole with 80 pound braid lines drag is set pretty stiff as im not worried about to much that im going to catch break that line.
Keep doing what u do with keeping it set real light for now until u get more familiar.
Lose enough fish and youll figure it out also lol
Me too, but I'm allways adjusting my drag......You can generally "feel" when a fish needs more or less.....I usually err on the side of caution though, and set the drag a little looser when fighting.