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Originally Posted by ShortsideK
Drag... Schmag
Everyone gets so wrapped up in drag systems. The components; the design; the adjustment; the smoothness.
It just gives us something to talk about.
It would be interesting to know just how often we honestly believe that the drag system saved the day playing/landing a trout. Not very.
I think for vast majority of trout fishermen, there is no need for any adjustable drag system. >90% of the fish we catch never get on the reel and the ones that we do manage to get on the reel aren't big enough to need any kind of drag system.
Once in awhile we play around with the drag, but always end up setting it near minimum and leave it there indefinitely.
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For trout and small fish you can get away without a drag but a good drag comes in pretty handy with big fish on big water when that big salmon , steelhead, laker, pike decide they want to peel a hundred yards off.