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Originally Posted by tomahawk
I havent shopped reels in a while so I looked this up. It is a conventional reel not a baitcaster... I have never adjusted a conventional reels spool for cast control, just use the thumb. Baitcaster is a different story. I am I in the minorrity?
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completely with you on this one. i depend on my thumb for the furthest and most accurate casts now. i even try to do this with my larger baitcast reels (shimano calcutta, tica caiman, daiwa luna, etc). the purpose of the spool tension knob is to prevent backlashes due to the spool still spinning rapidly even though the bait/lure has already hit the water. a downfall is the tension knob also reduces your casting distance by quite a bit (cast controls also reduce cast distance).