"Reel Mechanical Breaking"

[skatenchips]

Ok,for the minority of us......ie ..me
that do not as yet understand all the fundamentals of
Multiplier use.
Ive just read the instruction pamphlet that came with the
Daiwa 7HT and it mentions..........
The 0 to 9 brake dial can be adjusted during casting to enable
the caster to gain extra yards.
Now ive seen tourny casters fiddlin with summit on there reels during the vids ive watched and would asume they are doing
the same thing.

Now for a 5 second cast,Im to bizzy watching the bloody lead
land and then the spool so I dont get over runs.....
but geeeeeeeez where does the time come from to fiddle
with the brake dial as well.

For those of you that do...........can you just quickly explain
if and what yardage you gain by doing so.
and when you apply the "fiddlin " in order to gain the best from
this action.

cheers
Gazza

[damo]

i think the best advice is to leave well alone during the cast, its ok on the field but of no use for fishing, remember those guys on the casting ground are trying to get the max from each cast possible,regardless of frap-ups , ets.For anybody fairly new to multipliers i would advise the following,tension the spool so that it sits central in the cage(use the left and right adjusters to do this) The spool should have a SMALL amount of sideways movement either way if you push it side to side( maybe 1-2mm as a base line) put in two of the biggest brake blocks u have and give that a go, as u become more confident u can then start to play with oils, size and number of block etc.Remember this is omny my opinion-don't mail me if u frap off first cast!!!!!!!!!!!!
good luck

[The Codfather of Sole]

damo said:

i think the best advice is to leave well alone during the cast, its ok on the field but of no use for fishing, remember those guys on the casting ground are trying to get the max from each cast possible,regardless of frap-ups , ets.For anybody fairly new to multipliers i would advise the following,tension the spool so that it sits central in the cage(use the left and right adjusters to do this) The spool should have a SMALL amount of sideways movement either way if you push it side to side( maybe 1-2mm as a base line) put in two of the biggest brake blocks u have and give that a go, as u become more confident u can then start to play with oils, size and number of block etc.Remember this is omny my opinion-don't mail me if u frap off first cast!!!!!!!!!!!!
good luck

Good advice here from Damo, as a rule, I set up the sideways movement so that you can just feel it move sideways, but not be able to see it (if you know what I mean)

[phish]

No I dont see that ;D

[damo]

eh?

[The Codfather of Sole]

codfatherofsole said:

damo said:

i think the best advice is to leave well alone during the cast, its ok on the field but of no use for fishing, remember those guys on the casting ground are trying to get the max from each cast possible,regardless of frap-ups , ets.For anybody fairly new to multipliers i would advise the following,tension the spool so that it sits central in the cage(use the left and right adjusters to do this) The spool should have a SMALL amount of sideways movement either way if you push it side to side( maybe 1-2mm as a base line) put in two of the biggest brake blocks u have and give that a go, as u become more confident u can then start to play with oils, size and number of block etc.Remember this is omny my opinion-don't mail me if u frap off first cast!!!!!!!!!!!!
good luck

Good advice here from Damo, as a rule, I set up the sideways movement so that you can just feel it move sideways, but not be able to see it (if you know what I mean)

Difficult to explain this, but, you should be able to 'feel' the side-to-side movement of the spool, but not see it moving when you do it, so you have the very minimum of spool float achievable.

[skatenchips]

I dont begin to understand this "float" milarchy as yet
but have the spool set so it moves slightly when in free spool
and im sure this will come in time.

Im happy with my casting,so far and can see that this dial fiddlin
is for the lads who know whats what.
just needed an answer..........nuff said.

Gazza

[marksouth]

As everyone else has said, adjusting the reel mid flight is purely for field casting.

The idea being that at the moment you cast the lead and reel are moving at the same speed but this relationship changes as the cast progresses. The lead slows and the line level drops.

You don't want to be in a position where the reel is feeding more line than the lead (and wind) can take away. that is when you crack off (usually at about 80 - 100 yards on a tourny cast)

Once the line level drops and the lead has travelled over the apex. the lead starts to tow line from the reel rather than the reel give it to the lead so at this point it can increase distance slightly to reduce the reels resistance to a minimum so we back the magnets out slowly .

IN truth the advantage is quite small but in a competition which is sometimes won by CM's every little helps eh?

[skatenchips]

Great explanation mark thanks.

Gazza

[cuckoo]

well thats cleared that 1 up for me as well gazza ....... good question !!!!!!

lee.