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As soon as you wind the handle after picking up the rod, the standard drag clicks into place and you can play the fish as normal, with the reel then only then giving line when the fish goes on a powerful run

I used to carry a hard plastic bait organizer around the beaches, usually fishing in basketball shorts and a T-shirt, but ironically those early years occupy some of my favorite fishing memories because I had no expectations of surfcasting grandeur

These brake weights can be turned on or off to control the speed of the spool

EXIGLT4000D

Of all the reels listed here, this is the one I keep coming back to it really is far better than the price tag indicates