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I'm having difficulty getting head around spool "tension" adjustment - or more correctly, reel manufacturers' guidance versus anglers' guidance.
Anglers' guidance 1st: invariably it is to adjust "tension" knob to a just-noticeable amount of sideways shift on the spool. OK, but if a spool has any sideways float what does that have to do with tension?
General manufacturers' advice: this seems to me to be much more complicated. Generally it is suggested that spool tension has an effect re bird-nesting and also might best be adjusted according to end-tackle weight and "tension" knob adjusted with an end-tackle drop test! What does end-tackle weight matter when, according to anglers, the spool should be free to run (but not too sloppy) ?
So could anyone help by explaining, please, what sideways spool float versus "tension" adjustments are really all about in the real world ?
Anglers' guidance 1st: invariably it is to adjust "tension" knob to a just-noticeable amount of sideways shift on the spool. OK, but if a spool has any sideways float what does that have to do with tension?
General manufacturers' advice: this seems to me to be much more complicated. Generally it is suggested that spool tension has an effect re bird-nesting and also might best be adjusted according to end-tackle weight and "tension" knob adjusted with an end-tackle drop test! What does end-tackle weight matter when, according to anglers, the spool should be free to run (but not too sloppy) ?
So could anyone help by explaining, please, what sideways spool float versus "tension" adjustments are really all about in the real world ?
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