Avet Reels - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

oneyedeer · 01-11-2014, 08:17 PM

Its not that complicated....the lever is like your star drag but instead of spinning to adjust the amount of drag you are simply pushing the lever forward.....a nice lever drag reel you would get a gradual increase as you go up but the less expensive models you would feel a significant difference at the sweet spots, strike and full. For this reason you can use the same reel for different setups and not have to micro adjust. The advantage is you are in control of that range of drag pressure because if the preset knob. Second advantage is you know exactly how much drag you have vs. A stardrag you are going by feel unless you know exactly how many times you spin the star drag. There is the 33% and 25% rule for setting your drag. I personally like the 25% rule but for a lever drag I can get a pretty close setup of 25% at strike and 33% at full.

01-11-2014, 08:17 PM	#7
oneyedeer Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Orange County, ca Posts: 684	Its not that complicated....the lever is like your star drag but instead of spinning to adjust the amount of drag you are simply pushing the lever forward.....a nice lever drag reel you would get a gradual increase as you go up but the less expensive models you would feel a significant difference at the sweet spots, strike and full. For this reason you can use the same reel for different setups and not have to micro adjust. The advantage is you are in control of that range of drag pressure because if the preset knob. Second advantage is you know exactly how much drag you have vs. A stardrag you are going by feel unless you know exactly how many times you spin the star drag. There is the 33% and 25% rule for setting your drag. I personally like the 25% rule but for a lever drag I can get a pretty close setup of 25% at strike and 33% at full.