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So I have a question about my avets drag, I'm not sure if its broken or not as this is my first lever drag reel. When I have the predrag knob set low, when I move the lever to full drag it still let's line out when pulled. If I adjust the knob to wear it doesn't let line out when pulled the casting distance is a little shorter, also there is minimal play in the strike drag section. Is this normal? I was under the impression that full drag is full drag regardless of settings, do most of you avet users have it set to where there is still play in full drag?

Its brand new and charkbait is trying to tell me its supposed to be like that but it doesn't make sense to me.

Avet sets their drag different then most reels. Rare and a few other members will chime in to help you.

If it's anything like the Shimano TLD series, you back the lever to "Freespool" to change drag settings.NEVER ADJUST AT ANY OTHER SETTING !!! They are honestly a trolling reel. You set the "Strike" setting so that while trolling, the lure just stays the same distance from the boat at the speed you plan to troll + a bit more (in case of differing currents). That way, when a fish strikes, it allows the fish to run a bit with minimal resistance. The "Max Drag" is for bearing down on a fish to wear them out.

This is how it was explained to me when I got mine.

Look at the parts diagram & you may understand the workings. Also, go to www.alantani.com (I think it's .com) & see if he has a tutorial on your reel. It may help you understand how it works.

dose anyone know why avet dosnt grease there drag i know few reel repair guys who say allways grease your drag with the right stuff but for whatever reason avet seems to be agianst this why?

So that you will replace or repair it more often? Any reel with newer style drag washers always gets greased with cal drag grease when I lube or repair them. It smooths the drag & also helps geep it cooler in high drag situations.

Moge; It has to do with the carbon fiber washer's. Not sure what but that's what I've read.

Is that from Alan Tani? If so, I missed it after spending too many wonderful hours on his site.

I always bow to the lord of reel repair & modification.

Basically my concern is that the drag is only really in full drag if I turn the knob (numbered 1-12, but the numbers don't really seem to mean anything since there are no notches, and it just rotates freely) to the tightest position, if I lower the knob at all it will gradually increase the amount of line it pulls out in "full drag" position. My question is just if this is normal? I was under the impressions that the "Full" position should be literally full drag, regardless of position of the knob, but perhaps I am wrong? I was going to take a video for you guys, but I just flipped in a canoe and my phone took a swim, so hopefully I was able to explain well enough.

strizile wrote:Lever on full does not equal full drag at least not with the Avets

I like this way of being able to preselect you max drag although you have to be sure to set it right for your target species.

I have mine set to about 70% to 80% of the drag which equates to roughly 14lb to 16lb of drag. That is plenty for most applications.

I'm not sure if I like it, I mean if I have it set for a 15 pound snook and hook up with a 100lb tarpon, I could be in some trouble, or if im fishing for some grovers and hook up with a big grouper. well, at least I know it's not broken... Does anyone else's knobs not really make any sense in terms of numbers? It is 1 through 12, but it continues to rotate past the 12.

rare wrote:The numbers don't mean a thing on the reel! "IF" If Marry had balls she will be.....pfff! Forgive me!

Listen, you want to set the drag tight enough that it tires out the fish when you fight it, but not so tight that the line breaks under stress. You set your drag to 25% of the breaking strength of the line you are using. What good would it do for you if you set it on full to have that 100lb poon break you off. I had a 50-60lb poon on & running in one tunnel out the other in key west. That line didn't give up not because I had 60lb mono...I had 15lb mono & the drag was tight enough to fight it, yet light enough so it wont break off. You wanted to slip before the line breaks...That's the idea....

How do I set it to 25%? Pretty much just by feel and educated guess? Since the numbers are pretty useless... Thanks a lot for all the help btw!

Sounds good, i'm sure just by fishing with the reel i'll get the feel for where it needs to be set at too. Just making sure that nothing is wrong with the reel considering it was bought brand new. It seems that all of them are made so that full drag doesnt actually mean full drag, and it is whatever you set it too, and that everyone's numbers mean absolutely nothing. Hell, I think when I put the notch as far in as it can go it's on 3, it goes from 1-12, than over again until it stops at 3.

One thing I noticed on mine was you could use the 1-12 knob as a type of cast control. Set high enough, it put a wee bit of drag on the spool in free. Thought is was a feature I didn't know I had