Nick Boehm

Note. Maybe I’ll give it a shot next time I rig it.

Was fishing a couple crank baits and some spinners. From what I understand the eyelets of crank baits don’t always hold up to unforgiving braid.

Thanks. I’m going to shorten my leader to where it doesn’t pass the guides.

Thanks. It’s not too noisy so I’ll grease and oil the larger parts but wait till the colder months to really get inside of it.

Thanks for the info. I took it out back today. Backed off the reel tension till there was some “click” or side to side play in the spool as other Daiwa users suggested. I then tightened it back about a 1/8th of aturn. Set the mags to 6 and voila!! Perfect casts. The Uni to Uni was no longer snagging anything and the cast was super smooth with little effort. I think the spool tension was just way to tight slowing down the cast just enough for the knot to try and bite at the guides. I still had a couple small backlashes but that was me getting used to a new reel and they were nowhere near as bad as the ones I experienced on the lake. Man you guys are funny. While the knot was catching and I could physically feel it hitting the guides it ultimately came down to backing the tension way off as other Daiwa users suggested. Backed it way off, set the mags to 5-6 and it casts like butter. Reason for backing off the tension so much is because the way the Daiwa mag brake was designed it requires significant centrifugal force for the brake to kick in so if the tension isn’t on the lighter side the spool will never hit the speed it needs for the brake to do it’s job no matter what setting it is on.

Thanks for the knowledge everyone. Upon further investigation on the web I think I had my spool tension set way too tight. Apparently the “lure drop” method is terrible for the Daiwa Magforce Z system. Seems most are setting the spool tension super light and then tweaking the magnet setting. I’ll try resetting the spool tension and practicing in the yard tomorrow.

No micro guides. I haven’t fished with a bait caster in about 12 years lol. Still learning.

MH 7’ Casting Rod Was casting everything from Texas rig to frog to whacky rig. Spool tension was set just tight enough to drop bait to the water smoothly when pressing the trigger. Magnets were set so spool didn’t move much once dropped Kure hit the water. Leader was about 36” of Flouro 15lb. I was more or less wondering if it’s common for a double Uni to snag on guides like that or if my leader was too long Can you recommend a better knot? I wasn’t looking for simple that just seemed to be what most use. I had 20lb braid 20lb Fluro. It’s what I had left from surf fishing this summer.

I’m using a Daiwa Fuego with Braid. My Braid is tied to a fluoro leader with a double uni knot. I get backlash almost every time I cast because the Union between the braid and leader seem to briefly snag on my guides. Am I doing something wrong?

Hello, My son is finally old enough to fish so I too am getting back in to the sport after many years of not fishing. I’m looking for a baitcast rod and reel setup for around 150$ Can be a combo or bought individually. I’ve been looking at the Abu Garcia Jordan Lee combo for 150$.