Terrible

[CrankFate]

After unshielding the Boca stainless lightning bearings on my aldebaran and adding a drop of Shimano BFS oil to them, I started casting it and it was so fast it was uncastable. Terrible high speed overruns every single cast. It was just too fast to cast. So I couldn’t use it. At some point yesterday, I was on this website and it hit me. After servicing the reel I turned off all the brakes so I could sit there and admire the ridiculous freespool. All I had to do is open the sideplate and turn the brakes on ??‍♂️?

 

Usually this type of thing only happens when I’m vacation. It was like amateur hour to anyone around who saw me nest up on every cast ??‍♂️
 

The other people fishing were all giving me the baitmonkey eye like:

[new2BC4bass]

I've done that with new reels.  Adjusted drag and cast control, but forgotten the brakes.  Only took me one cast to discover my mistake. 

[Nelson Delaney]

Sucks when that mistake costs you a new spool of line

[CrankFate]

3 hours ago, new2BC4bass said:

I've done that with new reels.  Adjusted drag and cast control, but forgotten the brakes.  Only took me one cast to discover my mistake. 

Nope. Cast after cast after cast. I never realized that all brakes were off. I felt even more stupid when I realized while on this site.

[txchaser]

ok here we go, first cast on this new awesome reel spooled up with new awesome line...

 

bzzzzzzz.....

 

oh man, brakes at zero

 

haven't had to cut it out with scissors yet, but it sure wastes some time, and I sure feel like a doofus when I do it

[jtharris3]

And I thought I was the only one that did that! LOL!

[GreenPig]

Y'all seriously use brakes? They just kill my distance too much. ?

[Cravin]

And it was done on an Aldebaran.....

 

That like watching a guy in a Ferrari learn to drive a stick?  

[CrankFate]

@Cravin all I’m going to say is the stainless lightning bearings, properly cleaned and oiled are beyond fast. I don’t know how they are this fast. They will cast down to 2-3 grams, with a 50 spool, and still be too fast without braking. It’s like 0-6000 rpm’s in 1/10 a second.

[papajoe222]

I actually went back to the stock bearings on one of my Alphas for this very reason. I have what I consider an educated thumb, but even after adjusting the cast control and magnets, I would get over runs and I attributed it to the quick spool start up. Every third cast, I'd be picking out a backlash. I put the stock bearings back in and didn't have any issues the next time out.  I'll likely put them (the new bearings) into a different reel and give them another shot on a day when the fish aren't cooperating.

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2 minutes ago, papajoe222 said:

I actually went back to the stock bearings on one of my Alphas for this very reason. I have what I consider an educated thumb, but even after adjusting the cast control and magnets, I would get over runs and I attributed it to the quick spool start up. Every third cast, I'd be picking out a backlash. I put the stock bearings back in and didn't have any issues the next time out.  I'll likely put them (the new bearings) into a different reel and give them another shot on a day when the fish aren't cooperating.

My frog reel has bearings (I think they are still there) that are no where near round or smooth. I can feel a bit of crunching in there, casts frogs as far as I would ever want to. Bearings make little difference with larger lures. As far as smaller stuff, there is certainly such a thing as too fast. Bearing start up and slow down is the first form of braking that is often overlooked. A more viscous oil is the right choice a lot of the time. Of course one could always turn that knob on the side plate some, no? 

[papajoe222]

1 minute ago, BassWhole! said:

My frog reel casts frogs as far as I would ever want to. Bearings make little difference with larger lures. As far as smaller stuff, there is certainly such a thing as too fast. Bearing start up and slow down is the first form of braking that is often overlooked.

For casting heavy lures, unless distance is your main objective, I don't know why anyone would switch  to these bearings.  If they did, they'd likely hate them. I wouldn't say I hated their performance casting unweighted 5in tubes, but a jig/tube would likely ruined all my anger management training.

[Cravin]

I bought and misplaced some of those bearing about a month ago that was intended for my Curado 200E7. I was upset about it a little but maybe it's a blessing.

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4 minutes ago, papajoe222 said:

For casting heavy lures, unless distance is your main objective, I don't know why anyone would switch  to these bearings.  If they did, they'd likely hate them. I wouldn't say I hated their performance casting unweighted 5in tubes, but a jig/tube would likely ruined all my anger management training.

My Honda uses 0W20, and I find it calms down hyped bearings nicely.

[CrankFate]

The bearings are great. They just don’t work with no brakes on. With braking on, they cast way farther and way lighter weights than stock. I forgot to put the brakes back on after servicing the reel.