During my recent visit to Malaysia I visited a large tackle shop. While browsing through the reels, I noticed that each and every one of them had a front rather than rear drag.
It was a joy to handle these reels, little beauties costing less than a tenner with silky smooth drags, not a hint of jerkyness. Very different from most rear drags which are jerky and to be frank, crap.
I remember when rear drags became popular, some 25-30yearsago, the theory stated was that you could adjust the drag during the fight without touching the line. What a load ofrubbish!!
Isit just fashion that states we must have rear drags reels in the U.K., or does anyone actually believe they are better than front drags?
It was a joy to handle these reels, little beauties costing less than a tenner with silky smooth drags, not a hint of jerkyness. Very different from most rear drags which are jerky and to be frank, crap.
I remember when rear drags became popular, some 25-30yearsago, the theory stated was that you could adjust the drag during the fight without touching the line. What a load ofrubbish!!
Isit just fashion that states we must have rear drags reels in the U.K., or does anyone actually believe they are better than front drags?