So now I have to add a little update. A client hooked a very hot 29" fish the other day. I don't know if he had adjusted the drag or if I had set it too tight. We were in a fast piece of water and the fish went up as we went down. At first I thought, "oh well it's probably a salmon" then it came up WAY out there. After a serious hump to get the boat back up to the fish we finally got the line back on the reel. I was about to tell the client to back the drag off because it was so tight he couldn't lift the rod tip.:whoa: I got distracted as the fish headed back to the ocean...
Long story short, I assumed the fish was on the 10lb tippet because it was not broken off. Nope, I was shocked to see it was on the 8. The Bauer protected that tippet through a lot of start and stop runs and a couple scorchers. Anyone who says "you don't need a drag on a fly reel" has obviously never met a fish like this one!
Thanks Bauer.