HOW TO properly set up the brakes on a bait casting reel! 

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The Metanium is the smoothest casting reel that I own. If you’re casting distance is sucking there’s something up. I hope the stuff in this video helps you get that straightened out. You’ll love it once you figure it out!my favorite reel they have ever made.

Thanks, Fred! Almost time to get back out there!

@@OnAnotherLine I just received my last order of baits and line today. It will not be long. Hope to meet you some day on the water. Be safe out there.

I’d recommend the Hg. It’s a 7 gear ratio and will be a middle ground for most fishing techniques. If you go with the xg, it’s an 8 gear ratio and may be too fast for most techniques.

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The Metanium has Shimano’s Svs infinity braking system. That’s what the brake dial is for. That shouldn’t be contacting anything while the spool is stationary even at the 6 spot. It sounds like you have a brake shoe that is contacting the spool somehow. The svs infinity system is a centrifugal system. When you cast a lure, the brake shoes get thrown against the brass sleeve in the side cover. The brass piece in the side cover is Shaped sorts like a cone. As you change the dial, the brass piece moves closer or farther away from the brake shoes. This either increases or decreases the friction on the brake pads as you cast due to the cone shape of the piece. My advice would be to make sure there isn’t a brake pad on the spool that is weirdly installed first. If that’s not the case, put the dial on 3 and adjust the spool tension knob to just barely allow the lure to fall when the spool release is pressed. Allow two brake pads to be loose on the spool and give it a go. The Met does have a MGL spool so it doesn’t take as much effort to cast it. Cast it too hard, even with the brakes set correctly, and you’ll get a backlash.

Which brake are you referring to? The plastic ones that are on the spool I assume? If the spool isn't broken you can absolutely replace those plastic brake "shoes" for lack of a better term. You can pick them up from Shimano's website an many of their reels come with extra in the box.

You should be getting way more distance than that with a 1oz lure. The spool tension knob isn’t cranked down too tight is it? Is the cast at 100ft smooth? What I mean is, it’s not backlashing is it?

Thanks for the reply! Tension knob is the same the way its dropping is the same for the 1/2 ounce. Which is really I'm not understanding. I'm casting it the same way. No backlash or anything my only concern is the distance, I was kind of expecting more specially coming from Metanium. I'm not really but i'm really thinking of returning it but I kind of don't want to at the same time.

@@OnAnotherLine have you tried a 10xd on the metanium mgl? Do you think it can handle it. Or I should just swap this for a tranx.

Don’t worry about it, most people ga e their measuring units all messed up when casting.

I’m headed out this weekend! Tight lines!