Setting Drag on Lever Drag Reels- How To 

Straightforward, accurate information. Take note RU-vid creators. Thank you.

Congratulations to all the guys at Okuma, you did a great job!

Thank you for making such a easy video this subject!!!!!!!

G’day from Australia mate. I am transitioning from star drag to lever drag system. I have a shimano TLD25 reel on a 5’10” solid fibreglass rod. (Rod maker unknown, possibly custom which I bought second hand). I have this rig loaded with 22lb mono line. I found your instructional video to be quite informative as I did not have a clue as to what setting for the preset nor that it should not be adjusted while in strike position on the lever drag. I am testing the strike/drag setting before I go out to field test. Cheers again mate... Tight lines folks! :) Uluru!

Whoa. None of the three tackle shops I go to and none of the RU-vid fishing gurus ever mentioned anything about this 😳 Thanks for the tips. Will find that spring scale and calibrate the lever drag on my SLX-30ii.

Very good and straightforward tips.

Excellent info!

Thank you so much for this sir

such a simple explanation. thank you

You are the best thank you!

awesome, thanks for the education!

I set my reels to 30% of line test with line going through my rod guides

Where can I find top drag specs for the old Okuma Titus 50w silvers?

Wished I watched your video before attempting to set the drag on my first lever drag reel. I tightened the drag preset knob on full and its now jammed. :(

Very nice video sir but I'm just a little bit confused about the drag numbers...For example,if the max drag of my reels for strike is 15 lbs. then my main line is braided 80 lbs. test,so 25%=20 Which numbers should I used for setting the drag 15 or 20? Thank you!

why when i tighten the knob. the jig wont fall on free spool but once i loosen the tension on the knob, then it work fine.

I have a sealine tournament Diawa 50w and I'm having problems with the drag moving loose on it's own. White I'm trolling the drag loosens and line start coming out of the reel. Do you know what's the problem?

What if I am using a line which's 30% of the breaking strength is greater than the maximum drag of the reel?

simple but I have no idea. I run my drag when I fought with the fish and the drag failed.