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A clarification about drag strength and rod power.
What a blank can dead lift (as I implied above) is not necessarily a limit on how much drag you can use, only how much pull on a fish you can apply while pumping the fish.
If you point the rod at a fish you can take the rod power out of the equation and only line strength limits your drag setting. If you hold the rod a 45 degrees (as you should) when the fish is running you can fish a tighter drag than the rod can lift, but you do not gain any more lifting power when pumping the fish for doing so and you lose much of the rods dampening or shock absorbing action while the fish runs.
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