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A couple of more things. You don't adjust the reel for the lure weight. You adjust the reel for the rod and your casting stroke. Once it is adjusted, casting light stuff just requires a little more finesse with your thumb and a little more attention to your casting stroke (smooooth).
You can also adjust your reel speed with oil viscosity. Probably unrealistic for a beginner, but a reel like a squidder or newell can be tamed easily by using thicker viscosity oil. Works for Abu's as well, but usually is unnecessary.
Somebody is also bound to point out that Abu's have a "floating" spool and over tightening the end caps will wear out the bearings faster. Technically this is correct (since the tension is transmitted to the bearings rather than the ends of the spool shaft), but in practice don't worry about it. As you learn to cast you'll back off on the tension long before you ruin a bearing (and bearings are cheap regardless).
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