Hi All,
I've got 2 Slosh reels (a 20 and a 30) for about a year or 2 now and I've always had problems casting with them. If I don't keep my thumb down on the spool for the entire cast I'm guaranteed a birds nest and this obviously makes for a small cast. I'm not whacking the bait out and can easily get 100 yards with a Penn 8000 fixed spool so I don't think it's casting style and more the reels.
Doing some research it looks like I need to make sure the red brakes (2) are installed into each real. I bought both new and when opened only found 1 white brake in each and there are no spares or red brakes in the boxes. I've heard I can get around this by using a small amount of the insert of a standard bic biro, has anyone every done this? Does it work? Do they last or need to be replaced often?
Thanks and apologies for the simplistic question.
Alastair