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Got my first bite tonight
>start to panic because inexperienced
>had drag set too loose so I didn't get a good hook set
>line is being pulled out like crazy because of loose drag
>fish swam towards me and could see that it was a small mouth bass
>got off and swam away
so close!
how tight should the drag be when you cast?
I'm guessing tight enough that it's hard for me to pull out, but loose enough that an unexpected monster fish could pull a few seconds before snapping the line