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The drag on a spinning reel can be adjusted by rotating the dial on top of the spool, allowing anglers to set the tension applied to fighting fish

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As simple and reliable as the set float rig is for fishing perch, its biggest drawback is the inability to quickly adjust bait depth

If you are hard up then you could settle for just a couple of J11s and not go far wrong, or you could make your own from balsa at a fraction of the price (see the book Operation Sea Angler Chapter 7)