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Graduating to a baitcasting reel opens a wide range of different tactics that require heavier gear than spincast and spinning reels can accommodate, like flipping, frogging, football jigs, swim jigs, larger spinnerbaits, and more
If you received an AMS EverGlide Safety Slide with a separate purchase, you will not use it on Big Game arrows
Spinning reels should be matched with spinning rods and baitcasting reels should be matched with baitcasting rods
I have always set drags through the rod at ~90 degrees (your "bendo") but even though I've never tried it I suspect you are right, probably not a huge difference pulling straight off the reel
So, I thought Id give it a fair shake