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There is a set screw on the shaft. The shorter the amount of shaft that sticks up, the harder it will be for the flag to trip.
I always thought this same thing. But Hardwater's page above has it the other way around. The higher the spool is, puts more angle on the flag and harder to trip. HMMMMM I'll have to try it some day. I still like the heritage lakers better . Thanks for the reply's.
You can trim the tail on the shiner so it can't swim as well. It's kind of a dick move, but you're gonna put hooks in it and feed it to another fish anyways.
I heard some anglers move the bait keeper clip up the shaft ..along the the rubber grommet ..to increase the tension ..you could also take it apart and add grommets and/or castration ring .