That has been the conventional wisdom but it is changing. Carbon is considered a must in the heavier reels used in saltwater….meaning say 4000 series reels and up. If one only has one reel and fishes a lot…as I did at one time….felt needs a lot of maintenance. The Theta is the only reel I own that has a multi stack drag and to tell you the truth it is over kill in my opinion for a 1000 series reel but it is buttery smooth. Then again the drags on the other reels I own are very smooth also. I have switched out all my felt washers to carbon and I feel I have a better range of adjustment. I know one thing for sure…..I wish I would have had carbon drags those 2 decades I spent fishing the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. We flat burnt up some felt drag washers there.
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