While at the spotsmen show this year I spent 5 min watching a guy at the casting area, this was probably the most worth while 5 min I have ever spent. He covered 2 things, first was drag setting, he stated that most fishermen set it to tight. He said the old pull a little line out and adjust it is worthless. He had a person do just that and then try to pull line out from the end of the rod, the rod almost broke. He showed a way to do it , the rod needs to be involved in the drag setting, put the line under you foot and lift. This will give a person a better drag set for fighting a fish, not losing one right after the hook set.
The 2nd was about closing you bale on a spinning reel by hand so it does not wear out as fast.

Fishalot