1 2 2 ounce baitcasting rod KastKing Kestrel Finesse Fishing sensitive and powerful Spinning Rod vs Baitcaster Rods:

There are some aftermarket treatments that profess to keep it more supple and less likely to absorb water, but even without those you can easily expect a spool of braid to last a full seasonunless of course you backlash it miserably, because a good braid overrun can be remarkably tough to get out

The adjusting dial is to set the spring tension and change the brake-saturating point.(see left picture below) The system doesn't change the brake profile at slower than the set speed

These blades are balanced out of the box and put out a ton of noisy vibration when retrieved or better yet, vertically jigged

In our area, we could still have fish spawning in June, or just coming off, so either way they are looking to fatten up