Our Bruce always set after the rode was payed out, we secured it to a deck cleat with our short setting/break out line, and we put the boat in reverse idle. It would sometimes drag a bit until a fluke dug in and it set and stopped the boat. We never had a problem with the Bruce setting, we had a problem with it holding under pressure and surging.
The rollbar anchor we replaced it with digs in and stops the boat hard as soon we start to pull on the rode with the boat in reverse.
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