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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | How do you spool superlines on casting reels to get the line on square, tight, and secured so it can't slip on the spool? |
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| I use Tuff Line, and put a piece of black friction tape on the spool. Then I put a loop in the line, and put it over the spool so it self tightens on itself. Spool the line on with my Berkely line station, and use a lot of tension. This has worked well for me, and I have had no problems doing it this way. |
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| Can't remeber if I read this here or on a different board, but I have tried it a couple of times now and it works great.
I use mono backing and then wind on about 125 yards of Tuff Line XP.
Spool the line on with moderate tension. The reel may appear over filled, but that will be remedied shortly. Go outside and tie the end of your line to a post or tree. Feed out the line all the way to the backing. Now simply reel your way back to the post with a good bend in the rod. The line will be on your reel perfectly.
This may take a little longer than other methods, but it is the best way I have found to spool the line tight without the aid of a spooling station. Give it a try. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Steve- I just super glue the spool knot & the first couple wraps- you need to not have a lot of tension on the first wraps- but once they're on you can increase the tension and crank it on tight the rest of the way. No tape or backing line & the powerpro lays on real smooth & tight- This was a tip from another MF member (this winter) don't rember who- but seems to work great. Tip- getting the line in & around the spool can be a pain in the a** - just use a small set of forcep's/hemostat's- fortunately I have some left over from the sixties.  Al Warner http://www.zaltnad.com |
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Location: Villa Park, IL | Steve,
I use spectron on all my reels, each is set up the same way mono backing, then about 100-125 yards of spectron. All are done with a berkley line station you see at tackle shops. I have never had a problem doing it this way. Plus when the line needs to be replaced I just turn it around and use the part that was tied to the mono backing. Usually I get two years of use out of it and it cuts down the cost. More to spend on lures. |
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Location: oswego, il | I put power pro on my reels for the 4th time. I start with a small diameter mono backing, 8lbs. It packs much harder on the spool than say a 20lb mono line. I only put on about 80 yards of PP, that's all you need for casting. After filling the spool full of PP, I go out in the back yard and tie off to a tree. I back out all the power pro off the spool and I reel myself in, just as hard as I can. I found that spooling PP in the house did not pack it on tight enough and gave me problems. This method has worked good so far. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | I have found that it only takes a few feet of small diameter mono to effectively back Power Pro, I was reading somewhere on the site that some people use a dab of superglue instead of backing it, I'm going to try it on my 5600. |
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| I have an old spool of 40# dacron that I use for backing. I just wind on
the 80# PowerPro but, as previously stated, this is not even close to
being properly packed. (Note: I found out the hard way with a backlash
so extreme that I had to cut the line off of the reel!) On my first trip
to the fishing grounds I tie on my biggest shovel nosed crank bait, toss
it overboard and troll away. When I get down to the backing I lock up the
drag and just crank in the lure as hard as I can while still trolling. At
least its a bit more fun than reeling a tree! |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | I tie the line to the spool at one end of the spool, lay the line on the shaft of the spool over to the other end of the spool, and place electrical tape over the spool shaft.
When I had first started using the superlines, I had sent my reels into the manufacturers because I thought that the drags were not working, when all along it was the line slipping on the reel shaft. Since I started using the process which I described above I have not any problems. |
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| If I put the 80# Power Pro on Garcia 5500C reels how much backing and how much Power Pro should I put on? |
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| Your way of spooling has never worked for putting fish in the boat during the Hodag! Spool all you want, continue casting is what really counts.You can't smokem if the baits not in the water. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | dhbuck, MAN it is nasty up here. I am willing to bet your place is under 10" of nice, fresh snow. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! |
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Location: Leech Lake, Walker, MN. | All good methods, I use mono backing and tie on Tuff Plus with a blood knot. I also turn the line over and put the unused bottom portion of line into use, big saving. I use a leather glove when spooling the line onto reel with pressure between thumb and forefinger. Then the first time on the water I attach a deep diving hard to retrieve crank and let out all the line. At trolling speed I wind the line in. The line is tight and well placed on spool.
Good luck, Murph |
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Posts: 32959
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Thanks, guys! This will be part of a new section i am populating for release soon. |
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