Braided Line Backer?

[springlakebassman]

With all the talk about using power pro braided line I went and bought myself some tonight.  I have been an old school mono guy, and have just caught onto fluoro the last couple of years.  When I spool up this braided line do I need to put a backer down first, and also do I need to use a knot to tie the braid to the backer, or can I just put some backer down and then put the braid over the top?  Thanks in advance for any input.

[Bender]

I have heard that braid can slip on the spool if there is no backing line, also it save some $ only using as much line as you will need. I use mono as a backer and tie it with a double uni knot since that blood knot is too tough for me.

[fiker]

I back with any old mono I have laying around. 
I put on enough braid to cover about two cast lengths.

I also use a uni tdo uni knot, and then a drop of superglue.  Probably don't need the super glue. But the fish of a life time.......

[thedude]

i've only had the problem on a spinning reel, but you should back it with maybe 50' or so mono. I just use some cheap stren or something... 15lb on my baitcasters, 8 or 10 on spinning. Use a uni knot to connect the braid and mono.

[Waterfoul]

I run Power Pro on ALL my baitcasters... backed with about 20 yards or so of mono and tied onto the Power Pro with a uni to uni. 

On the couple spinning rods I have it on I put 10-20 turns of the crank of mono on first.

[Revtro]

I'd call that consensus!  Ditto here.  The cheap large spools of Excel from BPS is about the cheapest way to go for backer.