Question about spooling braided line.

[Mike S.]

I have never used braided line in my life.  My buddy was telling me that he read about people wrapping their reel spools with tape, or spooling 20 yards of mono underneath and tying them together to finish spooling with braid.  Is that right?  I have never heard of anything like that before, and I know several of you do use braid.  So, is that what I need to do?  I guess the reasoning is that the braid has some sort of coating on it, and it will slip on the spool?  At least that is what he read.  I don't know where he got this info from, I just know that I need to spool a reel, and if there's a trick I need to know, I want to do it right.

[mikesmiph]

Mike, I'm in the same boat as you, I have never used braid. There was a lot of talk about backing on the flouro topic, and it looks like most guys back everything. I didnt. I'm not going to unspool all my reels and start over. I'll just remember all this for next year.

[Cy]

Yes braid will slip on a spool, either casting or spinning unless you do something about it.  All of the things you mentioned will work, tape, tying to a wiffle spool or using a backer line.  I use a mono backer with my braid and a double uni knot to connect the two lines.

[TCook]

Use backer, or you can tape braid to spool with electrical tape, or tie through the wiffle spool if your reel has one.

[bassfan]

For baitcasting reels, I use a mono backer and a uni-to-uni know connecting the mono and braid.

On my spinning reels, I fill the spool with braid. In order to avoid slippage, I tie the braid to the spool, and then slip the line under the line-keeper on the spool before reeling the line on. Never had a problem when doing it like this.

[LennyB]

Hi Mike,
What I do to get the most out of my braid is I pace off about 75 yards in the back yard and and unspool that much braid looping it around two chairs. Any more than that on a spool is a waste and braid isn't cheap. Then I spool that amount on to my reel and then use a blood knot to attach my backing mono line and finish filling the spool. Then take the line and unspool it around the two chairs again and disconnect it from the reel. Then respool it with the mono on first and you will have just the right amount of backing and braid. I also do this with my fluorocarbon which I change a lot more frequently so that the next time I respool, I only have to unspool to the backing knowing I will have the right amount of new line.
Len B.

[REEL_MAN]

You can use the tape method but over time the adhesive from the tape gets gooy and starts to transfer to the spool and if you want to go back to mono or fluro you have a messy spool surface. The best way is fill the spool half full with mono (cheap) then use a uni or a blood knot to join the braid. If you are going to use fluro use the half spool of mono to save money.

REELMAN
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[MadWags]

I use backing.