spooling your line

gysgthard · 06-21-11, 12:50 PM

Just have a quick question how much line do you put on your spining reel spool? I have heard 3/4,1/2 and not all the full.

CamG · 06-21-11, 01:26 PM

I have always filled mine so that the top and bottom spool edge has a nickle width left. It has never failed me.

BigBassin144 · 06-21-11, 01:29 PM

Nearly full. Like CamG said, just a little lip left on the spool.

You never want to fill any reel only half full. Reels are designed to perform their best with a full spool.

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gysgthard · 06-21-11, 03:14 PM

Thanks for the info and advice.

Bassboss · 06-21-11, 03:55 PM

Like other's have said, just fill it so their's a little bit of spool lip still exposed. If it's full, you'll get birds nests, it it's half way, you won'y cast well, or many IPT (the retrieve slows down).

Marty · 06-21-11, 07:56 PM

The standard advice is to fill the spool within 1/8" of the lip. However, if you know the reel well you can go a little fuller. As has been said earlier, underfilling is a bad idea and will affect casting, as the line would have to make more revolutions to go a given distance. But more likely it would make the same number of revolutions and the cast would be much shorter than if the spool was properly filled.

Fish30114 · 06-21-11, 08:47 PM

I go a lot fuller than a nickels width of 'lip' left....probably thinner than a dime--I'm not that good so I end up re-tying and busting off a good bit pretty quick, so I probably end up near a dimes thickness of exposed spool pretty quick too

BrownHL · 06-22-11, 03:31 PM

Marty is right, the standard practice is 1/8" from the edge of the spool. Woo Daves just did a segment on a recent BassPros TV show in which he emphasized the 1/8" rule.

06-21-11, 12:50 PM	#1
gysgthard BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 63	spooling your line Just have a quick question how much line do you put on your spining reel spool? I have heard 3/4,1/2 and not all the full.

06-21-11, 01:29 PM	#3
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Nearly full. Like CamG said, just a little lip left on the spool. You never want to fill any reel only half full. Reels are designed to perform their best with a full spool. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

06-21-11, 03:14 PM	#4
gysgthard BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 63	Thanks Thanks for the info and advice.

06-21-11, 03:55 PM	#5
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Like other's have said, just fill it so their's a little bit of spool lip still exposed. If it's full, you'll get birds nests, it it's half way, you won'y cast well, or many IPT (the retrieve slows down). __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

06-21-11, 07:56 PM	#6
Marty BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,580	The standard advice is to fill the spool within 1/8" of the lip. However, if you know the reel well you can go a little fuller. As has been said earlier, underfilling is a bad idea and will affect casting, as the line would have to make more revolutions to go a given distance. But more likely it would make the same number of revolutions and the cast would be much shorter than if the spool was properly filled. __________________ Meeting expenses is easy...they're EVERYWHERE The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits Rochester, NY

06-21-11, 01:26 PM	#2
CamG BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Superior, NE Posts: 974	I have always filled mine so that the top and bottom spool edge has a nickle width left. It has never failed me.

06-21-11, 08:47 PM	#7
Fish30114 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 120	I go a lot fuller than a nickels width of 'lip' left....probably thinner than a dime--I'm not that good so I end up re-tying and busting off a good bit pretty quick, so I probably end up near a dimes thickness of exposed spool pretty quick too

06-22-11, 03:31 PM	#8
BrownHL BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 64	Marty is right, the standard practice is 1/8" from the edge of the spool. Woo Daves just did a segment on a recent BassPros TV show in which he emphasized the 1/8" rule.

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