[sixtysevensg]

Hi folks! Newb on here. Not so new to the fishing thing, but mostly fresh. So, I got a new spinner (Tica Sceptre 6000) that's going on an Okuma Solaris 10' for my trip in october. My question is how tight/loose do you pack the line on the spool? I'll be using 20lb Suffix.

Thanks in advance for your input.

 

[kurazy kracka]

real tight with braid. If you spool it on and it feels spongy it's too loose.

 

[Orest]

I just place the bulk spool of moon in a bucket of warm water, try to make sure the line come off in the right direction and thread the line back down the eyes on the rod, place reel on rod, tie an arbor knot, set the drag and start cranking the reel handle. I pinch the mono with my thumb and finger of my other hand just below the first eye. This removes the water and keeps the tension just about right.

I think the warm water relaxes the mono.

 

[sixtysevensg]

I'm using mono btw.

 

[sixtysevensg]

I just place the bulk spool of moon in a bucket of warm water, try to make sure the line come off in the right direction and thread the line back down the eyes on the rod, place reel on rod, tie an arbor knot, set the drag and start cranking the reel handle. I pinch the mono with my thumb and finger of my other hand just below the first eye. This removes the water and keeps the tension just about right.

I think the warm water relaxes the mono.

Forgive my ignorance, but which way should the line come off the spool to minimize twist?

 

[Orest]

For me it is when the line comes off the width of the bulk spool and not ends(where the labels are).

And I prefer for the line to come off the top of the width of the bulk spool.

 

[bferg]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RH27ubNJ8M

 

[spydermn]

Using mono I just put in on the floor on a screwdriver and pinch with thumb and forefinger to make sure it lays nice. if you have a nice wife or employable children have them hold the a screwdriver with a little tension. Also make sure you use the right kinds of knots to attach to the spool (I like an arbor knot). If using braid a little electrical tape on the spool or duct tape works in a pinch

 

[pmcdaniel]

I usually have someone hold the spool on a spindle (screwdriver or pencil works) and hold a little pressure on the spool, just enough to give a little bend to the rod. Just don't reel too fast, or you'll burn their thumbs.

 

[Fish'n Phil]

I use the cheap Berkley spooling station.

 

[AbuMike]

I use the cheap Berkley spooling station.

Same here, works great for conventional reels.

 

[sixtysevensg]

Seems I was overthinking thinking things a bit (no wonder I had a headache yesterday). I fashioned up a "spooling station" out of some old drum hardware I had laying around.

Thanks y'all!

 

[Digger54]

My spooling station might make a ******* proud.

I place the spool on a screwdriver, then wrap a cloth around the metal shaft of the screwdriver and clamp it in my garage bench vice so the line comes off the top of the spool. The cloth merely prevents the spool from spinning too fast and causing backlash. Like the others I hold gentle pressure on the line with my fingers as I reel the line on.

 

[snakeeater]

For my spinning reels, using mono, I tighten the drag down, use a rubber glove to hold the line between forefinger and thumb, and put as much finger tension on the line as I can as I spool. Another I've thing I've done for a long time is manually flip the bail before I retrieve...I've eliminated 99% of my line problems by doing it that way. JMHO, of course...

 

[phillyguy]

I run the line through a thick telephone book (google it kids) to provide tension on the line.

 

[Reelturner]

Hi folks! Newb on here. Not so new to the fishing thing, but mostly fresh. So, I got a new spinner (Tica Sceptre 6000) that's going on an Okuma Solaris 10' for my trip in october. My question is how tight/loose do you pack the line on the spool? I'll be using 20lb Suffix.

Thanks in advance for your input.

Spinning: Holding your rod/reel in front of your face looking from behind the reel while at the same time slowly reeling and watching the rotor spinning around notice if the rotor is turning clockwise OR counter-clockwise. Remember this. Now, holding your spool of line with either the label or backside of spool facing you you want the line un-raveling off of the spool of line the exact same direction as you earlier observed the direction of your rotor turning.

You may or may not need someone or something to hold your spool with.
I'll usually just get my wife to hold it or lay it down in the seat of a chair while running the line between my thumb and finger.

Conventional reels: the line coming off the top of the spool of line with moderate tension. Laying or across your spool as even as possible.

Not being a technical ass here but aI have decent results doing this. And yes' it took me a time to figure out the correct method to fill a spinning feel. This is using mono, not braid.

 

[Reelturner]

Hi folks! Newb on here. Not so new to the fishing thing, but mostly fresh. So, I got a new spinner (Tica Sceptre 6000) that's going on an Okuma Solaris 10' for my trip in october. My question is how tight/loose do you pack the line on the spool? I'll be using 20lb Suffix.

Thanks in advance for your input.

Spinning: Holding your rod/reel in front of your face looking from behind the reel while at the same time slowly reeling and watching the rotor spinning around notice if the rotor is turning clockwise OR counter-clockwise. Remember this. Now, holding your spool of line with either the label or backside of spool facing you you want the line un-raveling off of the spool of line the exact same direction as you earlier observed the direction of your rotor turning.

You may or may not need someone or something to hold your spool with.
I'll usually just get my wife to hold it or lay it down in the seat of a chair while running the line between my thumb and finger.

Conventional reels: the line coming off the top of the spool of line with moderate tension. Laying the line across your spool as even as possible. Take a pencil or dowel rod and stick through the center of the spool.

Not being a technical ass here but I have decent results doing this. And yes' it took me a time to figure out the correct method to fill a spinning feel. This is using mono, not braid.

 

[Reelturner]

Use a lot more tension when spooling braid.

 

[surfchunker]

just put on a bit and stop, give it a little slack, if it lays flat you are doing it right, it if tries to twist, flip the spool over