do you swap ends with briad ever...?

[yellahunter]

hey guys,

just wondered if any of you unspool and then swap the line over so that your not using the same 50m or so of braid for ever,

im just respooling with some older braid which on the bottom hasnt seen water yet, is it worth me arranging it so the older stuff lays on the bottom and the unused stuff comes off first when i cast....?

any tips, does it matter?

cheers,

Ben

[Dan5]

Yeah mate i end 4 end mine,as long as the topshot is in good nick there's no reason not to.Dan...

[BR65]

yep, have done it before, good way to save a few bucks, the braid has no memory like mono

cheers
brian

[breamexplorer]

Mate i do , because most of my gear is light and the cost of braid i rotate line between reels, First the spinning reels, just from one to the other and the line that comes of one reel i strip the first 50 or 60 off and put the middle section of line onto a baitcaster, 3 reels one spool of line.

[Goodoochaser]

Ben,

I turn my braid over when it starts to look worn or fluffed up, I'm not sure if it realy makes any difference but I feel more confident that the line hasn't deteriated any and maybe I am getting twice the life out of the line. Another reason is that as the braid wears and becomes fluffy it creates more drag in the water which can effect the running depth of lures.

Some would argue that if there is a weakness caused by the worn looking section you are only moving it to the other end of the line, but generally I spool up around 150 meters of braid and would hardly ever have more than 50m out at a time so I never get down to the previous worn section. I turn my lines around about every 12 to 18 months then replace the line completely.

Another thing I do when filling a reel with new braid is to double spool what I mean by this is to ensure the right amount of backing joined to the full amount of braid fills the spool of the reel to the correct level.

Tie the braid onto the reel you want it to be finally on. Wind it on to the spool, when the full amount of braid is on the reel spool but still short of filling the spool, attach the backing to the end of the braid and continue winding it on untill it fills the spool to the right level and cut the backing. You now have the spool full to the right level but back to front.

Now do the double spool trick ( I have 2 old alvey reels to do this) wind it back onto another reel then back again to a second reel. The backing is now at the top and ready to put on the reel you want it on and at the correct length.

I know this seems a long process but how many times have you put backing on a reel joined it to the braid to find you have over filled and need to cut the braid off wasting expensive braid or need to wind it all back and start again because you have under filled the spool and need more backing.

Cheers

Howard

The Goodoochaser

[yellahunter]

thanks for the tips guys,

il give it a shot and see how it goes, definately beats paying for it all over again

[blaze]

I have a couple of broken rods and old reels I use for this purpose
cheers
blaze

[snelly1971]

I have a couple of broken rods and old reels I use for this purpose
cheers
blaze

I am Lazy....I use my 12V reel to do this...

Mick

[nuggstar]

i think we all do it mate, i do as well

[reidy]

hey guys,

just wondered if any of you unspool and then swap the line over so that your not using the same 50m or so of braid for ever,

im just respooling with some older braid which on the bottom hasnt seen water yet, is it worth me arranging it so the older stuff lays on the bottom and the unused stuff comes off first when i cast....?

any tips, does it matter?

cheers,

Ben

I tend to rotate if/when line fluffs up or if colour starts to fade (as we know some of the earlier braids/superlines lost pigmentation rather quickly).
Cheers
Reidy