Hey guys, as you can see, my shimano sienna reel is clearly underspooled.
But the thing is: I'm on a tight budget and I can still cast fairly far consistently.
Should I respond it or should wait till next fishing season
Posted by GreenHoodia
10 Comments
dewmlap on
im not sure what your fishing for. if its bass u should be fine until u come across a few extra bucks
jetty_junkie on
Top it off by adding new line with a uni-knot. I’ve been doing that for years. Braid is expensive and the line closest to the spool never sees the light of day anyway
Bengland7786 on
I’d wait. I run mine lower than that all the time and don’t have too many problems. It is nice when it’s full, but if you’re just bass fishing it’ll be fine.
RelevantMarket8771 on
The main thing with an under-filled spool is casting distance and potentially hooking a big fish that will spool you. It isn’t a big deal for freshwater though because you likely won’t hook anything that will take a lot of line.
GullibleProperty72 on
Take it off, put 100 yds mono backing, put it back on
awuerth on
Double uni and add more. I always do that to my reels after snags and losing line. I rarely respool since the back end doesn’t see water.
PreviousMotor58 on
Just add mono for now
ruffee_ on
Head to Walmart or any big corp and buy a spool of line, fill your spool up then return it with receipt saying it was like that when you got it
Frog_Farts on
Wind the braid onto an empty spool or can. Fill the spool about 1/2 way or a little more with a cheap mono, I use Ande ghost. Then, as another reditor mentioned, tie the braid to the mono with a uni-to-uni and fill spool with the original braid
ANDE Ghost was engineered to the same exacting standards as all of our other products, but with a lower retail cost. Ghost will give the angler all of the characteristics that he is used to when fishing with ANDE Premium monofilament. It is available in a matte-white finish in 12 to 50 pound test. It is available in several different spool sizes.
I wouldn’t do a line to line with anything else. That’s the weakest point. You’re gonna hook onto something big and your whole line is in the water. To tell if you need to respool, I’d go out and cast as far as you can, If you run out of line, get new braid. That’s if you artificial.
10 Comments
im not sure what your fishing for. if its bass u should be fine until u come across a few extra bucks
Top it off by adding new line with a uni-knot. I’ve been doing that for years. Braid is expensive and the line closest to the spool never sees the light of day anyway
I’d wait. I run mine lower than that all the time and don’t have too many problems. It is nice when it’s full, but if you’re just bass fishing it’ll be fine.
The main thing with an under-filled spool is casting distance and potentially hooking a big fish that will spool you. It isn’t a big deal for freshwater though because you likely won’t hook anything that will take a lot of line.
Take it off, put 100 yds mono backing, put it back on
Double uni and add more. I always do that to my reels after snags and losing line. I rarely respool since the back end doesn’t see water.
Just add mono for now
Head to Walmart or any big corp and buy a spool of line, fill your spool up then return it with receipt saying it was like that when you got it
Wind the braid onto an empty spool or can. Fill the spool about 1/2 way or a little more with a cheap mono, I use Ande ghost. Then, as another reditor mentioned, tie the braid to the mono with a uni-to-uni and fill spool with the original braid
https://andemonofilament.com/products/ghost
ANDE Ghost was engineered to the same exacting standards as all of our other products, but with a lower retail cost. Ghost will give the angler all of the characteristics that he is used to when fishing with ANDE Premium monofilament. It is available in a matte-white finish in 12 to 50 pound test. It is available in several different spool sizes.
https://youtu.be/yxHAX0-GUkc?si=shn7hvTP8et3is9K
I wouldn’t do a line to line with anything else. That’s the weakest point. You’re gonna hook onto something big and your whole line is in the water. To tell if you need to respool, I’d go out and cast as far as you can, If you run out of line, get new braid. That’s if you artificial.