Putting line on a reel.

[MoparKevUk]

Found myself in Kmart today and got a Daiwa Crossfire 2500-3iB reel for $26.25 and some 6lb Berkley Vanish line. Is putting the line on DIY, or am I better off going somewhere? Any advice/instruction/costs appreciated.

[Feral]

Stick a screw driver through the centre of the spool, and stick the end of the screw driver somerwhere solid so the spool can move ok (a bit of friction helps).

Put the reel on a rod, feed line through runners and tie onto reel. Hold rod at 90 degrees to the spool of line, add extra tension with fingers and wind it on.

[hulk]

Kev,

I got this little helper of Ebay for 6.50 delivered

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i tried it when the site was down and it works well.you tighten the bolts for better reel tension. Easy to use others may have a tried and true method but as a fairly inexperienced fisher, this is ideal for me.

regards'

hulk

[planetfonz]

i wind all my line onto a spare eggbeater first and the set its drag and wind it onto my proper reel. packs it on tightly..

its pretty straight forward tho kev.. have a play and if it explodes, well hey, thats how we learn

[shortie]

its better to fill your spare spool first than tie on the backing and fill until the spool is correctly full.

Then wind the whole lot onto the spool you are going to use.

[MoparKevUk]

I did a bit of googling on it and they are saying about how it is spooled on the reel (the new line) and how it has to be spooled onto the spinning reel the same way or it will not cast properly. Is an eggbeater a spinning reel?

What knot is required, and how much do I put on? (got more line than the max for the reel.)

Thanks for the replies, I'm learning heaps!!

[planetfonz]

yeah spin and eggbeater are same thing.. i always fill my spools to about 1mm from the lip of the spool and it normally settles another 1mm.. there'll be lots of differing tastes there as everyone has their own preferences

[MoparKevUk]

Any one near Wynnum that I can come round and reel up with? Don't feel confident to do it on me own. (Not a gay chat up line, and I'm not a mental, as proved by ChubbStar and Ian!!!!)

[Richo80]

Hey Kev which kmart did u get the daiwa crossfire from and were there any others left? cheers!!

[MoparKevUk]

Wynnum plaza, don't remember if there were any more. Lots of shimano stuff, cheap. All locked away.....

[MoparKevUk]

Thanks for all the advice, my reel is now spooled. Ended up using some tips from here;

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His way of knotting onto the reel didn't work with me puny 6lb Vanish so I used a double backbone twizzle;) . Hopefully will be out and about tomorrow testing it out (Tingalpa Creek). Was on William Gunn Jetty today, at low tide:huh: Caught a few tiny perch and bream, and me boy got a tiny diamond shape fish. No sign of whatever broke me off last Wednesday.......

Lovin' this fishing lark! Loving the Forum!:fishing:

[chubbstar]

Hey Kev, I'll be fishing Tingalpa Creek tomorrow as well;)

Hope to see ya there!

Jayson