How to spool heavy braid solo

[Brodie_S]

Haven’t been on AFO much lately . Due to muiltple reasons 1 my river has been flooded for a few weeks now 2 I’ve been busy with work and getting ready for the new school year . Anyway recently I bought 2 reels a 4000 sienna and a 5000 sedona the 4000 sienna has already been spooled with roughly 140-160m of 20lb mono but the Sedona I’m gonna put 300m of gliss which is like a braid . I usually get someone to hold the line spool via a pencil and they put tension on the line spool while I reel in the line but I’ve never spooled a reel with anything over 13lbs . I know the heavier the line the more pressure you have to put on to. So I was wondering what methods I could use to spool 300m of 42lb gliss on my own . I think the diameter of the line is 0.25 but I will re-edit that if it’s not .any advice welcome thanks 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hey Bro

I find just holding the braid tight before it goes on the reel works. Just don't put it on too fast or you may get burn from the friction and braid.

Cheers Hamish

[ellicat]

Throw your spool into a bucket of water and use your fingers to keep tension on the line as you wind in.

[Brodie_S]

Really would that work well? . I thought with heavier line you needed to put a lot more pressure on the line to keep the line nice and tight on the spool 

[ellicat]

Works for me.

[Junky]

That's a great idea @ellicat. 

Cheers. 

 

I have a bolt with washers and a locknut. 

Fit spool to bolt and tighten till it just takes up on the spool (won't free spin but it's not tight). I use a lock nut because a normal nut will either loosen up or keep tightening when winding. 

Hold both ends of the bolt with toes and crank away. 

You don't have to have a heap of pressure on the line when spooling. When you are out fishing and retrieving the line its not going on real tight. It only has the weight of a sinker/lure so pinching in fingertips is enough tension. 

 

 

 

[Brodie_S]

42 minutes ago, Junky said:

That's a great idea @ellicat. 

Cheers. 

 

I have a bolt with washers and a locknut. 

Fit spool to bolt and tighten till it just takes up on the spool (won't free spin but it's not tight). I use a lock nut because a normal nut will either loosen up or keep tightening when winding. 

Hold both ends of the bolt with toes and crank away. 

You don't have to have a heap of pressure on the line when spooling. When you are out fishing and retrieving the line its not going on real tight. It only has the weight of a sinker/lure so pinching in fingertips is enough tension. 

 

 

 

Thanks I just like to have it tight enough so it doesn’t feel soft I like the line to feel almost rock solid on the spool . I know some people have fancy line spoolers for landbased game fishing and put heaps of pressure on the line like morningtide 

[Hweebe]

I have something like this....can by purchased on Ebay for cheaper

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com.au/samaki-line-spooler.html

 

[Junky]

2 hours ago, Breaming with bro said:

Thanks I just like to have it tight enough so it doesn’t feel soft I like the line to feel almost rock solid on the spool . I know some people have fancy line spoolers for landbased game fishing and put heaps of pressure on the line like morningtide 

No worries pal. 

 

I tend to use 3/4 of a spool of line each drop so when I wind it back in it is only the weight of the line and sinker, hook/jig putting the line under tension. 

[Guest]

I bought this a couple of years ago for $20 works awesome , stops family members whinging when holding the spool on a screw driver

[Junky]

6 minutes ago, Sneaky1 said:

I bought this a couple of years ago for $20 works awesome , stops family members whinging when holding the spool on a screw driver

$20. Bargain. 

Book included? 

 

Edit. I thought that was a book behind it. Till I opened the pic up and saw it was the box. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Junky said:

$20. Bargain. 

Book included? 

No that's the box it come in

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, Junky said:

$20. Bargain. 

Book included? 

 

Edit. I thought that was a book behind it. Till I opened the pic up and saw it was the box. 

Yeah my photo taking skills probably need some attention . Great little gadget but , just whack the suction cup on the kitchen bench and go for it keeps perfect tension on the line

[Junky]

1 hour ago, Sneaky1 said:

Yeah my photo taking skills probably need some attention . Great little gadget but , just whack the suction cup on the kitchen bench and go for it keeps perfect tension on the line

No mate. Your pic is fine. 

At a quick glance on a telephone screen it looked like a book. 

 

 

 

Is it a fleabay item or from a tackle store? 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Junky said:

No mate. Your pic is fine. 

At a quick glance on a telephone screen it looked like a book. 

 

 

 

Is it a fleabay item or from a tackle store? 

I think it come from mo tackle but I've seen them on fleabay for the same price. 

[ellicat]

They're at Freddy's for $19.95. If you wanna get a 300m spool of braid or something else to take your order over $89 postage is free.

 

EDIT: Out of stock and not restocking...same as everywhere else.

 

https://www.freddys.com.au/products/samaki-line-winder-blue?variant=28418670231645&currency=AUD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=gs-2019-11-24&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6Or_BRC_ARIsAPzuer8ly6p_yQ1F9j3vfGM7XDpAzAe9GRy9qvlswlu4bV6zqESwjVFXjxgaAnswEALw_wcB

 

[Brodie_S]

Just ordered  300m of 19kg line to go on my sedona . Thanks for the all advice

[Brodie_S]

Lmao found this eBay idk if it would be as good as the Samiki ones though . But they do look very similar 

[Hweebe]

1 hour ago, Breaming with bro said:

Lmao found this eBay idk if it would be as good as the Samiki ones though . But they do look very similar 

The are all same - generic rebranded - they all do the job

 

[Brodie_S]

Unfortunately I didn’t fit all the line on but I got most of it probably around 250m and I’m a bit mad because I didn’t put enough tension on my line it’s a bit soft it’s hard but not hard as I like it to be I can push my fingernail through it . I’m gonna still try it and hope the braid doesn’t cut in when I hook something big 

[Brodie_S]

Fortunately it’s not soft as a sponge and I think it was just the last 10 metres that were soft because I stripped 10 metres of it and put more tension on it when I put the 10m back on my spool and it’s pretty tight not super tight but it should be tight enough