Burying my braid

[Vermillionaire]

So the other night I hung into a big nasty and fought him for a while. When it was all said and done my braid had buried itself to the spool. I know if I turn my drag down it wouldn't do that, but then he would have spooled my reel. I fish 30lb suffix, any advice or tips from you braid guys?

[jchief]

Make sure it is spooled tight on the spool to start. Do you use mono backing?

[Vermillionaire]

Straight braid

[mcjaredsandwich]

What test braid were you using?

[jchief]

I was having issues with 20 lb so went to 30/40 lb and solved the issue. I use mono backing, when it did bury it stopped at the mono.

[MathGeek]

We catch a lot of bull redfish and bull drum on 30, 40, and 50 lb braid and never have any issues on either spinning reels or level winds. The key is to have a good amount of tension when originally spooling the reel. I'd bet by now, most of our reels have been packed under the tension of reeling in a big fish. But we have two techniques for putting the line on the reels under tension. We've moved away from mono backing in favor of the little stickers that come with the power pro or enough duct tape to wrap around 3/4 of the bare spool.

1. With new line, my son holds the spool with the new line on it so that it can spin around a pencil, and he applied resistance with his thumbs while I reel in the line with the reel mounted on the rod where it will be used. The rod should bend a bit to ensure good tension.

2. With used line (usually transferring from a level wind to a spinning reel after a number of breakoffs has reduced the amount of line remaining on the level wind to < 200 yards), we do a rod to rod transfer with my son holding the source rod with the drag set for appropriate tension, and me reeling in the line on the destination rod.

In the past, I've also had one of the children walk all the line out in a big open space and "reel them in" maintaining appropriate tension. This works, but takes a big open space and is much harder than the other two methods.

[Vermillionaire]

Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich

What test braid were you using?

30lb Suffix on an open face.

[Goooh]

A whole lot of back tension when installing


Sent

[bgizzle]

Originally Posted by Vermillionaire

30lb Suffix on an open face.

Go to 15lb and back it with mono

[jldsc]

how much and what size mono yall putting on the spool first?


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[breambuster]

I use 10lb powepro on an open face and have no issues. Same with 20lb on same reel. Used very little tension when putting it on as well. No backing just a small strip of electrical tape on the spool.

[I make oil]

I use 30lb power pro no backing on spinning rods no problem. Put it on with good tension and adjust the drag when fighting a big fish as needed. Often when someone gets on a real big fish I'll follow with the trolling motor to keep as much line on there reel as I can. A few times I've even had to crank the big motor with Jacks and Sharks.

[Vermillionaire]

Thanks for all the advice. I agree spooling the line tighter will help, but I'm also going to loosen up that drag.