Calcutta TE300 Spooling

I just got a Calcutta TE300 and I see it has a pin on the spool to tie to while spooling up.

Do you guys still do the mono backing with these or straight to braid?

i do. i like the line to sinch to the spool.

You can tie to the pin or I use a piece of tape because I don’t have pins. You only need the mono if the spool is too short to fill the reel.

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i do. i like the line to sinch to the spool.

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Well, that’s the point of the pin I would think, so you don’t need the backing (no slip) but there still may still be a line burying issue?

I don’t think they ever claimed mono helped with the line burying?

It does help to get the line wrapped on tight at the bottom. Something like tie the line to a tree and go around another tree and let it all out then reel it back in with some resistance on it.

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i do. i like the line to sinch to the spool.

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Well, that’s the point of the pin I would think, so you don’t need the backing (no slip) but there still may still be a line burying issue?

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I think it all depends on what size of line you are going to spool. My Calcutta 400s’ have 65# and 80# with no mono, I used a small piece of electrical tape to start the line on the spools. But I had some smaller (I think 14#) line on a trolling reel that burried pretty badly.

On some other reels I’ve felt that having too thick of a layer of braid seemed a bit soft but it’s been a while since then, that was in the early days of braid…

Thanks for the answers!

I still do the mono backing. It’s to clear out the lump of the pin. I just don’t like that pin.