Just a thought about spooling up

  • Dave Koonce
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    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    October 27, 2013 at 5:13 pm #1305483

    I was spooling up my ice rods today and I thought I would share something I do.

    I like to start out with braid at the beginning 8 lb test 3 lb dia 50 yards on a Shimano 500 series, then 30-50 feet of mono like 2 lb test…

    the mono doesn’t get all coiled up and if you’re in a spot where you would like to beef up your gear you could always strip off the little bit of mono you have on without wasting a lot of it.

    robby
    Quad Cities
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    October 27, 2013 at 6:02 pm #1185923

    Great thinking! Thanks. What is your favorite braid for ice fishing?

    robby
    Quad Cities
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    October 27, 2013 at 6:05 pm #1185924

    Doof! Just looked at the pic and answered my own question.

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
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    October 27, 2013 at 7:26 pm #1202492

    Quote:

    I was spooling up my ice rods today

    Whew…Now I can show the FW that I’m not the only nutjob out there

    Thanks for the tip Dave
    I already have the mono…the braid is next

    icenutz
    Aniwa, WI
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    October 28, 2013 at 12:30 am #1202536

    The braid is great idea since you have 50 ft of mono the braid will not come off the reel and freeze up, I would go with 3lb mono, I don’t like loosing a nice fish to a break off on light line.

    dorancehefte
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 155
    October 28, 2013 at 12:46 am #1202539

    Do you start with a few inches of mono on the spool? With heavier braid, the whole batch will slide on the spool since there is no stretch to cinch against the spool.

    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
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    October 28, 2013 at 1:02 am #1202540

    Quote:

    Do you start with a few inches of mono on the spool? With heavier braid, the whole batch will slide on the spool since there is no stretch to cinch against the spool.

    A short piece of scotch tape over the hard line knot will solve that issue

    Bryan Myers
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    October 28, 2013 at 1:36 am #1202543

    That’s great idea I never thought of doing that. I think I’m going to have to try that on a couple rods this year!

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    October 28, 2013 at 1:38 am #1202544

    Yep yep
    i do the scotch tape trick as well

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