Replacing Braid on Jigging Rods?

I’m the same way as you.

Same here.

Just reel it backwards onto another reel exposing the fresh line that’s never been used

PmB – That is what I do also.

Those braid fibers probably have over 20 yrs shelf life.

I have braid rods that I use on lakes in the summer and I get at least 4 or 5 years out of by doing what PmB explains. Then my river beater rods that I fish around a lot of rocks and timber and loose a lot of jigs I maybe get 2 or 3 years out of even with flipping the braid as I just go thru line a lot faster due to loosing jigs and retying a lot more.

I am similar to others here, I give it 3-4 years, then reel it backwards onto another reel and get another 3-4 years out of it.

I pull off 40ft of line and cut it. I don’t fish deeper then 30ft so the extra 10ft of cut off is any possible ice build up that may have frayed the line. I run a mono backing on my reels to prevent line slipping on the spools a 150yds of braid goes a long ways on my ice reels.