Not that anyone needs help with putting line on a reel, but I was bored. . .
I had a u bolt sitting around so I drill 2 holes to fit the threaded ends in the end of a 2x6 scrap piece of wood (this increased my prices dramatically) I ran out of gold bars..
ran the spool of braid threw the ubolt and pushed it into the holes till spool touched, backed out slightly so spool spins freely.
then I took the line and ran it across the room and fed it threw a pulley the back to rod
Instead of starting with a bottom shot of mono, okuma recommends tape! go figure. so I put on some good old electric tape and used a double wrap unit to secure braid to reel. held strong.
Using my food as a gas peddle of sorts on the 2x6 for resistance, I proceeded to reel on 300 yards of 50 power pro and put on a top shot of 30lb flouro connecting with a double wrapped uni knot. worked like a charm and got great tension on the line.
I will report back when it starts grabbing in the spool when I use it.
I had a u bolt sitting around so I drill 2 holes to fit the threaded ends in the end of a 2x6 scrap piece of wood (this increased my prices dramatically) I ran out of gold bars..
ran the spool of braid threw the ubolt and pushed it into the holes till spool touched, backed out slightly so spool spins freely.
then I took the line and ran it across the room and fed it threw a pulley the back to rod
Instead of starting with a bottom shot of mono, okuma recommends tape! go figure. so I put on some good old electric tape and used a double wrap unit to secure braid to reel. held strong.
Using my food as a gas peddle of sorts on the 2x6 for resistance, I proceeded to reel on 300 yards of 50 power pro and put on a top shot of 30lb flouro connecting with a double wrapped uni knot. worked like a charm and got great tension on the line.
I will report back when it starts grabbing in the spool when I use it.