Best way to remove braid from reel

[stiffblade]

Hello all,

Looking to sell a reel soon. I wanted to swap the braid onto a new reel. How do I do this without burning out my drags on the reel that has the braid?
I have a spare spool, a 12" inch piece of all thread bolt with some knobs at the end. I usually unspool my reels with a drill with this set up. But I am guessing somehow the braid has to go onto the spool with a lot of tension in order to put it onto the new reel with tension? Or will it be more hassle for a shop to take my (loose) spool of braid, spool it onto another spool with tension, then spool it onto the new reel?



Any recommendations are welcome, Thanks!!

 

[sealskinner]

Tie it to your friends car as he's leaving

 

[stiffblade]

Good one, but I got cheap friends! They won't drive 400 yards with the current price of gas.

 

[strk4]

Tie it to your friends car as he's leaving

I’m not sure why your comment reminded me of this but back the day we would dump our old mono behind the boat. What dumbasses we were. Beer and soda cans also went over the side. At least they were tin then and would rust quickly. In the 60’s and 70’s there wasn’t a lot of thought put in to the damage we all may have all done to the ocean. It’s that out of site thing I guess. Now we are pissed when we see a balloon in the water. Some old dogs can learn.

 

[mike garrahan]

Just wind the braid onto a jigmaster or 4/0 senator. It doesn't have to be super tight and it won't hurt the drag on the reel you are removing the braid from. Then wind the braid from the old Penn onto your new reel. Just adjust the Penn drag to get the tension you want. You will have to adjust the drag as you go and it is a little work but you will get good results. You can have a second person help you hold the rods and reels but I just use an old handle and reelseat from a broken rod and clamp it in a bench vise.

 

[sealskinner]

I’m not sure why your comment reminded me of this but back the day we would dump our old mono behind the boat. What dumbasses we were. Beer and soda cans also went over the side. At least they were tin then and would rust quickly. In the 60’s and 70’s there wasn’t a lot of thought put in to the damage we all may have all done to the ocean. It’s that out of site thing I guess. Now we are pissed when we see a balloon in the water. Some old dogs can learn.

I'm a smart ass. Don't take me literally

 

[hucklongfin]

Just wind the braid onto a jigmaster or 4/0 senator. It doesn't have to be super tight and it won't hurt the drag on the reel you are removing the braid from. Then wind the braid from the old Penn onto your new reel. Just adjust the Penn drag to get the tension you want. You will have to adjust the drag as you go and it is a little work but you will get good results. You can have a second person help you hold the rods and reels but I just use an old handle and reelseat from a broken rod and clamp it in a bench vise.

This

 

[woolybugger]

The dumping line behind a vehicle reminds me of an experience a few years ago. I was driving to san diego to fish and was towing at like 230am.
As soon as i got up to 60mph my buddy and i start hearing ssssszssssszzsssssszzsssss and our dumb tired asses are like wtf must be the boat.
We had rods out the truck window an an avet jx was bumped out of gear it went all the way to the spool knot and we were trailing a few hundred yards of spectra on the 405.
Had him reel it in from the cab and there was miraculously no damage.
I use an old 6/0 penn to swap braid.

 

[stuman]

Hello all,

Looking to sell a reel soon. I wanted to swap the braid onto a new reel. How do I do this without burning out my drags on the reel that has the braid?
I have a spare spool, a 12" inch piece of all thread bolt with some knobs at the end. I usually unspool my reels with a drill with this set up. But I am guessing somehow the braid has to go onto the spool with a lot of tension in order to put it onto the new reel with tension? Or will it be more hassle for a shop to take my (loose) spool of braid, spool it onto another spool with tension, then spool it onto the new reel?



Any recommendations are welcome, Thanks!!

Wind it on the new reel. If you don't like the tension. go offshore - drop a sinker and wind it back on.

 

[OGFishKiller1]

Super easy. I have done this many times. You won't get the yards like on line winder in the shop, but this works:

Get a larger reel.
Turn on the clicker on the reel your taking line off, and put it out of gear.

Use tension with hand feet, friend etc and spool onto spare reel.

Reverse and do exactly the same thing when putting the spectra onto the reel you want now.

 

[Cubeye]

Hello all,

Looking to sell a reel soon. I wanted to swap the braid onto a new reel. How do I do this without burning out my drags on the reel that has the braid?
I have a spare spool, a 12" inch piece of all thread bolt with some knobs at the end. I usually unspool my reels with a drill with this set up. But I am guessing somehow the braid has to go onto the spool with a lot of tension in order to put it onto the new reel with tension? Or will it be more hassle for a shop to take my (loose) spool of braid, spool it onto another spool with tension, then spool it onto the new reel?



Any recommendations are welcome, Thanks!!

Why don't you just wind on the Spectra to the new from the old reel?

Apply a little drag on the old reel and start winding. At the speed you will be winding, you won't burn up the old reel's drag.

Now, you will have fresh new Spectra on top and the old worn section of Spectra will be on the bottom.

 

[wils]

I’m not sure why your comment reminded me of this but back the day we would dump our old mono behind the boat. What dumbasses we were. Beer and soda cans also went over the side. At least they were tin then and would rust quickly. In the 60’s and 70’s there wasn’t a lot of thought put in to the damage we all may have all done to the ocean. It’s that out of site thing I guess. Now we are pissed when we see a balloon in the water. Some old dogs can learn.

glass/metal bottles and cans become homes to all sorts of bottom critters while they "decompose". Mylar baloons? not so much.... and they dont decompose.

stray mono doesnt damaged the ocean....... just random prop seals and associated bearings.

 

[Crowman]

Hello all,

Looking to sell a reel soon. I wanted to swap the braid onto a new reel. How do I do this without burning out my drags on the reel that has the braid?
I have a spare spool, a 12" inch piece of all thread bolt with some knobs at the end. I usually unspool my reels with a drill with this set up. But I am guessing somehow the braid has to go onto the spool with a lot of tension in order to put it onto the new reel with tension? Or will it be more hassle for a shop to take my (loose) spool of braid, spool it onto another spool with tension, then spool it onto the new reel?



Any recommendations are welcome, Thanks!!

By just winding it directly on the new reel you you wind the 100 yards of used line on the arbor of the spool. When you finished you have the new line that was on the bottom of your spool that's never seen daylight to use. I do this now and again to get double duty out of my braid on reels that are not critical like for rock fishing.

 

[hbouldin1216]

To add more tension without tightening drag on the reel it's coming off of, I loop the line once around one of the cleats on the boat. Smooth stainless doesn't hurt the line and adds the perfect amount of tension in my case.

 

[Reel 007]

Sell the reel with the braided line, take the other reel to the tackle shop and have them fill it with new line.
Simplicity is your friend.

 

[lowprofile]

One time a guy on one of my boats had a reel that was about 2/3 full of 50lb braid and wanted more. we decided to strip a spinner that had straight mono and let all the braided line off the reel out the back of the boat while traveling around 12mph. Then we tied it to the spool of the spinner and wound it back in filling the spinner with braid.

we then tied a 6oz torpedo weight to the new braid and let it out behind the boat, tied the new line to the reel and reeled it back in, filling the old reel.

If you don’t have a boat traveling 12-15mph for 30-40 miles then use the previously mentioned method with multiple reels

 

[ShadowX]

Chuck an empty spool into a drill with a long bolt and just wind the line off. I do that all the time.

 

[pukahd]

.

 

[jigstrike]

No need to super pack the spectra onto the storage reel. It will come off under tension based on the drag of the storage reel when wind onto the new reel. The lack of packing the storage reel won't be a problem because you aren't trying to max out its capacity and while you are pull on it, it shouldn't dig in too far.
So you should put some resistance on the reel you are selling as you remove that spectra, but a gloved thumb would be enough without putting any wear its drag washers

 

[GClev]

Here's what I dreamed up, but I live in the country. I call it the country line winder.

Removing line. I set two fenceposts 33 yards apart and then put a five gallon plastic bucket on each post upside down. Put your reel on a 5.5" stand up rod. Walk back and forth a few times and go around the buckets. The ridges on the bucket keep the line from sliding off. I can also measure exactly how much line is on the reel, not some crappy line winder estimate since every pass is exactly 33 yards (just enough that it doesn't sag in the middle).

Then I can inspect, wash and dry, reverse, or reload the line casually and carefully. I use my fingers and feel the line for broken fibers. It's so easy to stop and inspect a spot, magnify it with a glass or your cell phone camera.

Loading line. Tie off to the new reel and walk back and forth with as much pressure on the line as you like, packed where and how you like it. This why I like a short rod with roller guides. Loading the line with a bend in the rod is work. No mistakes and criss-crossed any way you want it or don't want it. It's far better than any tackle store can manage - they never get it right.

When I'm done I just walked 500 yards letting it out and then walked 500 yards putting it back on. Three or four reels in an afternoon and I also get a decent amount of exercise to boot.

No tools, no fools, no problems. Sounds silly, works great.

 

[lkatdpelicanfly]

This post reminds me of a trip I took on an overnight. As we left the harbor, I dropped back my spectra to reguide and tighten. This noob sees me do this, must've thought we had started fishing, so he grabs his dropper loop setup that was sitting against his rail to secure his "spot" over the side and starts to let line out. I think he got all the way down to the spool, then started to try to reel in with like a 10 or 12 oz torpedo on. Boy that was funny as hell. I think the deckhand had to help him reel it in and I think his line was toast from all the twist and he had to pay to have his reel respooled.

 

[matt86m]

Hasn't been said but you could go to a local shop and have them put your line on an empty spool. Sell your reel and when you get your new one go back and have the shop put it back on.

Pay them for their time. Build a relationship with the shop. Support small business.

 

[jer dog]

The swifty kit works great,
But a empty spool and A dowel with two tennis balls, On A drill will get it off.

 

[GClev]

Hasn't been said but you could go to a local shop and have them put your line on an empty spool. Sell your reel and when you get your new one go back and have the shop put it back on.

Pay them for their time. Build a relationship with the shop. Support small business.

Let's divide this into two categories then.

First, those are simple applications. If you're trying to save a dime and transfer line from one small reel to another, 12-65# for local fishing, where losing a Calico or a 30# Yellowtail doesn't really matter. Then go ahead and let your tackle shop use their line machine and tip them as you please.

Second, is not so simple. I'm not sure I want any shop's counter man messing with my big reels for Yellowfin or Marlin. He's probably making $12 an hour and has never had a 200# fish make a 200 yard run and cut deep into a spool of line. They can try real hard and still get it wrong.

I like to do my very own unloading, washing, and thorough inspection between trips. If there's a spot where too many fibers are broken in the same exact place, I want to know it, splice it, or replace the whole spool. There's too much at stake when someone is spending $1200 for a rod and reel, $8K for a trip, and gets limited opportunities to go fishing for BIG ONES. A spool of line is cheap by comparison and the tackle store counterman is not going to spend that kind of time and attention.

If I were loading a new International style reel for anything, especially the big ones, I'm going to put brand new line on it and still unload, inspect, and reload it using the fence post method I described above. If something goes wrong, I own it, not the tackle shop.

Support your local shop - buy new line. Too many things go wrong and this shouldn't be one of them.

 

[flytie]

Call 310rodworks. He has a kit for removal/washing and then you can put back on with your line winder with tension.