Saving Line

[mark poulson]

I don't know if this is the correct forum to post this in, but here goes.

I recently had to take some fresh line off a baitcaster so I could send it in for replacement, and I realized I use a trick that might help others to take the line off and put it back on.

I use an empty 1000 yd spool, with a carriage bolt through it's center hole as an axle, and mounted in an old reversible drill (thanks to an exwife for that) to remove line.  I just put the rod in a vise, tie the line off to the empty spool, and wind it off with the drill.

To save good line, after I've wound it all off the spool, I loosen the nut that locks the spool onto the carriage bolt so the spool spins freely, and reload the reel with the same line I just removed and saved.

That way I start with the same backing, and the reel gets loaded with the line with no line twist, and I can reuse the same line that came off it.

I have several old spools that I can use, and once it's full I drop it in the recycling bin.

I'm sure there are other ways to do the same thing.  This is just what works for me, and I thought I'd share.

After all, as Barney says, "Sharing is caring"       

[BobP]

I take line I want to save off reels all the time for one reason or another, especially braid.  I don't want to do it manually.  I use an empty line spool and push it onto a conical rasp bit mounted in my cordless drill.  Don't know why I ever needed a drill rasp, but it cost me $2 and sure comes in handy for this task!  Zips it off in a few seconds.  Re-spooling line, I just stick a screw driver through the spool hole and chuck it in my bench vise.

 

Expensive "spooling stations"?  We don't got to show you no stinkin spooling stations!  If I'm not saving the line, I use one of those battery powered line strippers.

[Tapupa]

For old line stripping just take the cardboard roll from used

up toilet paper roll. Slip it on your drill chuck and strip away.

Toss roll and line in trash or recycle bin.