Vince Maddock
Senior Member
I bought a line counter (that sea anglers use) about 15 years ago, with that and a calculator I can fill empty spools with the exact amount of backing and mainline, never been more than a couple of metres out.
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Couldn’t agree more bill.Can’t beat confidence in what you are using Rich. Can never get my head round when people say they fancy a change. I’m a great believer in “if it’s not broken don’t fix it”! I know some of the modern lines have different characteristics, ie sink quicker or float etc so then understand wanting to move away from something used for 10/20 years. Sometimes we’re forced to change when a line is no longer produced.
I prefer the walking it out method as it helps take any twist out of the line at the same time.Agree with this - distance sticks waaay easier. Also easier to match the diameter of your backing line with the diameter of your proper fishing line (eg. 12lb 0.32 / 15lb 0.35 etc) so you can check against the spools total capacity to quantify the exact length of the backer required and underfill accordingly. . .
That's quality David. Proper old school!! Reminded something my grandad would of done. Nought to do with age.But his educated and intellectual mind set.I made myself a couple of line winders years ago, 1 x rotation equals 1 yard. Every reel spool has backing which is loaded to leave room for 100 yards of line of whatever bs the reel is used for . It is an easy job to either load the spool with new line or measure out 100 yards on the line winders, they come in handy for emptying spools ,as well as reverse loading when a new spool needs backing .
As I do lot of beach and boat fishing as well they get used quite a lot as sea line gets a real hammering compared to
freshwater .
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They are a bit rough and ready, but work well enough.
You can never have enough Pi.
David .
And that Bisley multi drawer cabinet is a rarity these days as well DavidI made myself a couple of line winders years ago, 1 x rotation equals 1 yard. Every reel spool has backing which is loaded to leave room for 100 yards of line of whatever bs the reel is used for . It is an easy job to either load the spool with new line or measure out 100 yards on the line winders, they come in handy for emptying spools ,as well as reverse loading when a new spool needs backing .
As I do lot of beach and boat fishing as well they get used quite a lot as sea line gets a real hammering compared to
freshwater .
View attachment 24431
They are a bit rough and ready, but work well enough.
You can never have enough Pi.
David .