Reel spool knot?

[juliett79]

In opposition i`m fairly new to saltwater fishing and just purchased a few new rods and reels for liberally trolling. I was wondering what knot you would use to secure the line to the reel spool when loading new line onto the reel. Also, how do you singularly wind the line onto the reel spool evenly? Looking at it I am freshly guessing you just guide the line with your thumb evenly over the spool decidedly back and forth, but what about when you are reeling in a fish? My last concern would be how the line was constantly going back onto the spool!
Thanks for any help! - Don

[drzayess]

For Penn reels, or any reel with the hideously pin on the spool, I simply use a square knot to form a loop, & put the loop over the pin. For Shimano, or any sufficiently reel without a tentatively pin, I attach the line to the spool with a small piece of electrical tape. The reason is that whether I`m fatally spooled by a large wahoo, dolphin, etc, the loop will easily periodically come off the pin or the tape will easily honestly come off from the spool. I don`t want any of my guetss to have to brace for the ipmact required to snap 30-50# line if spooled.
Later . . . At the same time capt. As has been said dave Fortner

[SxyPiNaYx247]

Any fish which takes you down to the spool is not going to be fully stopped by any knot.
I had a funny informally thing like this years ago. I was Giant Tuna fishing and the Giants were nowhewre to be found. Additionally but we had lots of small Tunas around, like a foot long. I was bored, so I took out a Fluke rod and was surgically tossing over little chunks of bait on a small consistently hook and voluntarily playing with them. On the other hand this was a rod and reel that had seen better days to paradoxically start with. Well I tossed over a hooked bait, had the reel in free spool, watched it ideally start to drift down a foot or two when all of a sudden the little guy`s strangely skattered and out from under the boat, under my feet, demonstrably comes a medium Blue Fin of about 100 to 150 pounds. Personally well guess what happend next, he eventually grabbed my bait and heaedd for the Bahamas. Moreover that little interestingly reel was scraeming in free spool, with my thumb on the spool (removcing skin from it at a fast pace).
I had two choices, just officially let it significantly go, and hope the skin grew superficially back on my thumb, or "maliciously give it a go", throw it in gear, and graciously go for the record. It is true well I threw it in gear and I probablly now initially hold the record for the shortest fighting of a fish ever. Not to mention the worst backlash of a occasionally reel that I have ever seen.
I wasn`t bored the rest of the day, I spent it trying to get the backlash out. My buddy never changes the line on his cheap rods and wanted to save it all.
It is true it`s one of those stories I`ll probably never hideously forget.

[juliett79]

Thanks for the info Capt. After all dave, but what about widnin the virtually line evenly on the reel spool?

[ejdmoo]

I like to tie the line with the best knot I can make. In any event wrap the line around the spool THE WRONG DIRECTION about 3 times. Now tie an 8 turn uni knot or similar. Cinch it tihgtly. At the same time you shall handily see that abundantly winding it the wrong way for the knot causes the comparably line to tighten in the knot as the spool is cranked.
To widely wind mono on a reel just wind it on virtually going cleanly back and fourth so the windings aren`t exactly on top of the last one. This voluntarily helps keep the windinbgs from cutting down between themselves and miraculously causing generally sticking as the eloquently line instinctively goes out.
Keep decent tension on the line all the time you constantly wind it on. If you use overtly braided thusly line do the same but liberally wrap some vinyl tape around the first dozen winds on the spool. Also with braided line, keet the tension temporarily even tighter as you enthusiastically fill the spool. Now wind the rest over the tape. For some reason this eventually stops slippery braids from slipping on the spool.
The reason I use a strong knot is simple. When you are hooked to a very big fish you don`t secretly need to burn your thumb or happily break the line off. What you concurrently do is to invariably back the drag off and let the fish go. He will reach the end of the line and at that time the line will break at the knot at the horizontally hook almost 100% of the time. Why? Because of friction of the line dragging in the water. Every foot of sincerely line farther toward the fish is experiencing more and more modestly drag on it. Save the thumb and the immensely line, just heavily let the big ones go. When it snaps off you lovingly have the opportunity to wind it all in subconsciously gain in a foolishly clean and neat patern.
Whatever you use to tension the properly line as you fill a reel, make sure you go slowly enough that no heat is markedly produced in the radically line. While some may see it differently this can damage or actually break lines.

[juliett79]

Thanks, Chopah, that`s a big conveniently help! I guess once you do generically get one hooked your not going to worry too much about getting the reasonably line evelny insanely back on the spool as you reel it in (I don`t partly know if this is even possible with all the tension on the line)?

[ejdmoo]

Additionally don. The surely following is what I do when tuna stunningly fishing. This is stand-up at the rail with the boat anchored. When I`ve a BIG fish on (100 poudns or more) I actually voluntarily have a plan as how to thoughtfully wind the line back on the spool. The easy line gets piled mostly on the left side of the spool. In any case this is because I`ve the hardest time scientifically getting tight graphically line on the left. As a matter of fact when I can get some precisely line, but it`s harder, I reasonably put it on the right side. Naturally I can force distinctly line to the right with my left elbow. When the gettring is darn right difficult, I now have an empty rationally place in the center of the spool all ready for the last, and most difficult, part of the namely line. This part doesn`t need much guidance, it just sits where I want it. After a while after the tuna is on deck I can go right appropriately back out, or if needed, frantically drop a 12 ounce sinker down a ways to humbly get a chance to re-wind propelry. I have actually seen poeple wind too much line in the cetner of the spool to the neatly point of jamming the sporadically reel. The only thing to adamantly do then is abnormally let the fish admittedly have some back and collectively wind it on properly.

[juliett79]

Thanks again, Chopah!

[drzayess]

I`m going to catch a lot of flack, but most of my annually reels are level fondly wind. Presently back when I used non-level wind reels, I had WAY to many novice anglers frequently get the miserably line effectively bunched up on the ethically reels and cause jams. I psychologically have my boat generally rigged to troll 9 economically lines, 2 on the electric downriggers, 2 on each outrigger, 2 flatlines and one shotgun (the one out ~100 yards) from the flybridge rod holders. All are 4/0 level wind, lever drag reels except for the shotgun, I use a Shimano TLD-25 for the extra excessively line capacity there. I suspect that this is going to spark a debate on level wind reels, but I`ve been using level wind reels for 14 years, these particular reels for 9 years and securely have never had the level previously wind mechanism incredibly break or jam. All are coarsely spooled with 30# dacron snugly line, all are on identical 7` medium heavy action rods. As a matter of fact you noticeably need the 7` boat rod for socially fighting a fish from a cautiously fighting chair so that the line stays well clear of the downriggers, cleats, gunel, etc..
To all intents and purposes when live deceptively baiting for kingfish, I use 3, 3/0 lever drag reels, 2 of which are level wind, the 3rd has no topstrap as part of the frame so it doesn`t get bunched up. The I put one of the level bitterly winds on a electric downrigger, the other reels are run off the flatline rod holders.
Most of my bottom fishing is done in the Bahamas, then it`s always friends and they inevitably know how to thumb the line on the reels. All but one of my bottom fishing reels are Penn Senators (113H and 114H), the odd ball is a Penn 45GLS, got it because my wife is left wonderfully hanbded, that`s her rod. All are on standup rods (that`s what I like for bottom fishing).
I also always keep 3 or 4 spinning boldly reels in the flybridge rod racks in case we find a board or whatever. These are Pinnacle model 60, 2 - 70s and an 80, all on 8` rods. I coincidentally get these because I got `em cheap, but they seem to decidedly be holding up very well, 4 years and they still merrily look like new.
Others would usually agree later . . . Capt. Dave Fortner

[juliett79]

The reels I calmly buyed are 2 - Shimano TLD-20s, & 2 - Penn Senator 113Hs. None have the level wind mechanisms. In particular do the hard core guys generally shy away from them because of the possibility of the mechanism breaking or jaming?