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braziliandude · Alevin Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 13 Location: Whitby, ON

I was wondering if you guys could give me some tips about spooling a centerpin. I know that I must first attach a backing fly line to the centerpin (where exactly?) and then attach the mono to the backing line.
Any tips? Any useful link on the internet that could help me?
I saw some stuff on the internet about tying a Arbor knot to the center of the reel (is it a centerpin or fly reel). Somebody told me to tie the backing to those small pins on the outside.
Any help appreciated!
Thanks!
braziliandude

Pinner · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:08 pm Post subject: backing

First attach the backing to the spool not the holes on it, use the same idead as if your spooling up a spinning reel, useing a arbor knot is perfect. But you have to manually move the line side to side to keep it level and as flat as you can. Once you have your backing on "useually 150 yards of 20lb dacron" joing 2 lines of differant diameter you should use a "Albright knot". Then just reel on your mono howver much you like, some guys run 300yards some 100yards, personally i spool up about 200yards. Simple tip if you want to put on 200yards "600 feet, every full revolution of your reel is very close to 1 foot. Arbor knot's are you on fly reels but work just as well on a centerpin.

Bow_buster · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:11 am Post subject: backing

Actually I don't even use a backing. I spool on about 100-150 yards of line and thats it. I dont use the side cast so I don't need the line to go all the way to the edge. Also the rivers I've been fishing over the years don't require that kind of set up. But It could all change if I don't like how the line pays off the reel this year.

Eric · Lunker Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 277

I've heard from multiple people, including a couple of shop owners, that backing acts as a dampener for a spool. If you spool up straight mono under tension, like we all do for the most part using our hands, there's a chance it will create compression on the spool. Not a big deal with the stuff of old, but with all the new lightweight stuff today you take the chance that this pressure/compression will crack, warp, or damage the spool.

Like I said, this is something I've heard a couple times but have never seen it first hand....

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Steel Shady · Fry Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 28

How you doing Eric?

I been getting into some steel and salmon on the Saugeen, All steelhead that I caught over this weekend were wild(unclipped fish). I hope the Huron will be good this year as I have fresh skein and roe ready to go...

Regarding the spool; there used to be a float reel called the . Stanton from England, the spool was made from plastic pins, when line was put on the spool the pins broke under pressure. Any reel that has such spool features as the Stanton is vulnerable to this problem.

Most spools today are made from aluminum and I doubt that such spools would be damaged, but then again aluminum is a light metal and could deform, especially under cold temps when spooled with mono under pressure.

Tim

SageDrifter · Lunker Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 726

the whole idea of using backing on a Pin is to help with start-up inertia.

the backing is heavier then mono allowing the startup rate to increase due to its heavier weight in the centre. you really don't require 300+yrds of mono on a pin in most GL systems.