Getting Line Back Off Of A Reel

[toddwchandler]

I am in a situation where I am slowly building up my stock of rods, reels, and lures but don't have a wide variety yet. What do I do to get line off of a reel but preserve it to use later? In other words,if I haves reel spooled up with perfectly good mono but need to switch to braid for a specific purpose, how do I get the mono back off in such a way that it can be spooled back on the reel and used again later?

[OkobojiEagle]

I don't know if I'd want to re-use mono, but I do re-use PE lines. I save the original plastic spools that the lines were purchased on and spool it back onto that original spool by sliding the empty spool over a long bolt, tightening it with a wing nut and using a hand drill to power wind it back onto the plastic spool.

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[5dollarsplash]

Had never thought of that OE, but awesome idea! I've always done it by hand and it is a pain.

[JeziHogg]

You can just peel it off and respool it, but I wouldn't recommend it - It will be full of coils. Another option might be is, BPS sells 1lb spools of their brand of mono for like $26. You get something like 8,000yards @ 8lb test

[SirSnookalot]

If it were a reel where I did switch back and forth I'd have 2 spools for the reel.  I don't think it's worth the time and effort to save mono or copoly.

[rockchalk06]

I am in a situation where I am slowly building up my stock of rods, reels, and lures but don't have a wide variety yet. What do I do to get line off of a reel but preserve it to use later? In other words,if I haves reel spooled up with perfectly good mono but need to switch to braid for a specific purpose, how do I get the mono back off in such a way that it can be spooled back on the reel and used again later?

With braid, I take it off using my power drill. I really don't think your going to find a way to do this without there being a ton of line twist. Plus mono is going to develop memory and just a PITA.

 

What we usually do in that case is have a totally different set up.

 

Mono is cheap. Yo-zuri Hybrid in 600 yard spools can get had for under 20 bucks shipped.

[OkobojiEagle]

I haves reel spooled up with perfectly good mono but need to switch to braid for a specific purpose

Just to satisfy my curiosity, what specific purpose is requiring your line change?

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[flechero]

 spool over a long bolt, tightening it with a wing nut and using a hand drill to power wind it back onto the plastic spool.

 

 

This is also what I have done. Only takes a few seconds if you hold steady, on high speed.

[toddwchandler]

Just to clarify, this question was hypothetical. I used possibly the worst example I could have by suggesting that I would want to save mono. I get that mono is dirt cheap and not worth saving. The example could have been flouro or anything for that matter. Was just wondering if I ever needed to switch out any one kind for another if the line on the reel can be salvaged.

[JD96]

Well one time I was fishing and I backlashed my line on my favorite reel beyond repair, I had just put line of the same kind on a reel I don't use as much a day earlier, so I left it connected to said reel and spooled it on to my favorite reel.

 

Worked fine.

[The Young Gun]

I've taken a piece of wood and spent the time to wrap braid back over it to use the other end of it to get twice the time/use out of it.. Anything besides braid I wouldn't ever try...

[Jrob78]

Well one time I was fishing and I backlashed my line on my favorite reel beyond repair, I had just put line of the same kind on a reel I don't use as much a day earlier, so I left it connected to said reel and spooled it on to my favorite reel.

 

Worked fine.

This is what I would do too.  I realize in your hypothetical, you probably don't have an extra, empty reel but it's the only way I would consider doing this.  Reel the line from the full reel onto the empty reel.