Braid On Shimanos 50/51 E Series Reels

[ww2farmer]

Power pro at Walmart is $12.56, that's cheap and will last you forever

 

 

Yes that's a very fair price for a 100yd spool so I guess with a good mono backing that should be plenty I would think. Thanks for the tip

FWIW.......those are the 150yd spools of Power Pro at Wal-mart. At BPS that is aprox. the price of the 100 yd spools.......I buy from Wal-mart.

 

To the OP, I have several 51E's, I use braid on all of them. Since they are smaller reels, I only fill the spool up about a 1/4 of the way with mono backing, and then I can usually  fill two 51E's with one 150 yd spool of Power Pro. I use or have used those reels for everything, flipping/pitchng, frogging, jig/worm work, cranking, etc....they take everything I throw at them. They are my favorite reels of all time, and I buy them up any time I find a deal on one.....about the only thing I don't use them for is deep cranking.

[F14A-B]

No backing just fill'er up

That really was my original plan based on a guy who I met at Bps who fished flw for a awhile he had a boating accident... Anyway that's what he said full braid.... When it's color goes or it's getting roughed up , pull in off and swap it end for end back to the spool. Seems like both ways will work... Idk!

[21farms]

i'm with tomustang and am a full braid guy myself...i think it will actually save you money in the long run. here's why. let's say you spool on 75 yards of braid and the remainder is cheap backing. since braid will last for years and years, eventually due to breakoffs, wind knots, etc., your length of braid will get progressively shorter and will get to the point where your cast will be longer than the amount of remaining braid you have...probably about the 45 yard mark...at which point, i'd toss that entire 45 yard piece away and tie on another 75 yard piece of braid. but, with a full spool, you can always add backing as you lose line.

 

by the way, i use a chronarch 50E for pitchin' with 30 to 50 lbs. braid on the california delta where some big girls live...never had a problem and love it. i also have a scorpion 1001XT (JDM version of the curado/chronarch 51E) and put a shallow spool on it (filled with braid) and, man, talk about a pitchin' machine ;-)

[ww2farmer]

i'm with tomustang and am a full braid guy myself...i think it will actually save you money in the long run. here's why. let's say you spool on 75 yards of braid and the remainder is cheap backing. since braid will last for years and years, eventually due to breakoffs, wind knots, etc., your length of braid will get progressively shorter and will get to the point where your cast will be longer than the amount of remaining braid you have...probably about the 45 yard mark...at which point, i'd toss that entire 45 yard piece away and tie on another 75 yard piece of braid. but, with a full spool, you can always add backing as you lose line.

 

by the way, i use a chronarch 50E for pitchin' with 30 to 50 lbs. braid on the california delta where some big girls live...never had a problem and love it. i also have a scorpion 1001XT (JDM version of the curado/chronarch 51E) and put a shallow spool on it (filled with braid) and, man, talk about a pitchin' machine ;-)

Yeah but............................when pitching and flipping with braid and backing, if your down to the backing and need to re-spool........often it's a pretty short length of braid that needs to be replaced. If your doing a lot of long casting that might be a different story.

[F14A-B]

i'm with tomustang and am a full braid guy myself...i think it will actually save you money in the long run. here's why. let's say you spool on 75 yards of braid and the remainder is cheap backing. since braid will last for years and years, eventually due to breakoffs, wind knots, etc., your length of braid will get progressively shorter and will get to the point where your cast will be longer than the amount of remaining braid you have...probably about the 45 yard mark...at which point, i'd toss that entire 45 yard piece away and tie on another 75 yard piece of braid. but, with a full spool, you can always add backing as you lose line.

by the way, i use a chronarch 50E for pitchin' with 30 to 50 lbs. braid on the california delta where some big girls live...never had a problem and love it. i also have a scorpion 1001XT (JDM version of the curado/chronarch 51E) and put a shallow spool on it (filled with braid) and, man, talk about a pitchin' machine ;-)

Sounds to me that 50 pd is all I will need for heavy work,that scorp. Man it is awesome! I almost ordered that from Japan tackle and chickened out ! Well thanks for the info, good luck on the delta.. I hear that drought is way bad

[F14A-B]

You all are making valid points here. Which is exactly why I decided to participate by joining rather than just browse like I have for a couple years. This site for largemouth has the smartest group of anglers I have seen anywhere on the net! Thanks to everyone!

[21farms]

Sounds to me that 50 pd is all I will need for heavy work,that scorp. Man it is awesome! I almost ordered that from Japan tackle and chickened out ! Well thanks for the info, good luck on the delta.. I hear that drought is way bad

the only time i'd step up to braid heavier than 50# is for punching or tossing big lunker punkers and maybe, maybe for frogs.

 

japantackle is where i got my scorp...i love how the japanese sellers meticulously package their shipments. every reel i've bought from a U.S. seller was just thrown into a box with an air bag or some newspaper. every reel i've bought from japan comes individually wrapped in bubble wrap and secured inside a bigger box suspended from the edges.

[F14A-B]

the only time i'd step up to braid heavier than 50# is for punching or tossing big lunker punkers and maybe, maybe for frogs.

japantackle is where i got my scorp...i love how the japanese sellers meticulously package their shipments. every reel i've bought from a U.S. seller was just thrown into a box with an air bag or some newspaper. every reel i've bought from japan comes individually wrapped in bubble wrap and secured inside a bigger box suspended from the edges.

So sounds like you have not had any problems ordering from JT ? I would like to have a shallow spool too... But I gotta tell Ya I sent a few emails to Jun and never received a answer... I began to think that my carrier (service) was blocking it . That's been awhile though you know a aftermarket spool that will work on cu51e ch50e

[21farms]

So sounds like you have not had any problems ordering from JT ? I would like to have a shallow spool too... But I gotta tell Ya I sent a few emails to Jun and never received a answer... I began to think that my carrier (service) was blocking it . That's been awhile though you know a aftermarket spool that will work on cu51e ch50e

japantackle is just jun and his wife. i've ordered from them several times and jun has been extremely helpful whenever i've emailed him. i think you may be right that your emails may be getting blocked either on your end or his. anyway, i got the yumeya 32mm BFS spool. here's what it looks like on the scorp:

 

i like the yumeya spools over the avails because yumeya is a division of shimano so i know they were made specifically to fit the reel instead of reverse-engineered to fit. also, the yumeya come standard with the brake assembly.

[F14A-B]

That is super nice! I really like that ! Thanks for the info and the pic

[John G]

So sounds like you have not had any problems ordering from JT ?

You will not have any problems dealing with Jun and Kayo Sonado at Japan Tackle. I just received my third reel from them. 21Farms is right on about the care that is taken with your reel when they ship it and the Japan EMS is a very fast shipping service.

[F14A-B]

You will not have any problems dealing with Jun and Kayo Sonado at Japan Tackle. I just received my third reel from them. 21Farms is right on about the care that is taken with your reel when they ship it and the Japan EMS is a very fast shipping service.

Thanks it's reassuring to hear from folks that have ordered from Japan I have often contemplated a order and always backed out. The Jdm reels are so very nice..

[thehooligan]

Thanks it's reassuring to hear from folks that have ordered from Japan I have often contemplated a order and always backed out. The Jdm reels are so very nice..

JT is great, got both of my aldebarans from them and they came quicker from japan then some of the reels I've ordered in the states, lol.