Over-Spooled Reel?

[Mhalzorn]

Am I over-spooling my reel here? Should I be alarmed with how the top of the line is tapering off? I'm new to all of this and would greatly appreciate some feedback.

 

[Dwight Hottle]

Yes that is over spooled. Look just inside the spool lip & you will usually see a groove or indent. Fill the line up to that for a full spool without over filling. If your spool doesn't have any indicator just fill it up to an 1/8 inch of the lip. 

[Kevin22]

That's about how I keep mine. But for a beginner I would suggest you strip about 30 feet off. 

[Raul]

Yup, it´s overfilled.

[OntarioFishingGuy]

Its a bit too much.

[Mhalzorn]

Thanks for all the feedback. I was 99.9% positive it was too full but I wanted some of your opinions. If you look closely at the top of the spool you can see that the inside of it is black, and the lip is silver. Is this the marking point to stop spooling the line?

[Fishes in trees]

I fish with my spools filled like that all the time.  Just pay attention.  If casting distance is what you're after, filling your spool all the way full will get you a little more distance.  If you don't pay attention or if you are fishing some technique that occasionally involves slack line (like worm fishing or jig fishing or suspended jerk bait fishing) the line might come off the spool in one big blob,  a huge wind knot that is a pain to untangle.

 

Close your bail by hand prior to starting the retrieve and  check occasionally to make sure you aren't winding on any loops or knots.

[Crestliner2008]

Slightly overspooled, but I would not be overly concerned about it. If it gives you problems on the cast, remove about 10 - 15 yards. If not, go as you are.

[new2BC4bass]

That's about how I keep mine. But for a beginner I would suggest you strip about 30 feet off. 

X2  Or a bit more.

[Catch and Grease]

I used to think I needed to fill my spool up that much on a spinning reel because on casting I fill it all the way up.

I had many problems and hated spinning gear until I learned the correct way to spool spinning reels and all my problems went away!

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Once you get a little line twist you'll likely have coils ballooning off the spool as it sits now. I'd strip it back to right where the spool rim is beveled. On the flip side, when it gets too low, casting will suffer.

[SirSnookalot]

Slightly overspooled, but I would not be overly concerned about it. If it gives you problems on the cast, remove about 10 - 15 yards. If not, go as you are.

I agree, but wouldn't be concerned if or when you run into problems.  When using mono I troll my line out after each outing which is a big help in controlling line twist.  

[Mhalzorn]

I stripped about ~25 yards off of it last night. I put a 1/2 oz. weight on it and cast it as far as I could, then walked to the weight. doubling my line distance. I cut the line there and I'm spooling braid on it this weekend. Thanks for all the help. 

[Kevin22]

The braid is likely going to be a much thinner diameter, so it will not fill the spool as far. You'll need more mono backing. 

[Catch and Grease]

You could just use the line that's already on there as backing, just take enough off and connect to the braid

[frogflogger]

That full is doable with mono - too much for fluoro.

[SirSnookalot]

You could just use the line that's already on there as backing, just take enough off and connect to the braid

Exactly