When it comes ot line am I to cheap (thrifty)

[Cgolf]

I had a reel that was very low on line to the point I was casting into the backing. Well since I have 2 of the same reel, I unfortunately unspooled the wrong one onto the floor into a big tangled mess. 1-2 hours later it is untangled, partially by wrapping it onto another spool.

 

A. should I have just cut my losses and cut off this mess or did I do the right thing, the line was new this year.

 

B. The spool I wrapped this onto, was from a reel that is junked, has the old pink fireline on it that is white where it was used the most, but pretty pink;) underneath so I am now thinking of respooling the other reel with this line.

 

Am I being overly cheap or just smart?

[MassYak85]

I'm all for saving money so if the time was worth it to you, no you are not being cheap. I will say this though. If you get mono or fluoro into a big mess like that it can get pretty messy and a lot of times in the process of untangling it unless you are extremely careful you can kink the line in certain spots, this can happen with bad backlashes as well. If I think I damaged the line in the process of trying to salvage it I usually just cut my losses...literally, and toss the line. I backlashed pretty bad with sniper last season and got it all untangled. Well later that day I made a long cast and felt a bite, set the hook....and TINK. Lost the fish and about 25yds of line. 

[SFL BassHunter]

I am kind of cheap myself, but I don't do well with untangling things. Low tolerance and patience for that kind of stuff. I cut it out and start over. No one can answer that question for you.

You spent 30 min untangling line to save 10-20 bucks on a new spool. How does that make you feel?

If it happened again, would you take the same course of action or a different one?

 

[Cgolf]

30 minutes ago, MassYak85 said:

I'm all for saving money so if the time was worth it to you, no you are not being cheap. I will say this though. If you get mono or fluoro into a big mess like that it can get pretty messy and a lot of times in the process of untangling it unless you are extremely careful you can kink the line in certain spots, this can happen with bad backlashes as well. If I think I damaged the line in the process of trying to salvage it I usually just cut my losses...literally, and toss the line. I backlashed pretty bad with sniper last season and got it all untangled. Well later that day I made a long cast and felt a bite, set the hook....and TINK. Lost the fish and about 25yds of line. 

 

This happened to be fireline so I was pretty safe, but had it been mono or flouro, it would have been dumped.

2 minutes ago, SFL BassHunter said:

I am kind of cheap myself, but I don't do well with untangling things. Low tolerance and patience for that kind of stuff. I cut it out and start over. No one can answer that question for you.

You spent 30 min untangling line to save 10-20 bucks on a new spool. How does that make you feel?

If it happened again, would you take the same course of action or a different one?

 

 

That is a hard one to answer, if I think about it that way, time spent value, probably not worth it. The big but here is that my wife keeps the books and the new spool of fireline would come out of my tackle budget, so now I see more gear in my future so all is good. Unfortunately my earning power goes to negative numbers when I walk in the door at home;)

 

If the line were older I would pitch it, knowing that this was basically new line did help to make it worth it, the base layers still had the stiffness that unbroken in fireline has.

[roadwarrior]

You don't really need the very best line to have a very good line.  Most of the discussion revolves around specific features the might be "preferred". Trilene XT, Big Game and XL are all very good lines and you can buy 1000 yards for around $18.

 

[SFL BassHunter]

1 hour ago, cgolf said:

 

This happened to be fireline so I was pretty safe, but had it been mono or flouro, it would have been dumped.

 

That is a hard one to answer, if I think about it that way, time spent value, probably not worth it. The big but here is that my wife keeps the books and the new spool of fireline would come out of my tackle budget, so now I see more gear in my future so all is good. Unfortunately my earning power goes to negative numbers when I walk in the door at home;)

 

If the line were older I would pitch it, knowing that this was basically new line did help to make it worth it, the base layers still had the stiffness that unbroken in fireline has.

lol yeah it isn't easy to answer that.

 

[Cgolf]

27 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

You don't really need the very best line to have a very good line.  Most of the discussion revolves around specific features the might be "preferred". Trilene XT, Big Game and XL are all very good lines and you can buy 1000 yards for around $18.

 

 

I am going to give big game a try next year, but do have to say that 50 lb power pro, 832, and fireline have been very economical for me over the years. They are tough as nails and seem to last forever without degrading. It just stinks if you have to toss new line out do to operator error;)

[fishnkamp]

One way to save money is simple. I have spooled all of my reels half way with Stren Original clear blue in 14 pound test. Now I simply fill the spool with FireLine ( I use that on all of my spinning reels and add a 4 ft leader.  On by baitcasters I have them spooled half way again with the Stren mono. Next they have half a spool with either braid or fluorocarbon.  Now if there is an issue and I had to replace line I only need to replace half a spool of main line.

[cottny27]

On 12/22/2016 at 6:52 PM, fishnkamp said:

One way to save money is simple. I have spooled all of my reels half way with Stren Original clear blue in 14 pound test. Now I simply fill the spool with FireLine ( I use that on all of my spinning reels and add a 4 ft leader.  On by baitcasters I have them spooled half way again with the Stren mono. Next they have half a spool with either braid or fluorocarbon.  Now if there is an issue and I had to replace line I only need to replace half a spool of main line.

Stren is even too good for backing use that $2/spool Shakespeare line.  Cheap cheap

[fishnkamp]

This may sound funny but I fish here on the Chesapeake Bay rivers for bass. I also chase stripers in those same areas as well as around some main bay islands up here on the upper bay.  While you can target bass and catch a striper at almost anytime, they are usually the couple pounders.  Once the temps fall in the bay around September through december the bigger ones come into these areas. The other fish we catch are really big blue catfish.  I once caught a blue cat that was over 18 pounds, he ate a 3/4 ounce XCalibur one knocker lipless crankbait (rattle trap).  He nearly spooled me and I was fishing a 7 foot Med mod Irod Genesis II rod and a Daiwa Tatula.  That was an amazing battle.  That is why I never use a junk $2 spool of line. The Stren I use, regardless if it is on a spinning reel or baitcaster is 14 pound test and the diameter is .014.  It costs $9.00 for a 330 yard spool. That means it cost less than 3 cents per yard.  I think it is worth using good line for that price. The other benefit is that it lays very nice and smooth if you wind it on tight,  This gives you a very smooth surface to spool your main line on top of.