How much braid on my Curado?

[Junk Fisherman]

Ok- so here is the situation.  I have a new Curado 70 mgl and I picked up some 30 lb Power  Pro V2.  The spool comes in a 150 yard spool.  Now the reel has a line capacity of 125 yards of 8 lb diameter without any backing.  Would you try to fit on as much as possible and throw away the rest or put on 40 yards of backing with 75 yards of braid so I can squeeze the spool onto the reel twice?  I plan on doing deep water dropshotting so I am tempted to put on as much as possible realizing I’ll have to throw 30 yards or so away.  I really needed a 200 yard spool.  What would you do?  Thanks for any help.  

[MN Fisher]

Backing and 1/2 the spool of braid...that's what I do with all my braid-loaded reels - even the spinners.

[bulldog1935]

30 lb Power Pro V2 and 8-lb mono are the same diameter, so the spool capacity is the same for both.  

 

If you want to stack line and use different diameters, you can use this calculator.  

[jbsoonerfan]

I buy Sufix 832 in 1200 yard spools and my braid reels are filed with braid. That's the route I would go especially on that reel.

[dodgeguy]

Braid diameters are almost never what they claim. Braid is softer also. I never get anywhere near what they claim on a spool. 

[JustJames]

How many reels do you have and plan to use the same braid? If only one, I would just spool all braid in one reel. It is more economic this way. Braid would last you for a long long long time, especially when you use with leader. Braid doesn’t have memory problem, so pretty much you can use it all the way. Once braid get frayed out or look old, you just switch to the other side of the line.

The left over, you can use it as backing for other reel as well, no waste here.

[Derek1]

Also if you need to add line later a double uni with 30 pound braid on both sides is really small and a non issue. Or you’ll have a little less on the reel in another season or so. Put the rest of the filler spool on the reel then fill back up. 

[J._Bricker]

1 hour ago, Junk Fisherman said:

Ok- so here is the situation.  I have a new Curado 70 mgl and I picked up some 30 lb Power  Pro V2.  The spool comes in a 150 yard spool.  Now the reel has a line capacity of 125 yards of 8 lb diameter without any backing.

 

 “put on 40 yards of backing with 75 yards of braid”

^ This would be my answer to your question @Junk Fishermanand I’ll assume you’re gonna go with a 6-10lb floro leader depending on conditions. By the way, I also dropshot with a baitcaster, with 15lb straight braid. With a diameter of close to 4lb mono, the bass never seem to mind and if it fades a permanent marker fixes that issue.

[Deleted account]

Another vote for 75 Yds.

[Jig Man]

If you are trying to be frugal, with an empty reel and a full spool of line, pull off as much braid as your normal cast plus 30 feet.  Tape it to the reel spool and wind it on.  Tie the line that will become backing to your braid and fill the spool.

 

Now take it all off and reverse the procedure.  You will have a properly filled spool with more than enough braid to function well.  It only takes a few extra minutes and removes all of the guess work.

[5/0]

3 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

If you want to stack line and use different diameters, you can use this calculator. 

This is what I use.

I bought cheap mono in bulk to use as backing. I fill spool with it and use the reel capacity calculator to see how many yards of mono to strip off and replace with main line.

As an example: My mono is .013” diameter and I want 75 yds of .009” diameter mainline line. I would walk off 35 yds of mono in order to get 73 yds of main line on the reel. Close enough. You have to fiddle with the calculator, but once set replacing the main line is only a matter of striping to the knot.

[The Bassman]

I've started using cheap 50 lb. braid for my baitcasting backing. Takes a couple of grams off of the spool weight vs. mono. I start it with a few wraps of mono on the arbor.

[Ogandrews]

Put it all on, unless you blow the spool up with a really bad backlash you won’t need new line anytime soon. I use powerpro maxcuatro and I’ve got reels that have the same line from 3 years ago and it still is working as well as when I put it on.

[Revival]

I would go with the 75yds.

 

I recently purchased a line counter for these type of situations.