If you’re spooling braid directly in the reel, can you anchor line in spool holes?

[Darth-Baiter]

Mono backing ——> tape. -there is no shortage in opinions.  My fishing store uses this cool knot I can’t recreate or reverse engineer.  It’s solid.  Lots of opinions on how to get braid on a reel.  I use my shop for braid on my spinning reels.  Hasn’t failed me yet and braid lasts almost forever. 
 

If the spool has wiffle-holes, can’t we knot up thru one?  On a baitcaster?  Just a thought. 
 

thanks. 

[newapti5]

14 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

If the spool has wiffle-holes, can’t we knot up thru one?  On a baitcaster?

 

I do that all the time. So far, I don't see any problems.

[Hook2Jaw]

Those holes will reject the knot every time, and then the knot will never leave it's mother's home or get a job.

 

Would not recommend.

[Darth-Baiter]

9 minutes ago, Hook2Jaw said:

Those holes will reject the knot every time, and then the knot will never leave it's mother's home or get a job.

 

Would not recommend.

I read this 3x.  Haha. 

[Deleted account]

Yes. The only issue is that it will have little strength if a fish takes you there, but obviously with bass, N/A.

[new2BC4bass]

9 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

Yes. The only issue is that it will have little strength if a fish takes you there, but obviously with bass, N/A.

Except for the guys spooling all the line on most of their casts.  (Color me envious.)

[Deleted account]

5 minutes ago, new2BC4bass said:

Except for the guys spooling all the line on most of their casts.  (Color me envious.)

If one is fishing a reel they can spool on a cast, then they are fishing the wrong reel...

I can spool a Fuego with 50 lb braid and almost with 40 with a frog, so I relegated it to pitching.

[Hammer 4]

Yup, I just tie a slip knot, never had a problem.

[Phil77]

Arbor knot then a small strip of electrical tape. 

[Glenn]

This video shows how to do it:

 

[Dwight Hottle]

Shimano Antares DC provides two holes on the side of the spool for attaching line. 

 

 

[MAN]

I just tie the braid directly through the ported holes in the spools now if I have to use braid.  Da heck with the backing.   

[king fisher]

On 8/7/2022 at 6:37 PM, Deleted account said:

If one is fishing a reel they can spool on a cast, then they are fishing the wrong reel...

I can spool a Fuego with 50 lb braid and almost with 40 with a frog, so I relegated it to pitching.

Diawa lists the line capacityof a Fuego CT at 105 yards with 40 pound J Braid.  Can you cast a frog over 100 yards?  I have heard others say they can spool a Fuego on a long cast with 40 lbs. braid, so I tend to believe  Diawa might be over optimistic on the line capacity of a Fuego. 

[Tatulatard]

22 minutes ago, king fisher said:

Diawa lists the line capacityof a Fuego CT at 105 yards with 40 pound J Braid.  Can you cast a frog over 100 yards?  I have heard others say they can spool a Fuego on a long cast with 40 lbs. braid, so I tend to believe  Diawa might be over optimistic on the line capacity of a Fuego. 

Same.  I'm going to need some proof on this one.  65lbs braid with the right frog I can believe it.  Maybe 50lbs too if it is a larger diameter braid and spooling counts as "into my backer".  

 

[PhishLI]

50 minutes ago, Tatulatard said:

Same.  I'm going to need some proof on this one.  65lbs braid with the right frog I can believe it.  Maybe 50lbs too if it is a larger diameter braid and spooling counts as "into my backer".  

 

I have a spot in my yard where the space between 2 parallel fences is exactly 60 ft. I just hooked on and made nearly 3 runs between the two with a full spool of 40lb J8. Minus 1' each for the hooks, I'd call it 175'-ish, so just shy of 60 yards. It's spooled up about a 1/16" shy of the rim's chamfer. So yeah, 105 yards is total fiction. Try this sometime with a Curado K 200. More fantasy land. Just comparing its spool's arbor to rim by eye, it's barely any different than many 100 size reels, yet most believe it holds a ton of line, but it really doesn't. 

[PhishLI]

On 8/7/2022 at 11:12 PM, Phil77 said:

Arbor knot

Same

On 8/7/2022 at 11:12 PM, Phil77 said:

then a small strip of electrical tape

I use two strips, placed on top of the line, and spaced at 180 degrees apart. I tell myself that it's balanced. I've never once had line slip doing this.

[Deleted account]

1 hour ago, king fisher said:

Diawa lists the line capacityof a Fuego CT at 105 yards with 40 pound J Braid.  Can you cast a frog over 100 yards?  I have heard others say they can spool a Fuego on a long cast with 40 lbs. braid, so I tend to believe  Diawa might be over optimistic on the line capacity of a Fuego. 

No, J braid is quite a bit thinner than most other braids, and I said I can spool 50, not quite 40, but almost. 

[Happybeerbuzz]

I use to thread the holes on my Fuego but stopped.   If you thread those holes with braid and knot it, it will hold.  However, if you apply any amount of significant stress, the edges of the holes will cut the braid.  It took a surprisingly small amount of tension.  However, I watched Ott Defoe merely tape his braid to the spool with no knot at all so perhaps it does not matter.