I wished I have done it sooner

[Justbass11]

For the first time in my fishing life it took me all of about 5 minutes to remove the line on my 8 reels that I now have. I decided to buy a “Berkley line remover” today and “I wish I have done it sooner. 😀 If you don’t have one I recommend you get one or something similar. By the way I’m not sure this belongs in the “Bait Monkey” post or not. 

[Big Hands]

You'd have to ask Glenn, err. . . . the Bait Monkey, to be sure but I do seem to recall line strippers being on the approved list for creating a separate post to share your joy. Glenn, err. . . . BM will be pleased to know that this has me interested in a line stripper as well.

[RRocket]

In the opposite, perhaps.

 

I made a line stripper with a piece of wood and attach it to a drill. Works perfectly.

 

On the other hand, I feel like I  can't do without my line spooling tool, so I invested in one of those.

[MonsterZero]

I put a pen or pencil on the chuck of a cordless drill and have at it.

[padlin]

To make this a real bait monkey post we should debate the best cordless drill to drive the stripper.

[KP Duty]

That berkley line stripper has been around since I was a little kid (40+ years), and I've had one the past 30.  They are great.

[wvhunt]

13 hours ago, MonsterZero said:

I put a pen or pencil on the chuck of a cordless drill and have at it.

That's the method my dad taught me as a kid, but our drills had cords back then

[Rockhopper]

I have never had the need for such a gadget.  I have never been stripping line for the 1 minute it takes to do it by hand and thought to myself I wish I could do this in 5 seconds.

[MN Fisher]

Scrap length of dowel chucked into the drill...toss the whole shebang when full.

 

Line spooling station? Made my own from scrap aluminum I had sitting around.

 

Best cordless? Ryobi - I'm still using the one I bought back in 2008...it does use the new batteries too.

[Peacedivision]

21 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I'm still using the one I bought back in 2008...it does use the new batteries too.

2007 Makita 18v. One of the two original batteries still kind of works but they don't fit on a modern Makita charger. Thankfully new batteries fit on the old drill.

[MonsterZero]

28 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Scrap length of dowel chucked into the drill...toss the whole shebang when full.

 

Line spooling station? Made my own from scrap aluminum I had sitting around.

 

Best cordless? Ryobi - I'm still using the one I bought back in 2008...it does use the new batteries too.

For spooling, I still just pop the aforementioned pencil through the spool and hold it in my toes. Or just have the tackle shop do it for me.

[F14A-B]

[Rockhopper]

Just now, MonsterZero said:

Or just have the tackle shop do it for me.

I just had a very good tackle shop spool line for me on a recent reel purchased there, as the line was free with purchase.  I usually never do this and spool my own.  Did not really pay attention as I was just excited to try my reel out.  Was casting in the yard.  First cast, bad backlash.  Thought I am an idiot and made tension/brake adjustments.  Second cast, bad backlash.  Thought I was a real idiot at that point and made more adjustments. Third cast, bad backlash.  Now I was really ticked off at myself.  Got everything sorted and started checking the reel over really well.  Discovered they WAY overspooled and that line was preventing correct weight drop on the spool tension.  I was ready to throw the whole thing in the garbage.  I removed a good 30 feet of line, and everything was perfect.

[F14A-B]

I don’t even know how long I’ve had this thing but I’d imagine it’s removed a mile or two of line. 😉

[MonsterZero]

18 minutes ago, Rockhopper said:

I just had a very good tackle shop spool line for me on a recent reel purchased there, as the line was free with purchase.  I usually never do this and spool my own.  Did not really pay attention as I was just excited to try my reel out.  Was casting in the yard.  First cast, bad backlash.  Thought I am an idiot and made tension/brake adjustments.  Second cast, bad backlash.  Thought I was a real idiot at that point and made more adjustments. Third cast, bad backlash.  Now I was really ticked off at myself.  Got everything sorted and started checking the reel over really well.  Discovered they WAY overspooled and that line was preventing correct weight drop on the spool tension.  I was ready to throw the whole thing in the garbage.  I removed a good 30 feet of line, and everything was perfect.

I would definitely be making a call to the manager on duty; yes, the line was free, but spooling a reel is basic stuff that the attendant should be able to do in their sleep. In 20+ years I have never experienced this problem from a tackle shop.

[MediumMouthBass]

3 hours ago, MonsterZero said:

I would definitely be making a call to the manager on duty; yes, the line was free, but spooling a reel is basic stuff that the attendant should be able to do in their sleep. In 20+ years I have never experienced this problem from a tackle shop.

Maybe he was at a bigger store? I know places like certain DSG/BPS offer free line spooling and those guys are making minimum wage doing the service for free. I dont think many will do their best and put much effort in. However if he was at a smaller local shop and that happened it would be odd.

[Rockhopper]

Just now, MediumMouthBass said:

Maybe he was at a bigger store? I know places like certain DSG/BPS offer free line spooling and those guys are making minimum wage doing the service for free. I dont think many will do their best and put much effort in. However if he was at a smaller local shop a bad spooling job would be odd.

Small local shop

[12poundbass]

Redneck line stripper is what I use. Take the cardboard of an empty toilet paper roll and put it on the chuck of a cordless drill. 😎

[Alex from GA]

I used to have one of the stripper/hook sharpeners that worked great.  It finally broke and I didn't replace it.