How do you make braid slip on a spool

[MarkT]

What is different about nylon monofilament that makes spool slippage a non-problem?

Mono nylon stretches and pops spools. Spectra braid doesn't stretch and doesn't pop spools.   Having the line slip on the spool was unheard of until Spectra braid came on the scene.

Catching 100#ers on a Jigmaster size reel was unheard of until braid came along too!

[jurelometer]

Show the problem some love and it will love you back. Patience is a virtue.

Blowing out spools is not exactly what keeps nylon from slipping.  But agree that it does demonstrate that nylon is applying more force to the spool surfaces than PE braid.  So that is one of the things (among several) that is different.

Here's a hint: The reason that this force from the mono trying to expand matters in preventing slippage is that force pressing two surfaces together is one of the variables for computing sliding friction (the amount of force it takes to cause sliding). The surface area does not affect frictional force, but the effect of multiple frictional  surfaces is cumulative (this is how a drag stack works).

If we want less slippage, we want some combination of more force pressing the line against the spool surfaces, more friction surfaces, and/or increased coefficient of friction.


The easy way out is to bump up the COF on a smooth arbor by applying some flex tape.

-J