Its that time of year when the mind starts thinking about fall, usually prompted by a party boat posting their tuna schedule for fall. So they posted yesterday, I made my reservations and being bored decided to work on the big gear. Spindle arbors needed to be waxed and spectra needed to be inspected for flaws and line reinstalled with tension,. Pulled the 130 lb cortland off the 80 stw using fin nor a12. Waxed and then rewound it back on with some drag. And not all of it would go back on. Cut out a bunch spliced it together and finished the stw. Did the same to the atd 80 and same drill it wouldnt all fit. Both spools are hard as a rock so i dont think its being caused by loose spectra.
Do anyone have a handle why this is happening? I sure want to stop it since there are 6 more big reels to do. I may be bored but not quite that bored.
Well, it's not going to expand, but you might not be able to get all of it back on if it's not wound tightly enough. :-\
You put it on too loose and it will cause problems.
Isn't Cortland Dacron, not spectra? But "some drag" may not be enough drag!
Quote from: MarkT on February 11, 2017, 05:25:42 AM
Isn't Cortland Dacron, not spectra? But "some drag" may not be enough drag!
Cortland also sells Spectra.
Might be a dumb thought, but did you refill the same reel that the spectra came off of? I made that mistake refilling a 50T with a spool fill from a 50TW.
Cortland makes quality spectra as well as dacron.
I'm going to go with the majority. My guess is it wasn't put back on as tight.
I bought a line spooler to do my reels by hand. The tackle shop wasn't getting it tight enough. I have it mounted to a piece of plywood with two cinder blocks on either side. I took an old bench and took a hole saw to it. Used an old fixed rod holder and mounted it. I tighten the spooler to the point where it's a workout to do it in low gear. Takes about 30-40 minutes to do one reel but it's worth it. That's not including the splice and topshop, just backing. If you can crank it in high gear at all, it's not tight enough. The backing is as hard as a rock when I'm done.
well ill go with the consensus here that i didnt use enough drag so off it comes from atd80w and then back on this time with a low gear crank. Oh my aching wrist. I didnt want to hear what i heard but afraid you all are right. Another whole afternoon of cranking.
Jerry Brown recommends 10#, I put it on around 15#. It should be rock hard on the spool.
Quote from: Keta on February 11, 2017, 03:24:10 PM
Jerry Brown recommends 10#, I put it on around 15#. It should be rock hard on the spool.
This^