Reel Repair by Alan Tani

          Well after reading the posts and uni knot is mention , tried another version of the 4 turn under arbor .     See you got me thinking again . Instead of tying a Rapala knot , I tied a uni knot.
      What I like about the uni knot is once the knot is sh-inched up the 4 turns are always locked up .  Another note is when you try to pull it backwards ,I am about 12-15 pounds pull to get it to slip . Pull it forward no slip .

Fishing is fishing, looks like a lot of fun

Quote from: oldmanjoe on Today at 01:17:17 AMI respect your knowledge , so I assume that you start with Dacron with back to back clove hitches , then tie into braid with the uni knot .
    Dacron does hold ,I can not get it to slip by hand pull .  Braid on the other hand, side by side test fails .

Both dacron and spectra.   

The Penn 85 I saw blow up was used by me on a sunny 68* day for trolling on the Sacramento River. Overnight it dipped to frost level.  When we go into the boat in the morning to fish again the spool was toast.  The Jigmaster and J.A. Coxe were in for a service because the reel wouldn't crank.  Bill

    Before you start signing autographs  Think of braid knots as 1-9292327464

Quote from: oldmanjoe on Today at 01:24:52 AMYes one side of the coin works and the other side of the coin fails.

My friends I think we've solved it. How to make line slip on a spool is tie the knot backwards. Ladies and gentlemen, you're quite welcome. I'll sign autographs for a small fee.

Yes one side of the coin works and the other side of the coin fails.

Quote from: Keta on April 30, 2024, 11:57:42 PMA few wraps around the spool or like I do a double clove hitch then a uni, pull tight.

I respect your knowledge , so I assume that you start with Dacron with back to back clove hitches , then tie into braid with the uni knot .
    Dacron does hold ,I can not get it to slip by hand pull .  Braid on the other hand, side by side test fails .

I didn't wanna derail your thread with talk of a baitcaster but then I realized I have exactly 88 parts to the reason to not feel bad.

Not a special light spool. Just a stock abu lopro baitcaster. For now.

I think what matters is the knot keeps the tension. The time I saw the failure I was re-using old braid because I was just stripping it off with the drill at high speed to check spinner guide placement so I just did a slip knot. Well, it was true to it's name.

Pretend the loop of line that goes around the arbor is a coin. Flip that coin, and do some of the same tests. I'm very interested if that changes results.

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