How much line do you really need?

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by fishsouthcounty

yaaa George beat me to it...no fishing deeper then 360 in state waters for recreational take of cod.

interesting thought to mike. Like Brett said though, braid lasts forever. You can put 300 yards of PP on for what 30 bucks? Ive heard from multiple people over a couple boards that they've had the same braid on for 5+ years. Depending on your favorite mono you say 5-15 bucks to spool a reel. Multiply by the 5 years you get with the PP and it becomes a pretty cheap investment.

Also like you said you barely ever see the bottom half of the spool. I have also heard of guys flipping their line, respooling their reel by taking the top half thats been exposed to the elements and tying that off to the spool then cranking it on. That way the line on the bottom half that has barely seen sunlight is now the line on the top half that gets put to use.

My oldest spectra was 6years old, I lost it during a small yard sale at LJ the same day that this same line landed a 43lb wsb. I love spectra, all but two of my seven reels are spooled with 150yds of PowePro, not a yard more but possibly a few yards less.

[lowprofile]

Another thing to consider is your drag. No sense to run50 lb top shot on a reel with12 lbs max drag. And no sense in running only15 lb on a reel that has22lbs of drag.button that down and your fish is gone. I think its funny when guys put40 lb top shot on a Calcutta200. It only has9 lbs of maxed out drag. Run20 or 25.

[wiredantz]

I just go to tackle store and tell them to put some spectra on it, and fill it to the top.

They say " you don't need that much"

How much do i need?

"About to here?"

and i go ok lets do it


then they go "how many lbs. "

I go what ever you think.


No problem since. LOL