mono backing for braided line help!!

[jorluivil]

All of my reels have just a few yards of mono backing followed by spectra followed by mono or fluoro top shot. If I had to guess on the percentages of each one it would be 1% backing, 98% spectra and 1% top shot. In the 15+ years that I've been using spectra and putting it on myself I've never had it slip on me, I've been spooled once or twice but I've never had it slip. In my oponion, you'd have to do a pretty shitty job when you put the line on your reel in order for it to slip.......again, just my opinion.

[chris138]

I will always put some 40 or 50 # mono on the spool first. When you're about to get spooled on a monster fish, the heavy mono can save you when it come's time to "thumb it". You get that last bit of shock leader to try and bounce the fish. The stop is much more abrupt with straight spec.

[EastLosYaker]

Some good info here.

http://www.jerry-brown-industries.com/841.html