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dennis.fiberglassflyro...	Lining your reels		Lead	[-]
Posts: 200 07/12/2009 13:22	Tags : None What set-up are you using to line your reels? Is there something commercially available for the infrequent addition of backing and changing lines. I was spoiled by having an Orvis shop about a mile away and a young man there would add backing or change lines to different reels using an electric winder -- but the store closed some time back. Thanks, Dennis
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Short Tip		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1185 07/12/2009 13:25 Moderator	Get a Struble folding linewinder if you can find one - basically a knockoff of the old Hardy design - It's the best one out there, IMHO. Last Edited By: Short Tip 07/12/2009 15:11. Edited 1 time.
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Bivisible		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 18 07/12/2009 13:54	For installing or removing backing I have been using the Reel-E-Good line winder. Not perfect but it's better than a pencil and I have found that I could use it with a variety of spools by wrapping masking tape on the winder arbor to fit spools with larger holes. There is a small attachment that is supposed to enable use with an electric drill but I have not tried it. Using it manually one still has to use care in winding the backing on evenly.
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ttrotter		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1145 07/12/2009 13:54 Moderator	What Short Tip said and I would also get an E-Z Line Winder to go with the Struble. Different than the Struble, but if you have both you'll be amazed at the versatility they will give you. (save all your spools and boxes from the original lines!) Have fun! Tom
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ttrotter		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1150 07/12/2009 14:36 Moderator	Sorry, Reel-E-Good is what I meant! Tom
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Marty		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 220 07/12/2009 15:04	I use a struble and an oak destop winder. I fish silk and use them a lot. The advantage to the struble is that is folds up for storage if you are just using it occasionally.
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Short Tip		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1186 07/12/2009 15:27 Moderator	Whatever you use, make sure you load on/off with the spools matching, under to under or over to over - Like this - o_o and not like this - o/o to avoid line twist. Oh, and Dennis - I have one of those electric winders with all the attachments sitting in a box in the garage - I'm sure we could work something out! Last Edited By: Short Tip 07/13/2009 07:34. Edited 2 times.
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dennis.fiberglassflyro...		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 201 07/12/2009 15:36	Thanks for the information on the Struble and Reel-E-Good. Any concern about putting too much tension on the backing? How do you regulate? Dennis
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Short Tip		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1187 07/12/2009 15:40 Moderator	That's really only a concern with stretchy line - backing's no problem. I usually regulate the tension with a rubber band wrapped around the axle the spool is mounted on - just to prevent overrun of the spool.
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dennis.fiberglassflyro...		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 202 07/12/2009 15:47	Short Tip, Thank you --I like the rubber band technique -- sort of a slip clutch. Dennis
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Marty		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 223 07/12/2009 21:54	Why Mr Short Tip only the *good ones* of course seriously though line winders are an absolute necessity for me and get used every trip and most fishing days at lunch. I have been at a couple of group trips and really been surprised when some of the more "standard" fly fishers in the bunch haven't seen one of the fold up winders. There are several guys I know that like them for their sink tips etc. I try not to fish too close to those guys as I expect them to be struck down by divine lightning any day now....I do try to stay close enough to be the first to root through their fly boxes when it happens......
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Short Tip		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1196 07/13/2009 07:33 Moderator	Well, I was just funnin ya about the multiple posts - they disappeared so it isn't funny anymore - if it ever was...... Good strategy on the sink tip guys - though I doubt they'll have much in the boxes you'll want!
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Marty		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 225 07/13/2009 12:20	I knew you were funnin and that's why I replied in the same vein. I tend to pontificate about buying best quality stuff that will last a long time.... an unpleasant trait...but I am a big booster for these little cottage companies and the stuff they make (not just line)...... As a long time corporate buyer of goods for retail I know how few of these little guys are around and probably beat my personal dead horse too often and too vociferously
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Short Tip		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1201 07/13/2009 13:52 Moderator	That's OK, you are preaching to the choir with me, we're swimming upstream in a big-box river. "Whoa! That Duluth pack is expensive!" "Yeah, it costs twice as much but lasts 10 times longer, with a lifetime guarantee, so it's actually cheaper.......""Whoa! That Duluth pack is expensive!"
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bulldog1935		#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7320 07/13/2009 14:12 Bulldog1935	ttrotter wrote: Sorry, Reel-E-Good is what I meant! Tom I'm with Short Tip - Struble - cancel out Tom's vote. the rods are never obsolete - the marketing is.
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newtobamboo2		#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 100 07/14/2009 17:44	I use a coffee can with a nut &bolt centered on the bottom. I can suck the line right off with a battery drill. And It holds a lot of different lines for temps. No sets in the lines with big loops. mark.computershop (at) gmail.com
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ttrotter	My vote--CANCELLED?	#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1165 07/14/2009 18:40 Moderator	How dare you. I love my Struble and would not do without it--but. with a cheapo Reel-E-Good, (functional, but not "in Love") you can also switch out one line back to its original spool (in the case of plastic lines) and put a different line back on the same reel. Just adds an element of versatility. The Struble is primarily used for drying my lines, but I also use it to switch lines on occasion. I love fooling with lines so much, I find it useful to have both available. Begging you all not to cancel my vote but to excersize your right to vote! Regards, Tom
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ttrotter		#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1166 07/14/2009 18:42 Moderator	newtoboo, now that sounds like a rig I could fall in love with!! I'll bet your reels scream.
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Marty		#18	[url]	[-]
Posts: 231 07/14/2009 23:19	I used a coffee can for a long time (and still do from time to time especially when traveling). But I feel really sad to now realize it was a manual can when I could have had an automatic!!!! Thats really cool!!!!! Sitting around camps and lodges its always fun seeing the "what the he** is he doing?" looks as I do my line chores after dinner or the evening rise... the drill and the can would really confuse them!!!!!!
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