On 01/05/2013 05:52 PM, Lane Smith wrote:
> Tried some fishing near the bridges at 4mr on Thursday. There were 9 other folks bait fishing with bobbers closer to the bridgeand pulling in smaller fish periodically. I was hoping to catch some crappie but the enormous amount of surface action wasn't biting top water flies or nymphs so I gave up and switched over to a spoon and caught a little smallmouth. Has anyone ever respooled line on a spinning real? The line is so old that it comes out loopy when cast and contracts when drifted. Any insight would be appreciated
>
I've had luck on white woolybuggers (or white maribou jigs) for
crappie. They school, so following the crowd is probably a good thing.
As for spooling a line, Strip the old one off (and cut it up into
pieces as you throw it in the trash). Tie the end on with the
appropriate knot (that you read off the package). I like one of the
premium options for replacement, either the "memory resistant" lie which
resists the corkscrew effect, superstrong (and thus super thing like
spiderwire), flourocarbon (vanish) or if you are brave, the new braided
lines (with a flourocarbon leader). With standard mono, respooling
annually is a good idea. With some of the newer lines, I have found I
need to respool less often.
Carl
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