Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} 4MR friday

Also with braid -- 

Be sure to REDUCE YOUR SPINNING REEL DRAG SETTING down from your normal setting with mono.  If you leave your drag the same it will be much too high for the braid, and though the braid might not break as a result (because braid has frickin strong tensile strength) you'll get horrible "digging in" on your reel where the line will trap itself under the wraps below it.  

A lot of people who "hate braid" have probably had this happen when getting hung on the bottom (or something) and may have found that they really liked the braid if they had only set the drag correctly.  

Gene

On Monday, January 7, 2013 8:18:58 PM UTC-5, cg wrote:

i have power pro braid on several spools. powerpro provides a small strand of segmented cushioned arbor tape. trust me i learned the hardway.  i place one segment on the arbor, then tie the line on then place a second segment across the line on the arbor, then spool on the line. the line just needs to get traction on the spool. 

charlie

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On Jan 7, 2013, at 8:10 PM, flytimesDC <remicks...@gmail.com> wrote:

Rubber bands work really well too. A

On Monday, January 7, 2013 10:30:44 AM UTC-5, Danny Barrett wrote:

Qhat sort of tape? Ice always just put a base of 4lb mono. Tape would be a lot cheaper

Dan

3787 Ebonhurt Drive
Allison Park, PA

On Jan 7, 2013 9:44 AM, "Cgloeck" <cagl...@gmail.com> wrote:

If you choose to spool braid, be sure to use tape in addition to a good knot when attaching the line to the arbor. if you do not use tape braid can slip around the arbor and elimiate your retrieve.

Charlie

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On Jan 6, 2013, at 11:17 PM, Carl Zmola <carl....@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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.
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