Good Sale, I picked up 2 trolling outfits, a Penn GLD30 loaded with 30lb mono on a 15 - 24kg Penn Senator stand up & a Shimano TLD25 on a 15kg roller tip Back Bone elite with 40lb mono for $300 the lot.

Heres one way..

i go to the smaller shops like oceanside they will put the line on for you free of charge bigger stores dont offer service like that

hmm.. not true... the rangers i go to always help me to put my lines on. even if i bring in my own line and my reel for respooling. but then again, i go there often enough to get to know the guys working there and even went out for fish with them

he did offer but they seemed to busy with the moving sale...

ic. well before you put your braid on, make sure u spool in some mono to act as backing. if not, your braid will just slip and spin in the spool even when your drag is the tightest. that happened to me before. =)

Hmm great moving sale,,they have no where to go but,,lol

If they can't find anywhere in the next 7-8 weeks i think they will be going to Jandakot,,

Spool some nylon backing. Does not have to be anything special, it is just to provide grip. Lets face it, if you ever get down to that your spooled. LOL.

I might be wrong but I aim for the smallest connecting knot between the mono backing and braid possible. Whatever your prefered but this is where I do like the slim beauty ( double Uni and mod Albright for me normally). It just faces the right way. I dont use a long lenght a backing either. Just enough for grip as the Nylon bites into the spool.

Some of the never reels have a claim that braid hold, and that is just plain crap.

Now you need resistance to wind on the braid under some tension. Resistance and tension!!!! Get the partner to help, that will always cause some resistance and tension.

My way and some of my friends have laughed at me but works. I have a polished chrome bar. Wrap the braid a few times around this and this creates enough tension to wind it on tight. They do sometimes wrap over themselves and create a BIG Fish feel but it is easily fixed.

Do not use anything with a rough surface as this will damage the braid. If it is wound on to loose you will get wind knots for sure.

Another way is to wind it on some old crapy reel loosely. Then set the drag on the crappy so that there is resistance and wind it on to the new reel.

Hopes this helps a little Yella.

Neels

thankyou for all the help and advice over the last couple of months, my new battery is sorted, got a good mobile mechanic.

and now know how to put on the braid line.

cheers :)

hey does anybody know how long this sale lasts for? i wont be able to get down there til tomorrow.