Reel Backing - Always, Sometimes, Never?

sdesi2010 · 02-05-12, 09:43 AM

With such a light & easy winter up north, I'm looking to respool my reels already. I'm looking at what seems like more threads lately about people only stripping off roughly half of their line and using the rest as backing.

This makes tons of sense, because I can use a cheaper line as backing then spool the last 75-100yds with my prefered line.

Just a couple of questions: (Sorry for so many lately)

- What knot do you use to tie the lines together?
- Are their certain knots for different lines? Meaning if I'm using mono as backing, and braid as a main line, etc.
- What about tying lines of different diameters together? Problems?
- What do you use as a backing? Heavier test than normal etc?

02-05-12, 09:43 AM	#1
sdesi2010 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 41	Reel Backing - Always, Sometimes, Never? With such a light & easy winter up north, I'm looking to respool my reels already. I'm looking at what seems like more threads lately about people only stripping off roughly half of their line and using the rest as backing. This makes tons of sense, because I can use a cheaper line as backing then spool the last 75-100yds with my prefered line. Just a couple of questions: (Sorry for so many lately) - What knot do you use to tie the lines together? - Are their certain knots for different lines? Meaning if I'm using mono as backing, and braid as a main line, etc. - What about tying lines of different diameters together? Problems? - What do you use as a backing? Heavier test than normal etc?

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