Thanks for your answer
Dear Martin,
thanks for your answer. I confess I have done it your way the first time I had to put backing and flyline to my reel.
This article is indeed not a good advice for beginners; compared to all your other ideas and articles I have read with admiration of your wisdom and expertise.
Here is my easy way to add both lines - backing and flyline quickly and easy on a flyreel without any additional adjusting of the backing.
- Take the head of your flyline and fix it with some tape on the axle.
- Wind all the flyline on your flyreel and use the knot to fix the backing to the end of the flyline.
- Now fill the flyreel completely with the backing.
- Cut off the backing and use a drilling machine with an empty plastic reel of any angling line to spool off the lines of your fly reel. Always use some tape to fix the line to the axles.
- Now take a second empty plastic reel/spool and spool both lines with the help of the drilling machine on this reel.
- Now the end of the backing is available to be attached with a knot to the axle of the fly reel. Don't forget to add a piece of tape on the axle of your fly reel. This will help a lot if a big fish empties your reel completely.The tape will make sure that no slipping of the line on the axle is possible. I just have done it 3 times with my 12 year old son who had to give me a hand holding always the reel with the line on.
To spool off and fill the empty reel with backing and flyline takes 30 seconds. Most time is used to fill the flyreel twice by hand. The same way I use to fill my flyreels with shooting head , running line and backing.
I hope you will try my way and let me know your opinion
Best Regards of your admirer
Pit
