Well my reels are now set up with good backing and good florocarbon leaders.
I lost about one color of my lead core because of a freaking knot... I had laid out the line on my deck and a nice circular pile but my dog decided to come visit me and walked through the line and even sat down in it much to my chagrin.
The knot was so bad I gave up after about a half hour and cut my losses and joined the lead core together with a nice Palomar knot.
Oh well, maybe this will be my lucky rod!
Later I apologized to my springer for all the cuss words she had to put up with during the duration of my respooling project...she forgave me and all is well!
Side note: my eye and finger coordination is definitely challenged as I get older!
I used to be able to tie these little fishing knots really quickly... Not so much anymore
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