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Originally Posted by Hillcountry
Wow! I guess I need to re-do my trolling reels. (Bass Pro set them up when I bought the reels) 
I have about 20 ft of leader and as I realized today when letting out a bunch of colors...NO BACKING! I quickly reeled in a few colors and tried trolling shallower for "anything" with no success...
Thanks for the tips! |
Yeah, I would respool those....put 100' of thin super braid 20 lb on as a backer. It takes up no room, is super tough and will last forever. Attach to your lead core with the smallest barrel swivel you can find ( I use a #10 Spro swivel). Make sure to remove about 6" of lead out of the line so your tying to the outer braid only and not the lead. Once your lead core is spooled on, attach to 60 feet or so of 8 or 10 lb fluorocarbon using another small barrel swivel. Finally attach to 10' of 6 lb test fluorocarbon again using a barrel swivel. You will be good to go then!
Happy Fishing!!
Dan