Need help or some info on how to spool convench reel.
Any suggestions? first timer with this type of reel.
It,s a level wind reel.
tica striper le 201.
thanks.

If your using braid put some mono backing on there. Tie a crazy alberto knot, thats what i have been using. I will take the spool of line, since i live alone put a pencil thru it, pinch it with my feet for tension and reel it on till its about 1/8th inch from the edge of the spool. I use a napkin to pinch the line between my fingers to get it on tightly.

most importantly is to spool the line on to the reel the same way it comes off the spool.

I like to run the line through some rod guides. You can get the line too much on one side of the spool or the other if you just hold it between your fingers and crank cause it will overfill on the side you are holding it. To prevent this I run it down a rod and then change hands holding the line tight going on the spool . i change hands several times as the line builds up.

You want about 6 to 10 wraps of mono under the braid to prevent the whole spool of line from just slipping around the arbor.

most importantly is to spool the line on to the reel the same way it comes off the spool.

That's not an issue here--he's spooling a conventional. That only matters with a spinning reel, to avoid twist.

One trick I've found helpful spooling up line on a conventional reel over many hundreds of yards from arbor to full--is to "thumb" level wind on the line under tension, even if you do have a level wind on your reel. On some reels, and some level winds, it is not a perfect mechanical system, and line can pile at one spool corner, or be scarce there leaving a pit against a spool edge for three or four layers of line before the next wrap just tumbles into it.

Two ways to do this: thumb along with your moving level wind while cranking on the line (your thumb can hold the line a little longer or shorter at a spool edge where the level wind reverses itself). Alternatively, just crank the line on thumbing it all the way, with the line over the top bar of the level wind . One or two casts, or stepping off the line the length of a long running fish, will sync the level wind to the working line on the top.

God, this sounds verbose! Did I explain this clearly enough?

If you're doing braid or spectra try running it through a thick phone book. It'll keep some extra tension.

Thanks everybody, i thought it made a differrence where the level wind was, in conjunction with the spool.
I will be using mono.

That's not an issue here--he's spooling a conventional. That only matters with a spinning reel, to avoid twist.

i understand it's a spinning reel but why wouldn't you?it will lay down on the spool a hell of allot better if it does not come off the spool in the opposite way.

i understand it's a spinning reel but why wouldn't you?it will lay down on the spool a hell of allot better if it does not come off the spool in the opposite way.

We'll just have to agree to disagree, then.

sounds good to me.:cheers: