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Old 03-11-2011, 11:21 AM   #3
redlite
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Take it to a shop and have them put it on.
Braid, especially power pro, needs to go on under the right amount of tension. Experience has shown just winding it on from the spool in your living room doesn't cut it. It will lead to headaches while fishing.
A wrap of electrical tape around the spool (elimanates the line from spinning on the metal spool) and then just load it up the whole way from a bulk spool. Reason is 2 fold. 1) if you go off a premeasured spool, you never know where it is going to end in relation to the lip of your spool. Too much lip= reduced casting difference. 2) If you load it the whole way, and you are out fishing and break off or get a wind knot and as you cut line back, you will always still have enough line to fish, and it allows you to run the line off, add backing, and get your money's worth out of all the line.
Just my advice. Spend the extra cake now to avoid headaches down the line.
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