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Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
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06/15/17 05:02 PM
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Ibock
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I hear some people say a piece of electrical tape will work fine. Thoughts?
Ibock
PB between 8-9 pounds.
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 05:04 PM
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RedRanger
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Seems like a pain and a lot of work with electrical tape.
No you don't have to back it at all, it just waste money if you don't.
I use the cheapest 20 lb mono I can find.
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 05:05 PM
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i-Fish
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Never tried electrical tape but that leaves you with having to fill a spool with braid. The purposes of backing are two-fold: one gives you the grip on your spool that your braid needs and secondly it requires less braid to be put on the spool thus saving you money.
Then, when you would otherwise replace the braided line after good use you can actually just unspool the braid and re-spool in reverse order. Ta-da! New braided line.
If you can't find em wind em.
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 05:07 PM
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bigbass94
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Not necessary to do it but I do it because it gives the braid grip.
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." - Doug Larson
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 05:27 PM
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Slide_R
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You can tie braid directly to some spools and yes the electrical tape does work but I did not care for the glue residue it leaves on a spool.
Robert Oleson aka Slide_R
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 05:32 PM
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musiclife_7
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I use 3" of electrical tape...works like a charm.
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 05:33 PM
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Ibock
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Okay that makes sense. My spool only holds 100 yards thats why I was asking if I could just tie directly too the spool, but I don't want it to slip.
Ibock
PB between 8-9 pounds.
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: RedRanger]
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06/15/17 06:18 PM
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Bulletman99
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Seems like a pain and a lot of work with electrical tape.
No you don't have to back it at all, it just waste money if you don't.
I use the cheapest 20 lb mono I can find. +1
Bullet 20XD Merc 250 ProXS
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 07:57 PM
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Danny L. Weems
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Straight braid will ONLY slip when you go to set the hook on a dd that eats your frog in a FLW tournament.
Phil 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
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06/15/17 08:16 PM
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Barn
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Never tried electrical tape but that leaves you with having to fill a spool with braid. The purposes of backing are two-fold: one gives you the grip on your spool that your braid needs and secondly it requires less braid to be put on the spool thus saving you money.
Then, when you would otherwise replace the braided line after good use you can actually just unspool the braid and re-spool in reverse order. Ta-da! New braided line. This ^^
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 08:19 PM
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lipjerk
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I back braid with... braid
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 08:41 PM
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TEXASJIGSTER
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With a 100 yard spool one wrap with electrical tape that's all you need
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Re: Do you have to back BRAID with MONO
[Re: Ibock]
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06/15/17 09:01 PM
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Shallow Waters
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I tie a slip knot, similar to an inverse fisherman's knot (there is probably a real name for it), and I have been tying it for nearly 20 years without a slip yet. Granted, I still havent hooked that DD yet, but it holds just fine on the 7 & 8 lb'ers.
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