Berkley line winder. So far so good. No problems with breakage of spring tension mechanism. I don't put that much pressure on it though.

What he said! Expensive if you only get to use her for winding line but it works!

Thanks everyone, great feedback

Berkley Spooling Station almost 10yrs old

I love the berkley set up but like he said the tension screws always strip out after a short period of time so I bought one of the p-line spoolers solely for the parts which I now use on the berkley unit and they have worked great for both small and bulk spools.

If your at the lake, drop your spool of line in the water or livewell with water in it, and spool it up. The water will create enough drag and you won't have to worry about the birdnest on the first throw.

I have the Triangle Osprey Linewinder.

http://www.alltackle.com/cyclone_line_winder.htm

Jason

+1

This for 30+ years and ive never had a problem with the line or long relationships

Phonebook - just run the line off the spool thru the middle of the pages...

Friction on the line itself (like through a phoneback) will heat up your line and weaken it. Never put friction on the line itself. Tension on the spool edges.

drive a nail in a short piece off 2x4. will last forever and works fine.

Do to the economy, I have no station, I just set the spool inside and old shoe and get to winding.

I made mine from an old spinning reel where the spool contained the drag washers in it and where the tension knob compressed them to tighten or loosen the drag - If you have ever taken apart an old spinning reel you'll understand this... I took the main shaft that held the spool out of the reel and broke the plastic star that encased the drag tension nut so I could run it down the shaft threads further...then I have a small c-clamp that i can clamp to what ever is close and place the spool of line on the shaft and the smooth side of the spool goes to the reel spool stop washer and then I place the drag washer on next then the tension nut and I can set the tension to what I need and wallah I'm fill'n reels without backlashes to the line spool and keep'n good tension on the line going on the reel...

Sounds like I have the most technical way of spooling line haha. O well. Whatever works

My wife and a pencil works good for me.

what the hell? I throw the spool on the floor and start winding. I tension with my fingers holding the line in front of the reel. I didn't realize it could be that complicated.

Berkley spooling station if I am at the house. Pocket of my tackle bag if I am in the boat.

Papermate pen held between my feet with socks on and slight pressure on the carpet floor !

the hole in the box and my feet or between boat seats

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