welp, while i was fighting the last fish of the day today, he managed to exact revenge on me by wrapping up one of my lines pretty good. i took it home and worked on it for a while but it was useless, i ended up having to cut off half a spool of line from the reel. (brand new line i might add! )

my question is, can i just tie on a new line to the end of whats left on the reel, end to end with a blood knot or is that just stupid? i dont wanna re-spool the whole dang thing again, nor do i want a knot somewhere in the middle of my casting range!

http://www.animatedknots.com/bloodknot/i...imatedknots.com

aside from the apperent potential for that knot to fail with a fish on, and the loss of distance on casting, are there any other issues i should worry about with tying on a new line, mid-spool?

I TRIED TO KEEP IT CLEAN.



THIS IS WHAT I HAD TO DEAL WITH.



AND WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE MY REEL WAS HALF A SPOOL LIGHTER!

Hahaha I'm not laughing at you it's just that's one hell of a mess! I've been there with braid. A Blood Knot, Or Albright Knot should be fine; However I guess it's more important to ask whether or not you have mono backing, or are you just spooling with braid?

another reason i dont use braid.

yes you can add line with a blood knot or a uni to uni

I've been fishing with braid for some time now and have had issues with it also Chris. I hope you don't mind me hijacking a little here, but since were kinda on the subjuct. What are some non braided lines I can trust to not break below their stated lb. test and are great lines in general?

suffix is well ABOVE its test strength as a rule. braid sucks

I sometimes think braid was just a confidence thing for me.

braid is great in certain situations but can be a nightmare when it gets tangled. I prefer mono mainline and a mono shock leader. Some people don't like the stretch mono gives but I'd rather deal with that that being sliced by a rock or have it snap off and a hard cast.

suffix all the way...since i started fishing for carp and buff i switched on hearing the recomendations of Scott evil and others and i will not use anything else now

Suffix makes about 6 different lines....which one ???

i like the seige myself

I use Sufix siege cammo 12# love it

i almost bought sufix instead of the power pro but i couldnt get past the price!

thanks for the replies, ill just go ahead and add more line right onto the end.

and its all braid, no mono backer, i may consider filling up the reel halfway with mono next time though, i cant afford to be doing this once every two trips!

Id tie a boatload of leaders with that.

Scott,
so it's a pure mono?
suffix mono


have you tried any of thier braid?? this one looks interesting
new braid-stretch