How to respool a baitcasting reel

If you are in the market or have recently received your new fishing reel you will no doubt be over the moon with your purchase.

These reels have gained much popularity over the years despite being considered more difficult to fish with, due to the speed of the line release compared to other types of reel, such as spincasting reels.

Knowing how to go about putting fishing line onto a baitcaster reel though might be an altogether new challenge for you. Knowing how to spool a baitcaster is of course an important aspect as you may need to do this when you first get your reel and of course you are more than likely to run into an occasion where you need to do this on a fishing trip. However it isn't overly difficult if you follow these simple steps below.

First, you will need to make sure you have or buy some suitable line. What you use is up to you and what you are fishing although in a lot of cases 10lb test line should be strong enough. Of course, if you are fishing for large fish then be sure to use a stronger one or you will end up with no fish and no line left either!

Although its a bit hard to do when on a fishing trip, my uncle once showed me that after you unpack the line ready to spool it, you can soak if for around 30 minutes in warm water and it will help to stop the line tangling so much as the curl will be a lot looser. If you have any problems this is surely worth a try. Be sure to let it dry thouroughly though.

Feed the free end of the fishing line through the rod guides that you can locate on the rod - these look like small circles. Start at the tip where the circle should be smaller than the others. Continue threading through the guides until you reach the reel.

Wrap the line around the spool once and tie a knot in it. This will be used to start rewinding the line onto the spool. Put the new line on the floor as you dont need to hold it for the next part. While you are standing position the tip of the rod so it is close the the new line which is on the floor, so the rod is facing the ground. Try to close the gap between the new line and rod tip as much as possible.

Turn the fishing reel handle so it loads the new line onto the spool and keep going until the reel is full. When you are done, simple cut the line after the rod tip and you've now spooled a baitcaisting reel.

By: Patricia Warren

I am an expert fisherman. My preference is to use Shimano fishing reels or Penn fishing reels. If you would like more information or to see some please click here now

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