Spooling backing and fly line: Line winders?

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docbluedevil	Spooling backing and fly line: Line winders?	Lead	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 444 (05/10/09 13:21:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, I just received some H&H fly lines and some backing and need to spool 'em up on various reels. I thought that investing in a line winder would be helpful for cleaning, spooling, converting from LH to RH and back. I've discovered the Reel-E-Good line winder as well as a Struble line winder. Any experience with either or other suggestions?
PeteStiles		#1	[-]
Guide Posts: 72 (05/10/09 19:37:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I bought the reel-e-good winder because I found it for a reel-e good price at Harbor Freight. I thought it was going to be piece of junk, but its reel-e pretty nice. I have no complaints.
jgestar		#2	[-]
Posts: 3653 (05/10/09 21:28:34) ezOP Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	At the risk of being viewed as REALLY cheap, I use stuff that is already hanging around the fly tying bench as a line winder. First, I tape a pencil to the benchtop (photo 1). Next, I grab an empty fly line spool and put it on the pencil (photo 2). A little tape on the end of the pencil keeps the spool from falling off. Stick a pencil in a spool hole to use as a crank. Now I can wind lines, backing, etc. onto the empty spool. I hold the fly reel on the remains of a rod that was remodeled by UPS. Before that, I just held the reel in my hands. Cheap? Absolutely. Effective? Certainly. Elegant? Not! Tom
docbluedevil		#3	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 447 (05/10/09 22:34:50) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	LOL. Tom, great idea! I now have a set up I can use for changing lines on the rod: 2 pencils and masking tape! My current way is even less elegant and cheaper. When removing/cleaning line from the reel, I just let it fall onto the floor and kinda spread it out so it decreases the chances of tangling. And then I reline the reel by keeping the line between my toes.
texascrappiefisherman		#4	[-]
Guide Posts: 85 (05/11/09 05:25:24) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I got a new reel last week for my Tadpole and wanted the line from another on it. So, I took a 1 foot section of pool noodle and wound the line onto it by hand and then just reeled it onto the new reel. Cheap, effective, and nobody saw me do it so I got away with it. UNTIL NOW ! :-) Jerry Hamon TPWD Angler Instructor Van Alstyne, TX
Guadalupe Bass		#5	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 337 (05/11/09 07:34:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	docbluedevil wrote: My current way is even less elegant and cheaper. When removing/cleaning line from the reel, I just let it fall onto the floor and kinda spread it out so it decreases the chances of tangling. --------------------------------------------------- Yup. That's my sophisticated system as well. The most important thing with any activity is 'Form'... LOL. The key is to spread it out ALL around the room - a little over here - a little over there - some behind the coffee table - some beside the chair.... LOL.. Seems like the backing somehow gets tangled more often than not with this method (and it was worse when we had a cat.) Thanks for the great idea, Tom. I should invest in a few pencils and tape, too.
Riffling Hitch		#6	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 479 (05/11/09 08:57:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have the struble and really do not care much for it. I do not have the bench mount for it and that would help but it still has allot to be desired. The winder I have that I would not go without is the anglers image winder. You can adjust it for various sizes. I like large when removing line and it will shrink down to the line form the spools. I cringed at spending the money on one of the line winders and my wife bought it for me one year and now I do not how I would do without it. Anglers image winder is the best in my opinion. Russell
docbluedevil		#7	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 448 (05/11/09 11:37:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Guadalupe Bass wrote: Seems like the backing somehow gets tangled more often than not with this method I find that backing becomes a bird's nest no matter how care I am with spreading it on the floor; loading backing onto the reels is one of the main reasons for me to get a line winder.
keebranch		#8	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 863 (05/11/09 12:19:02) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	For taking line from a reel to clean or change I use my Anglers image Line winder. Funny thing, I just pulled out the packaging to re-read the instructions and realized there is a method to lining a reel with this device. Les Ultralight fly fishing forum Creek guy and light liner
Upstreeam		#9	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 436 (05/11/09 13:03:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I got the Reel-E-Good winder shortly after getting a cat. It's OK, but one of the plastic spools didn't hold up. Bob
docbluedevil		#10	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 449 (05/11/09 13:06:44) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Regarding the Ree-E-Good winder, I've heard that the spindle is too wide for most fly line spools to fit on, and people have had to drill the holes bigger to fit. Is this true?
Cameron		#11	[-]
Posts: 3358 (05/11/09 13:09:31) Administrator & Chat Room Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Fellows...you mean the rest of you don't have your wife hold a pencil and a spool while I noisily spool a reel with backing and then a fly line? HA... www.TheFiberglassManifesto.com
PeteStiles		#12	[-]
Guide Posts: 73 (05/11/09 15:37:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	docbluedevil wrote: Regarding the Ree-E-Good winder, I've heard that the spindle is too wide for most fly line spools to fit on, and people have had to drill the holes bigger to fit. Is this true? I have never had this problem. I've used spools from Teeny, Cortland, S.A., and Orvis.
dman		#13	[-]
Sport Posts: 26 (05/11/09 17:11:58) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	texascrappiefisherman wrote: I got a new reel last week for my Tadpole and wanted the line from another on it. So, I took a 1 foot section of pool noodle and wound the line onto it by hand and then just reeled it onto the new reel. Cheap, effective, and nobody saw me do it so I got away with it. UNTIL NOW ! :-) That is one of the ways I do it ...but I like power so I impale the noodle on a stub of BBQ shaft and the fork that holds meats etc...then I shuck it up and zippo it's done. This is as close to a picture I have right now...this was quickly cobbled up with materials I had laying around for turning flies. Here's another way to do it with or with out power. It does show the cut of BBQ shaft and fork.
docbluedevil		#14	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 453 (05/11/09 22:10:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	This is actually becoming a very comical thread, imo. Cameron - I laughed out loud when you wrote about having your wife to hold the spool w/ a pencil. I've totally done that before, and my wife gave me evil looks, muttering, "Will you hurry up! I can't believe I agreed to this!" I haven't cajoled her to do it again . . . thus my need for a line winder. dman - I don't know what to say, except that your set-up is over-the-top and ridiculous . . . and I love it! I still can't figure it out how it works from the pics. But I'm more curious what your wife's face looked like and what her first words were when you plopped that on the dining room table with some reels and fly line.
Bamboozle		#15	[-]
Guide Posts: 184 (05/12/09 05:19:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Another vote for the Angler's Image folding winder. I like the fact it is portable and I can stash it in my gear bag. There have been a few times I needed to replace a fly line on an extended fishing trip. The other thing I like about it is, the winded coil size is adjustable. That allows me to wrap an old line in really large loose coils for storage or so it easily fits back on the factory spool. FUBO
docbluedevil		#16	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 455 (05/12/09 10:17:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	How does one spool backing from the Angler's Image folding winder onto a reel. It isn't obvious to me from the picture.
keebranch		#17	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 866 (05/12/09 11:11:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Doc, I tie an overhand know with a loop in the backing, drop the loop onto one of the "prongs", then begin to wind the crank. I rolls on evenly and will unwind without knots or kinks. This works for putting backing on or off. The same process applies to line. I hope I answered your question. Les Ultralight fly fishing forum Creek guy and light liner
docbluedevil		#18	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 457 (05/12/09 11:58:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I get it now, keebranch. Backing to winder, then winder to reel. Sounds like a 2 step process though vs. a 1 step process with the Ree-e-good option, which is backing to reel.
keebranch		#19	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 867 (05/12/09 13:34:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yes. Or the reverse if I'm just removing line to be store or cleaned. In the past Like many others here, I have found myself asking my wife to help hold the pencil/spool to put backing or line on. I always get the "look"and a response like "I hope you don't expect me to get the knots out." Ultralight fly fishing forum Creek guy and light liner
docbluedevil		#20	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 461 (05/15/09 12:24:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, I decided to go ahead with the Reel E Good winder system. I thought about making my own version of it, but I'm pretty sure my fabrication would be more costly and less effective. I'll give y'all a report after I use it.

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