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    Did a re calibrate on my reels yesterday after/during line replacement. . I rechecked for 30 ft calibration. Now I know why I filled the spool so full of line. You just gotta fill it almost to the rim to get accuracy. I am spot on.

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    That's what I have found with all of them, fill em up
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rees Guide View Post
    That's what I have found with all of them, fill em up
    The reels has the amount line it holds vs lb test silk screened on it.. Mag 15 starts at 14 lb. I guess Ima lightweight. The 10 lb mono will slip behind the spool (side edge) if overfilled.
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    Why does the amount of line effect the accuracy of the reel? I read the MS forum on cranking, and I know it was mentioned (just don't understand the why part) But when I spooled my reels, I know I had 800 feet on them and could have kept going. But what does that matter if your depth chart says to let out 160 ft to get down 18 feet deep? There is still plenty of line on the reel.

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    The line counter uses the number of spool revolutions to determine the amount of line released. A full spool has a different diameter than a partially full spool. That means a full spool has more line out at let's say 100 feet than a partially filled spool.


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    Quote Originally Posted by jigfisherx View Post
    The line counter uses the number of spool revolutions to determine the amount of line released. A full spool has a different diameter than a partially full spool. That means a full spool has more line out at let's say 100 feet than a partially filled spool.


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    Makes sense, I hate it but I sounds like I wasted some line.

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    Luckily I have about 5000yards of 50lb test from my old offshore tackle to use as backing.

    IMO Get a big cheap spool of heavy diameter line to fill your reel and then top it off with your line of choice.


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    Here is a couple tricks. Keep in mind that at one time I had more than 40 reels on our salmon boat. Fill "most" of your reel with the thickest line you can find. Splice in a couple hundred feet to finish it out and then test it. Once you know how much you used, repeat it on other identical reels. We strip off the line to the splice every year. For what we do now (tournament walleye fishing), we splice in 500 feet.

    Instead of thick line, you can also fill most of your spool with electrical tape. We call these processes "backer".

    I wrote a published article a few years ago on calibration and the reason why. You can find it on the fishsnipertackle dot com site under the blog section

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    Wow, great information, I think I can salvage the line on these reels and get them loaded down correctly.

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