It may not be the "right" way ...
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Originally Posted by
MNJeff
Hello everyone. I just picked up a 13 foot Shakespeare telescoping panfish pole . However I have no idea how to attach line to the pole. It has two line keepers towards the rear of the pole and a small metal guide at the tip. If any one knows how to rig up a pole like this than I would appreciate your help.
or how the articles say to do it, but this is how I rig mine :
Starting at the butt end, I wrap the line several times around the butt, then tape it down with elec tape. Then I spiral wrap the line around the pole, so that I have at least one wrap for each foot of rod length. Then I put the line thru the end tip guide, and tie it off, but don't cut the line (yet). Then I let out a length of line that's about one to two feet longer than the rod. That depends on how much bend there is in the rod, though. I want to be able to lift at least 1lb and still be able to hold the pole up in the air, arm extended, and be able to swing the weight to me. Any fish that weighs more than that, and I'm gonna net it :D
Just for clarification, though, neither of my collapsible poles have a line retainer. But, if they did, I'd just use them when I collapsed the pole, to wrap the excess line/leader around.
I'm basically just putting line on my collapsible poles, the same way you'd put line on a cane pole +/- :p
... cp :cool: