Braid as backing?

[leggomye990]

Does anyone use braid for backing?

I watched a AMart video and he said he usually runs braid backing on his reels than ties fluro main line with just a simple overhand knot, says it makes it lighter?

I was always under the impression that anytime you do braid right onto spool, the line will just spin freely? Or was I lied to for all these years? I always put some electrical tape or cheap mono or fluro as my backing.

[DavidSA]

I'm not sure what backing even means. I use cheap line or old line to semi-fill a spool and then splice in the line I intend to fish with. I call this backing. What you seem to describe is just filling the spool with braid and using a FC leader. What am I missing?

[leggomye990]

Same idea as what you mention, in the video AMart says he puts a few layers of braid onto his spool, than he splices fluro onto it and fills the remainder of the spool with fluro

[MRQturbo]

i put braid backing on all my reels....never had any issues..stretches out a spool of flouro for an extra reel or two....i don't use any tape, just make sure the braid is laid down nice and tight...

[John G]

What you seem to describe is just filling the spool with braid and using a FC leader. What am I missing?

He said braid backing with a FC main. That is what I do. I spool ten feet or so of mono first, then put a good amount of braid on and fill the rest with FC. My entire casting length of line plus a little more is FC.

[leggomye990]

Interesting, I'm going to try this.

I was trying to save fc so I ran a few layers of electrical tape than i put fc on. Going to try the braid way next reel I spool up

[IAY]

Why use braid when you can just pick up Dacron line for cheaper? I am also sure that A-Mart uses Dacron for backing for that very reason now, it was in his latest video about backing.

[DavidSA]

I'm struggling to see what it matters if you use braid or old mono as backing. A small weight difference may exist but honestly since the tad difference of weight is toward the center of the spool I don't see why it matters.

[John G]

Why use braid when you can just pick up Dacron line for cheaper? I am also sure that A-Mart uses Dacron for backing for that very reason now, it was in his latest video about backing.

My local WalMarts do not sell Dacron.

[IAY]

I'm struggling to see what it matters if you use braid or old mono as backing. A small weight difference may exist but honestly since the tad difference of weight is toward the center of the spool I don't see why it matters.

I am pretty convinced in having lightest spool possible, much easier to control imo. Braid also sits on the spool a lot better, when you spool it tightly.


You live in Florida John, how does your walmart not sell cheap dacron LOL

[John G]

You live in Florida John, how does your walmart not sell cheap dacron LOL

I'll look the next time I go but I have never noticed it in the fishing section.

[Teal101]

You live in Florida John, how does your walmart not sell cheap dacron LOL

I'll look the next time I go but I have never noticed it in the fishing section.

Look next to their fly stuff. It's a very common backing for fly reels.

[leggomye990]

Hmmmm dacron, never heard of it lol

[IAY]

Dacron is basically rope.

[leggomye990]

ahh got it