Never thought it would happen to me

[MountainMan 83]

It all started when I was reading about smaller diameter spools in larger diameter reels. Okay, I could see line getting stuck going from 36- 34mm. Thats a 1 mm gap all around. Didn't think it would be a huge deal, maybe sometimes it would happen. I mean, people are always saying you need to run spacers...

Then I bought a Coastal SV and was looking at spool options. Lets throw a 33mm spool in a 34mm reel. That's only a gap of .5mm! Surely, it would be next to impossible for the line to get stuck inside. I mean, that guy that ran it without spacers did say it found a way in there...

Picked up a SV Light to play around with and start messing with BFS territory. Decided to start with 8lb braid on the stock spool. Was getting some decent distance with 1/4oz baits on an overpowered rod. Changed up to a heavier bait and forgot to adjust the brakes and finally...


How often has this happened to you?

[LowRange]

8# braid is awfully thin. I don't go below a 4# mono diameter line which would be 15# braid so I have avoided this fate so far.. I also don't throw baits anywhere near that heavy on spools that shallow. I would bump up to a 20# braid and a deeper finesse spool on a ML rod for those baits. I don't have an SS SV10? Light Limited LTD TN Manbearpig but my understanding is that would be better suited to L and UL BFS rods

[MountainMan 83]

8# braid is awfully thin. I don't go below a 4# mono diameter line which would be 15# braid so I have avoided this fate so far.. I also don't throw baits anywhere near that heavy on spools that shallow. I would bump up to a 20# braid and a deeper finesse spool on a ML rod for those baits. I don't have an SS SV10? Light Limited LTD TN Manbearpig but my understanding is that would be better suited to L and UL BFS rods

Thanks. I have a Light rod on the way from aliexpress to try out. I'm looking to throw 3/16 oz lures as the sweet spot. I'll bump up the braid a bit. At 8lbs, that stock spool holds more than enough. My idea was to eventually get a 32mm DIY spool or go down to a 30mm and make some spacers. I'll re evaluate once the rod comes in.

[LowRange]

8# braid is awfully thin. I don't go below a 4# mono diameter line which would be 15# braid so I have avoided this fate so far.. I also don't throw baits anywhere near that heavy on spools that shallow. I would bump up to a 20# braid and a deeper finesse spool on a ML rod for those baits. I don't have an SS SV10? Light Limited LTD TN Manbearpig but my understanding is that would be better suited to L and UL BFS rods

Thanks. I have a Light rod on the way from aliexpress to try out. I'm looking to throw 3/16 oz lures as the sweet spot. I'll bump up the braid a bit. At 8lbs, that stock spool holds more than enough. My idea was to eventually get a 32mm DIY spool or go down to a 30mm and make some spacers. I'll re evaluate once the rod comes in.

Try out an actual BFS rod form Majorcraft sometime. They have a lot of power and backbone for their ability to cast light weight baits. Most of the Aliexpress rods are pretty soft and not well suited to bass fishing around cover in the lighter powers. I'm still looking for the Aliexpress sub $100 BFS rod.

[Drakestar]

I gave my kids an old Silver Max baitcaster for fishing in the creek behind our house and spooled it with 6lbs Sunline mono. The line gets stuck between the spool and frame All. The. Time. And they're not even casting (just pulling line off and reeling it back on). On my actual bass rods I don't go below 20lbs braid (or ~12lbs fluoro) when it's a baitcaster.

[BigG]

When I pulled up post, I thought that's not bad, why the post. Then I read the post and looked again, yea that's bad. Spacers or new spool?

[MountainMan 83]

8# braid is awfully thin. I don't go below a 4# mono diameter line which would be 15# braid so I have avoided this fate so far.. I also don't throw baits anywhere near that heavy on spools that shallow. I would bump up to a 20# braid and a deeper finesse spool on a ML rod for those baits. I don't have an SS SV10? Light Limited LTD TN Manbearpig but my understanding is that would be better suited to L and UL BFS rods

Thanks. I have a Light rod on the way from aliexpress to try out. I'm looking to throw 3/16 oz lures as the sweet spot. I'll bump up the braid a bit. At 8lbs, that stock spool holds more than enough. My idea was to eventually get a 32mm DIY spool or go down to a 30mm and make some spacers. I'll re evaluate once the rod comes in.

Try out an actual BFS rod form Majorcraft sometime. They have a lot of power and backbone for their ability to cast light weight baits. Most of the Aliexpress rods are pretty soft and not well suited to bass fishing around cover in the lighter powers. I'm still looking for the Aliexpress sub $100 BFS rod.

Will do. I've heard good things about them and also Bone rods. I do most of my pond hoping on bicycle so a multi piece would be great.

I gave my kids an old Silver Max baitcaster for fishing in the creek behind our house and spooled it with 6lbs Sunline mono. The line gets stuck between the spool and frame All. The. Time. And they're not even casting (just pulling line off and reeling it back on). On my actual bass rods I don't go below 20lbs braid (or ~12lbs fluoro) when it's a baitcaster.

That's both hilarious and gotta be frustrating for you. I think i'm definitely a bit undersized on line diameter.

When I pulled up post, I thought that's not bad, why the post. Then I read the post and looked again, yea that's bad. Spacers or new spool?

It's just the stock spool. This has been my first week or so of playing around with a lighter line on a baitcaster. Didn't think it would be so easy to get inside the stock gap. Need to up my line diameter a bit.

[Houndfish]

I use 8lb J-Braid on a Pixy w/ DIY spool and if I set the spool tension with a little play it seems like it can get suck in there every hundred casts or so. Not often enough to be an issue really but if I add enough tension to remove the play it seems to prevent it. Also I have noticed that with a full spool it happens more often, leaving it a little underfilled seems to help as well. I really hate using thin braid but the casting distance it gives vs 4lb mono is noticeable with tiny spoons.

[poisonokie]

I use 8# fluoro on my SV Light, so I've never had it happen, but it did happen with the 4# fluoro on my ASC the other day. Didn't seem to hurt anything, and that's after every cast since 2018. I'll probably respool with the recommended 6# next time, though. I have 8# braid on my Alphas Air and never had it happen.

[Hogsticker2]

Never

[hoohoorjoo]

I've had 8# Sufix Nanobraid on my SS Air for 2 yrs now and that's never happened to me...... (said I, as I knock on wood).

[slipperybob]

I learned my lesson with 4# mono on standard bait casting reels already...