Spare spool

[Drew03cmc]

Do you all carry a spare spool for any of your reels? I have an Aldebaran MG I am running 10lb CX on, but for finessey techniques, I want to carry 10lb Invizx as well. How do you all carry your spools?

[Hogsticker2]

Yes. I always bring a spare Daiwa 34mm spool with me. The majority of my reels accommodate it, and there are several options. I store it in a spool case or medication bottle, lined with bubble wrap.

[hoohoorjoo]

As Mark said, a pill bottle works great. Just wrap it in felt or bubble wrap.

[Fishing4Fun]

As Mark said, a pill bottle works great. Just wrap it in felt or bubble wrap.

Or cotton balls too.

[RMCatchNrelease]

The twist style spool cases are great for one. A pill bottle works great too.

Being that I have over a dozen 34mm. A tackle box with hot glued in foam holds more. I will bring an assortment at times. If I'm skipping docks or having to make tough cast, I'll bring backups to swap out a blowup...not that that ever happens of course.

[Drew03cmc]

Awesome, thank you for the ideas. I just have to see if we have a pill bottle in a size that will work. Thanks a bunch guys.

[Dalleinf]

You can get the twist style spool cases cheap on ebay and aliexpress. Some US sellers of cases for optics sell similar style cases, which work great. If you buy spools on aliexpress some sellers will supply you with extra caeses as a gift (if you ask :-)). I fish streams, walk many miles, and normally bring 1 rod, 1 reel and 1-2 extra spools in twist style cases.

[DirtyD64]

Most pharmacies will sell or give you a larger diameter pill bottle, then cut some craft foam circles to fit down in there...

[Houndfish]

I keep a spare Daiwa 34mm loaded with 40lb braid in my car at all times, it covers a lot of my reels and has come in handy twice now in like 4 years. When I am out with one of my Pixies I bring a spare spool full of 6lb mono along, sadly that one comes in handy a lot more often.

[kaiser]

I have spare spools for most of my baitcasters. As a bank angler it's helpful to be able to have a reel that can cast finesse and regular baits.

[Just_Bass]

Daiwa spool is easy to find a bottle that fit unlike shimano spool with shaft. Another option is empty jar of powerbait. I do have extra spool for a lot of my reel(mostly shallow), but I don’t normally carry them. I’d rather have two setups one MH/F for general and M/F or ML/F for finesse. I use Yumeya shallow spool with 6lb copolymer line or 10-15lb braid for finesse (might be another good option if you plan to buy spare spool).

BTW I’m also searching for those twisted spool case for both spinning and casting (the one that come when order from Japan/Alixpress) if anyone wanna share a line here.