Kirk
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Spent some time this morning stripping off old fishing line and re-spooled with new line. How often do you re-spool your fishing line?
Line Stripping and refilling
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I usually do it when I notice that it isn't casting as well as it used to, or if I start to notice it holding a memory.
Labboy
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Seems to be quit often these days. When I was young we would keep the same line on for years it seemed like. Just a quality thing with all the different line these days. Just when I think I found a great new line just wait and the next batch will be horrible.
Crow Terminator
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About once a month for me.
MickThompson
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Not very often on the spinning rods now that they have braid on them
Carlos
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Yeah- about once a month, during the warmer months.
TheLBLman
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Depends on how much am fishing & what types lines you're talking.
Braid definitely doesn't need changing as often as flouro & mono.
Probably much more important to just be constantly checking your line for nicks. I'm often cutting off a few inches of line with each trip because of nicks & fear of nicks.
When I fished a lot with mono, I changed mono typically twice a year.
Seldom use it any more.
Am changing braid once a year, knock on wood, doesn't seem to need changing even then.
But perhaps I just haven't been fishing enough over the past couple decades
TheLBLman
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What kind of line?
I fish floro mostly. I change it (XPS) twice a year in general but more often if I use a particular rod a lot. I label each reel with a label maker with line size, type and date. I never have an issue with line breaking unless it's my fault. Mostly change it due to not having enough left on the spool or too much memory to cast good. I should add most of my rods are 17lb or 20lb line.
Crow Terminator
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For crappie and trolling crankbaits, I use 10# mono. The brand and model...is probably why I swap it up. Like Labboy noted in his post...every time I find one that is good, they either change something about it or I get a bad batch. The last couple of years I was using that Sunline mono and loved it. This year I spooled up with it and on ALL the rods, it was junk. It was breaking and or slipping with just tying a knot and lost several fish and crankbaits when they would just break off with no real pressure at all. So as of now...I'm spooled with Berkley Big Game 10# test. I don't use braid and only use fluoro for spinning reels and trout fishing.
I rotate about 10 to 12 ukta light crappie rods. Id say each are tespooled at least twice a month with 2 or 4 pound mono
On my bass rods with braid I respool less than once a year. You just can't wear it out. Everything else when memory starts affecting castability.
