You should take a look at the Daiwa saltist hyper V2 rod. Best rod ever made

Fisherman's Life right on, it's handy, but tbh for 35-40 msrp it's a bit overpriced, just molded plastic mostly. if the spool holder/tensioner was alloy it'd work a lot better and be worth the full msrp. i got mine practically free though so it was worth the try.

I have the same problem with thin spools, it won’t spin and the line slips off the spool

hastingssfd sweet! happy to help:)

Between you and your wife you guys have 170 reels? Great story.

I honestly don’t think it matters but I have my line coming off from the top (counterclockwise) from the spool and that has always worked for me.

100% true! i didn't realize this in the thumnbail, but yes, need to transfer the line memory in the right direction. braid not so much, but def for braid and fluoro.

Can't get my new spooler to turn with rotation of my spinning reel what am I doing wrong?

It should be adjustable. You tighten the top up to spoil bait casters. And loosen it up to let it turn wit your spinners. Sometimes help to start reeling slow to build up momentum with your spinning reel there may be something wrong with the spooler if the head will not freely turn

@@janettemartinez87 Did you get it to work? I hope you did, if not give me a holler. I know what the problem is.

My son and i are new to fishing. Can we use this with a zebco 33 spincast? If so, should the line be coming off the top of the spool or the bottom? I aporeciate it. Thank you much

River rat thx for the info as always. being somewhat noob (journeyman noob?) i found that freshly spooled spinning reels gave me wind knots, esp fine braid like superslick 8, so i figure this gadget could minimize that first twist. i like the idea of walking the used line out and spinning it back after a surf session, I'll try that, should def help. ha you're right, free publicity for them, that's why i watermark my reviews and how-to's now, so if the vid gets copied at least i have my name on it.

line twist is inherent on both bait casting and spinning, but more so on spinning, and braid will twist, just not as dramatic and noticable as mono

+fedacheese0 right on👍, electrical tape and dacron too. i actually modified my line spooler to keep line spools from slipping out of the yoke, should i make a how-to vid?

Ish With Fish yea

+jorgealvarez0525 good eye😊

+Akeem Murdock cool, it's useful once you get the hang of it, esp with mono. did matts mention it in a vid or something?

+Ish With Fish No I think he was commenting on a fishing rod and gave you a shout-out, it's kind of an older video. So I checked out your channel and saw you had a video on something familiar that had been laying around in my house unused.

Akeem Murdock ah yeah, the vid where he gave up on the X11 lol. love that rod.

you're right, the spool in the thumbnail picture should be flipped so the reel carries the same direction of the line memory. matters for mono and flouro, not so much braid tho.

FocusReactMedia thx for watching! i spooled an Avet LX which is about a 3/0, with lots of room to spare. an HX is about a 4/0 and would def fit. just ensure your line spool is not much wider than the mono backing spool shown in the vid.

Veterans Blog thx for the offer, sounds like a good idea for a vid!

hi thx, link should be in description👍

direction does matter. if you can tie the arbor knot so that the main line pulls back against itself (imagine it goes around the spool, through the knot, makes a u-turn and goes in the opposite direction), then the knot will hold tighter.

fell apart in 10 or hours of light saltwater use. bearings ran rough, main gear ovalized a bit.

yup, spool was backwards in thumbnail, good eye!

Just push a but harder. Mine came like that yesterday also and it took me a minute to figure out just give it a harder push in and work it back and forth a tad and it should move into position

Thanks for the feedback. I agree the ball joints aren't the best design, and depending on the shape of the spool, the spool can slip out of position while spinning. It happens to me too, and I just play with it until I get it right. A better design would be a full axis the spool goes on, and two bearing supported 'cups' that screw in from either side and can apply pressure yet freely spin. But of course that would increase the cost. Let me see if I can find a cheap diy solution and make an update vid.

Agree with Carlos, so I just adjusted and bought bigger spools of line. Great video as I wasn’t using the tension knobs correctly for my spinning reel....

naw you need to tie it. check out my '2-5 spool knot' video, should help!

+Jay Chino i heard that the vs and vr models can have a bit of a natural hourglass line lay, so to compensate you can lay your backing center-heavy first, and should result in even layed braid spool later. the vsx is a different animal since it has what they call 'x-wrap' oscillation, which is supposed to produce an x patterned line lay which should help prevent braid biting itself. tbh, not sure if that means the vsx series requires special spooling.

i think approx 20 USD.

tbh im pretty sure 1000 yard spool will fit (assuming braid), but don't go any bigger.

this spooler worked great for a few months, but i found the 2 'prongs' kinda fatigued after awhile and don't hold the line spool under as much as before. still works, just not like new. BUT! i just received Piscifun's newest version that actually mounts on the rod itself, and the tensioner assembly looks more robust. review vid coming soon👍

thx. yes, i built a spool holder that mounts to a drill. i can respool line on a braid spool from a 6000 reel in less than 60 seconds😁

Ish With Fish nice! Do you have a video for that too?

not yet. Piscifun sent me their newest model, so when i review it i'll try to include my homemade line 'unspooler'.

Ish With Fish awesome! Loving the videos btw. Saw you in Jun's latest video from today - I was over there yesterday and got a 22" on sandcrabs. Had a blast!

i just use an old reel as a temporary holder

i think if you reel at the pace i show, you'll be ok. any faster and yes, the line spool can spin out of sync with the reel.

Thomas Kuhn hi, thx for stopping by. yes, if you're spooling fluoro or mono, try to spool the line onto your reel in the direction or "curve" it's coming off the line spool, ie carry over the line memory in the direction the line wants to curl. if you spool against line memory, greater chance it'll nest during a miscast. braid doesn't matter so much since it doesn't hold line memory.

so i how do i know that i have the new spool set up correctly on the piscifun spool to ensure that. my spinning reel turns clockwise. thanks for helping a newbie.

if the reel is already spooled with mono/fluoro, i would let a few inches of line out and see which way it's curling. if it's curling with the spool, you should be ok. if it's curling away, maybe respool it? if so, it'll prob be ok, maybe take some off 1/8-1/4" from spool lip to ensure it doesn't 'uncoil' too fast when casting.

not this easy... i can do this out of the back of my truck.

@@--RSL-- I spool my line while sitting in my recliner,watching tv,then take my rod & reel outside to take the kinks out for a cost of 0 dollars spent on making somebody else RICH !

@@stevecausey1590 still not this easy. Also, you're always going to make someone rich.. you dont buy things? Car, gas, reels, line, rods, clothes, food??

@@--RSL-- yes,I buy the things I NEED, not some stupid toy I don't need. I need gas, clothes, transportation, a can opener, etc. but if i'm TOO lazy to use my god given ability to put line on my reels properly,I'll QUIT FISHING!!

@@stevecausey1590 christ, Steve. You've got a giant twist in your man thongs. Go sort it out. This is still way easier for $23 i can have 10 reels done before you finish effing around in your rocking chair then unraveling all of it in your back yard to straighten it all out. Wtf are you talking about?!

I put the winded spool in a cup of hot water.

interesting. for non braid-ready spools, i just follow what the og guys' advice and back with mono, they swear by it when hooking surf stripers. i haven't had a crazy run yet, so i guess i'm just playing it safe until i can vouch for them.

Braid on a "non-braid ready" spool WILL slip. Under tension, the spool just spins under the line...If you don't want to use a mono backer, a small bit of electrical tape on your spool under your grade will give it "bite" and prevent slippage.

Yes, you don't always need mono. Alternatively, electrical tape can be used on the bottom of the spool. But YES braid can slip on the spool if not connected via mono or with the use of electrical tape. However, it predominantly occurs when the spool gets low due to a BIG fish taking plenty of line (particularly if not much tension was used when spooling the reel). It is because braid does not "grip" to the metal of the spool. I have seen it happened to a friend who didn't take their time to learn prior to setting up their gear. So it is NO myth.

none of my reels were braid read but for fre they are now ! take an old bicycle tube and cut bands from it then stretch it over the spool and your reel is now ready to spool up without tape or mono ;)

+kappa . Besides using mono as a backing before adding braid there was another reason for doing this. The fact is very few of us need anywhere near the amount of braid that you can pack onto a deep spool, especially in many freshwater situations. Maunufacturers finally recognised this and the popular shallow spools were supplied with many fishing reels. It's a big waste of money filling a deep spool with fine diameter braid when in reality you might use 70 metres or much less. Especially when lure fishing. So box clever by filling up some of that unused space with mono before adding your braid. That way you can spool up a couple of spools instead of wasting it by filling up one deep spool. If you have the modern shallow spools you use braid only. Huge amounts of line are mostly needed when fighting large powerfull gamefish that can strip of metres of line in seconds. But the fact is few other forms of fishing require industrial amounts of line. Because the braid deeper on the spool remains unused it's a good idea to reverse the line so the used braid goes back on the spool first and the new unused braid now sits on the top. Certain factors like braid diameter, make and type of.braid, as well as the spool design itself can affect if the braid will slip or not. But the main reason is not enough tension when spooling braid means it doesn't pack on tightly so it doesn't grip the spool surface and the lot can just slip. Especially with a big fish on the line. Some maufacturers like quantum fit a wide rubber band on some spool arbors so it can't slip. A suitable sized elastic band will do the same job.

+Ram Sal for sure, seems to be the most popular option if mono isn't your thing.