Flip Your Braid

HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON BRAIDED FISHING LINE (AND MAKE IT LAST LONGER)

By Tony Acevedo / Salt Strong

Wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to buy more braided line, but instead made the line you already have last longer?

There’s an easy way to do that!

In this video, I’m going to show you how to flip your braid so that it’s like new, and so that you can double its lifespan.

When you go fishing, you’re really only using a fraction of the line that’s on your reel.

The top half is getting beaten up and doing all the work, while the half closest to the spool is largely unused and like new.

And when the top half starts to get a little bit frayed, or even just faded in color, you might think that you need to get rid of it all and put on a new spool.

However, if you do that, you’re wasting all of the like-new braid that’s on the inside of the spool.

Watch the video below to see how to make the most of your fishing line by flipping your braid.



When you flip your braid, the line that was once the outside of the reel is now on the inside, and the line that was on the inside is now on the outside.

The fresh line that’s been protected close to the spool is now ready to finally be deployed and take on some of the heat from the big fish you’re about to catch.

Here’s what you need to do flip your braid:

  • Two empty spools

  • Drill

  • 2.5″ Bolt

  • 1 nut

  • 2 washers

Here’s how to flip your braid:

  1. Secure one of the spools onto the bolt using washers on each side of the spool and a nut on the bottom side to keep it in place.

  2. Take the cap off of the spool on your reel to remove pressure on your drag system.

  3. Use the drill to spin one of the empty spools and take line off of your reel and onto the spool.

  4. Put the bolt, nut, and washers on the remaining empty spool, put it on the drill, and spin it to put the line on this other spool.

  5. Put the line from the second spool (where the used braid is on top) back onto your reel so that the unused braid is now on top.

CONCLUSION

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Flipping your braid will help you get the most out of every spool and save money.

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