Watched this video for the 4th time. From Michigan here. About to load line on my first centerpin. Bought an Okuma. I did buy dacron backing, as I plan to fish for steelhead. I'm nervous about ensuring I get it right. Thanks for the video.
Sheffield? I've been on the fence about getting one of those, or a kingpin for just under a hundred bucks more. With food and gas prices and having just gone back to school I think I'm just gonna go with the Okuma. Good enough for now, plus it's gonna be a smaller diameter to find my super light action blood run pinland. I'm sure some time down the road I'll get a heavier rod and I'll get the more pricey reel then. I'm from Northeast Ohio and the only good size stretches of river are either at the mouth, or in the case of The Grand the conditions are only good a few times a year so I can get away with a lighter rod. If need be I'll get out my spinning set up again
Tim just a question regarding tension do you ensure the line is wound up tightly like you do for spinning reels and Alvey reels? that's a nice centrepin
What's the reason for only putting a small amount of line on the reel? I'm looking to get a centre pin reel to try out and have no experience with centre pins whatsover so any input would be great, i would like to trot down some of the english rivers and streams, would you recommend 6lb or 8lb line? Unlike my fixed spools I can't have spare spools with line with centre pin lol. Cheers.
Probably not. Because it is not same memory. Some spools are bigger some smaller. This way you straiten the mono line and make it's own memory. As gentleman in video said you avoid line twist. I have done it both ways and this one is better. You should try it.
Hope you found the answer you were looking for after posting it, if you have that type of reel you can tie the mono onto one of the bars then wind it on. I know what you meant,
The spool in the sink IS upside down! No excuses or arguments about it. The line needs to come off the spool the same direction it goes on the reel. The presenter blew off this fact elsewhere in the comments with a lame "that's why I use a supple line" BS excuse. Someone called him out and rather than admitting he was doing it wrong, he let his ego mislead people that don't know better.
