Flouro I agree - have caught gut hooked 700 lb tuna on 130 lb flouro leader, yes you can get chaffed off on anything that's not wire but its an advantage over regular mono. No less important is flouro assimilates to water in light transmission, so its sneaky - all fish are leader shy to some degree, a less noticeable leader never hurts your odds of a bite.
But spectra, ie "braid" - good for fishing 100+ feet deep so you can feel what's going on but you will lose more fish. Lack of stretch sucks for keeping the line tight and keeping the fish from exerting shock on your gear. Hooks pull, things break, and braid is terrible for abrasion resistance - seems strong until you pull it tight and nick it. Mono wins still.
Flouro mainline is worth a try - a little less stretchy, outstanding abrasion resistance, and sneaky as hell. In about 50 lb down they make actual flouro mainline designed for spooling up with. Over that and a few brands make bulk leader spools that can similarly be used but aren't so memory free.
I'm trying to gear back up from my Hobie Adventure Island fishing gear, and decide what to add/change having retired and bought a boat. I always lake fished, an now do saltwater bay and near coastal. I'm looking at my old gear's line and new gear for un-spooling and re-spooling. I'm also adding basic electric reels (electramate and fishwinch) due to hand and wrist surgeries.
Has anyone looked into spooling/winding and un-spooling equipment for everything from 4k class spinning to 30+ class reels that can hold a good amount of line and "maybe" need a good amount of tension/drag to pack the line? No chicom crap please.
For non commercial options, I'm looking at the details of the South Chatham Tackle, Busted Fishing, and Spooleduptackle so far. Guiding the line during winding for level winding causes heat which has been mentioned as weakening the line.
South Chatham $1660 with magnetic brake for setting drag, and variable speed right angle gear reduction drive. No unspooling (?)
The Motorized Reel Winder III with Mag brake. This unit comes with the Mag brake bulk spool holder. The spool holder can generate line drag more than | South Chatham Tackle
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$235 Reel Winder III, for holding just the reel. Drill drive for non electric conventional and spinning reels
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Busted Fishing BF-216 ($490) + Bees Knees ($140) +
Level Winder/counter ($81) + Stripper ($50)
Review comments on driive drill needing to be run in reverse (loosens chuck) and 2:1 gear reduction gears breaking
Review comments on Spooler not holding drag tension on larger reels
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The Spooled-Up Tackle's patent pending Speedy Crank can properly spool a fishing reel, or retrieve your weight from the depths with the use of a drill.
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$995 + crank $130
Only the
head which provides winding and un-spooling with the large drag disk would be nice