04-28-2006, 07:00 AM
I gave up on having the tackle shop spool my reels, I bought my own spooling station years ago, and found it far cheaper to buy bulk spools. The last time I went to a tackle shop to have Power Pro put on, they charged me $26 for 100 yards of 30lb PP on a 2500 Shimano Stradic. I that's over $ .20 per yard, plus backing. At that rate, I would go broke spooling up one of my larger reels, let alone all of them. I can buy the it retail for less. Besides, I got tired of the tackle shops trying to tell me how I should spool my reels, I had a buddy that took one of his larger surf reels to get spooled with PP, and when we got out to fish, he casted out right down to the mono backing. When I asked how much PP he had them put on, (especially since I told him to go with at least 200yds), he said the shop told him any more than a 125 yds was a waste, he was bait fishing with surf clams on a 12.5' pole with a 6oz sinker, a 125yd cast was nothing.
I ended up stripping that off and putting it on one of his lighter rigs, and spooling his reel with 250 of 50lb PP, at least that way even with a super long cast, there's a good wrap of PP on the spool yet with some run off room.
I bought several weights of Power Pro and keep a few spare spools ready for each of my main reels. I keep 30lb, 50lb, and 65lb, 80lb, and 100lb on hand in bulk spools. I haven't ever come across Whiplash in bulk. I even run Power Pro on my larger conventionals, I usually run about 350 yds over mono backing on the trolling reels, and at least 200yds on my surf reels. I also rotate my line once before replacing it, the spooling station comes in handy for that too. With the cost of line these days, it's too expensive to waste. I have also moved the lesser used rear sections of PP from my larger reels onto smaller reels cutting away the worn top layer and reversing the line. That way I make use of all of the line, and Power Pro doesn't seem to rot or weaken with age, but it does wear and fade after a lot of use. The newer PP is much better than the earlier line.
All fishing line seems to have gone up in price quite a bit, just recently, I'm sure the price of fuel has a lot to do with it. Most has gone up at least 20% lately, with the braided lines going up as much as 35%. Between shipping costs and manufacturing costs rising, I don't think we've seen the end of it yet. The climbing fuel costs are not only affecting those of us with boats, it's running up the cost of fishing all around.
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I ended up stripping that off and putting it on one of his lighter rigs, and spooling his reel with 250 of 50lb PP, at least that way even with a super long cast, there's a good wrap of PP on the spool yet with some run off room.
I bought several weights of Power Pro and keep a few spare spools ready for each of my main reels. I keep 30lb, 50lb, and 65lb, 80lb, and 100lb on hand in bulk spools. I haven't ever come across Whiplash in bulk. I even run Power Pro on my larger conventionals, I usually run about 350 yds over mono backing on the trolling reels, and at least 200yds on my surf reels. I also rotate my line once before replacing it, the spooling station comes in handy for that too. With the cost of line these days, it's too expensive to waste. I have also moved the lesser used rear sections of PP from my larger reels onto smaller reels cutting away the worn top layer and reversing the line. That way I make use of all of the line, and Power Pro doesn't seem to rot or weaken with age, but it does wear and fade after a lot of use. The newer PP is much better than the earlier line.
All fishing line seems to have gone up in price quite a bit, just recently, I'm sure the price of fuel has a lot to do with it. Most has gone up at least 20% lately, with the braided lines going up as much as 35%. Between shipping costs and manufacturing costs rising, I don't think we've seen the end of it yet. The climbing fuel costs are not only affecting those of us with boats, it's running up the cost of fishing all around.
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