11-20-2006, 05:57 AM
For most trout fishing backing is not all that important. You want lots of backing for fish that are going to take a lot of backing like bone fish or carp. They say Northern Pike will take you into your backing but they are sprinters that tire quickly so they are not going to need lots of backing. Stronger backing means it is thicker in diameter thus means less yardage of backing on the spool as the the thicker diameter eats up more room on the spool.
The backing on my 5 weight, which is used for trout fishing, is mostly there to fill the spool up as much as possible so that the fly line ends near the top of the spool which also means that it takes a few less cranks on the of the handle to reel up the line as the fly line itself is on the spool at a slightly larger diameter. Thus the size of the backing is not important.
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The backing on my 5 weight, which is used for trout fishing, is mostly there to fill the spool up as much as possible so that the fly line ends near the top of the spool which also means that it takes a few less cranks on the of the handle to reel up the line as the fly line itself is on the spool at a slightly larger diameter. Thus the size of the backing is not important.
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