12-13-2003, 04:26 AM
Hey there petty4life,
I don't use any backing as the depths I fish, either freshwater or near-shore ocean aren't any deeper than 120 feet or so. Therefor 75-100 yards is more than enough to bring the line up from the spindle of the spool to the spool rim. I don't tuna fish or do a lot of straight line trolling so....... At 75 yards a refill, I can get 3 refills from a 250 yard spool.
Just the opposite, a lot of big fish tuna anglers here in southern cal spool their reels with spectra (braid) and have a topshot of high quality mono/fluorocarbon.
JapanRon
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