Nice one Cory, good idea! And as an added bonus, you're buddies think you're being super generous and you're giving them trouthunter when they ask if you've got some spare 7X..... 😂
Thought you were my friend Cory …to avoid my wife’s DIY job list at home, over time I’ve been giving my tools away …now I’ve got to go buy a new drill! 😂 great hack as ever, thanks
Used this hack this morning. Headed to NC and didn't feel like lugging twenty spools. Worked like a charm! My hubby was impressed with my use of his power tool😂
Great idea ! As I use the spools with the smaller size hole I think I will use a bolt with two rubber faced washers rather than the paper towel hack. All in all a most helpful video, thanks.
Cory, this is brilliant! Game changer idea. Funny how a simple thing like putting a cloth on a drill bit to hold a spool makes all this possible, as well as realizing that new spools can actually hold twice as much. Sweet!
Great idea Cory keep the bulk down never crossed my mind 👍 I am glad I found you to learn euro fishing watching your videos over and over your an excellent instructor also looking at Thomas and Thomas contact ll 10’ 3wt also the Recon the Thomas looks pretty good
Glad you found me, as well, Jerome! Thanks so much for the kind words. Good luck to you. By the way, The T&T and the Recon are both great sticks. You can't go wrong with either one.
Great tip Corey ! Been doing something similar, but not with the drill . Been loading up by hand! No wonder Ive been getting slight coils ! You’re a lifesaver 🙏👍
That’s cool. I do this…but didn’t connect the dots with the adapted drill! That’s cool. Gonna significantly improve it!!!! THANKYOU Hack extension. I retain any used sighter material and colour code between tippet spools. Always have the pink colour to indicate I’m down to the last length of tippet and to refresh. Kinda helps me. You can probably do this easily with those new fancy solid paint pens! Cheers…good luck for the season ahead Corey. We are tail end of summer and looking forward to my favourite time Autumn ( you’d say fall).
Glad I can improve it. Anthony! Your hack is an excellent idea, btw! Appreciate you watching and good luck to you as well this Autumn (I do love that time of year myself). Cheers!
@@OldDominionTroutBum your videos really hit the mark and are incredibly valuable for those of us trying to “up their nymphing game” as you say. Dare say I was channeling you on a recent session on one of our beautiful Australian alpine streams. It wasn’t until I got my s-t together…tuck casting and got my line management spot on….that I started picking up quality fish. Indeed it was that ability to cast accurately with a more conventional stroke (not oval) that allowed me to present a quality drift into some tight pockets…and was rewarded with some absolute quality browns. One hiring that 28 inch mark!! All subtle aspects of this method you’ve pointed out over the last season or two. Genuinely it’s these cherries on the cake that make a difference, atleast on these clear cold pocket waters!
@@anthonyclark6118 Love hearing this, Anthony! And a 28inch beast?? WOW. Congrats! Thanks so much for letting me know. Your alpine streams sound amazing. Cheers to you Mate!
@jamesnichols8893 James, you want to leave the original spool as it is with the rubber band on. That way you know you are down to the original (you have one full spool left) when you run out of the extra tippet you have put on top of it. Hope this clears it up for you.
Another great video Cory, really appreciate your tips. As a newer fly fisherman, was wondering if you would consider doing a short video on your entire nymph rig setup from fly line to anchor fly and the materials needed? Thanks much!
Thank you, Bryan. I talk about my entire setup if you check this video out here. You can also see it in the description. As a beginner, I would focus on using just one fly. You can have a lot of success fishing that way. You can add a double nymph rig once you get it down. ua-cam.com/video/_LsHADwel28/v-deo.htmlsi=BA1DMiZdXWRXszrN
I feel like a complete amateur now, after all this time switching to 4x or 6x when the 5x runs out... of course either way I still need to present the fly in a less amateur way but your hack is still something I intend to use :)
I do something similar with invisx from seaguar. I use a spent tippet spool and wind a little line on, then do a blood knot leaving the tags long and finish with the amount of line desired.
Hi Cory. Thank you for this information. Did you ever try to use braided-line instead of mono for leader? They are much thinner and very strong. Maybe better visibility too.
You are welcome. I don't use braid for many reasons. A couple are: It has zero stretch, is way too limp, and if it tangles you'll have to cut it and start over. Hope this helps. Thanks so much for watching.
Good stuff Cory. I usually have blood knotted the new stuff onto the old stuff and when I hit the knot I know I'm getting low but this makes it even easier. Also, because most tippet weakens over time do you ever take the stuff that has been on the "bottom" of the spool for awhile and put it on "top" of another new spool? That is a way you can make sure that it doesn't get weak from sitting on the spool for too long.
Appreciate it, Eric. Good tippet will usually last a couple of years IF you keep it out of the sun and heat. That said, I usually get a new spool and switch it over every year to start fresh. Thanks for watching!
Great drill trick for spooling. I'm going to use that from now on! One thing I don't like about trouthunter is that you can't re-spool it, with that band they use. With most other brands, which use the elastic band with the grommeted hole in it, it's not a problem. Neither here nor there, I guess, but I don't know why trouthunter uses that type.
Glad it was helpful, JP. You are right, once you try to take the band off, it stretches out. Sometimes, I'll take a band off another spool and double it over if I need it for the Trout Hunter.
Great hack Cory.. I fill mine to the top of the spools!! I figured you as Dewalt guy though.. lol.. Does that trout hunter fit in the pre die cutouts of the Recessed C&F chest harness?? I have made the commitment to the C&F dumping all the crap that weighed me down!!! I’m going absolutely minimalist even with flys!!! I use 3-4 patterns and carry 25!!! I’m done!! lol
Thanks, Scott! You can put a lot more than 3 spools on for sure! And yes- The Trouthunter fits in the C&F (you have to use them). I am all in on the C&F. I'll be doing a video on it and the changes/additions to it that make it even better. I'm with you, the less you bring, the better (and more comfortable)! Btw, I have a Dewalt as well!
wow who knew you just fit 3 spools worth of tippet on a single spool! The other obvious hack here = do your new leader setup / initial rigging with large spools of Seagur. It's cheaper and bigger (less portable, but great for the car / garage / boat). Then only use the smaller (and more expensive) tippet spools on the river.
Another is a stellar series of great time. Could you tell me why the original Trouthunter is attached to the next spool with a loop to loop knot? Wouldn't any knot work, if its function is to signal that you're down to your original spool?
So, my 15-year-old son and I are back in Farmington. He keeps snapping off rigs and fish. A couple dozen. He's pissed, and I see a broken rod in my near future. We take a break, and I empty his pack of all the tippets and test them all. Every single one broke in my hand, and I realized I had given this poor kid my mono tippet from 25 years ago. The look he gave me was priceless and well-deserved. Why the background? It seems to me that nylon or monofilament seems to degrade much faster than fluorocarbon. So my question would be, how long do you keep fluorocarbon vs nylon? All tippet is stored in a cool, dry place with no sunlight. I'd love to spool up 2 sets of our common tippet, but I fear I may be just causing the same problem down the road, not knowing how old the line is on that particular spool. Any and all ideas greatly appreciated. Also, If you're coming up to the Farmington and want some great content about what "NOT" to do, we're your team. Seriously, it would be great to buy you dinner with the crew at @upcountry. They are good people and a true resource for the river,
Haha....I remember being like your son at one time. Terrence, tippet definitely has a shelf life to it. Fluoro lasts a couple of years if you take care of it. I have some (unopened) that I have had for 3 years and I know it is still good, but it's never left my house. If it has been out on the water with me and I know it's been on the spool for a season- I'll start fresh every year. It is just a good habit to get into. I don't use nylon tippet. Even for dries. I'll use Nylon leaders for dries and I'll keep them for maybe 2 years. I appreciate the invitation! The Farmington is a great river. Torrey is a buddy and he is the man. Joey is one heck of a fisherman himself. Tight lines to you and your son!
Just need a little clarification. You leave the thin color coded band on the original spool of whateverX Trouthunter and wind the additional tippet on top of it? The thin material they use to make the bands is tough to remove and stretches out when you do, so I’m guessing you leave it on, but not sure. After adding the extra tippet onto the Trouthunter spool, do you use anything else, like a hair band to keep it from unspooling, or does the foam insert in the tippet tray in the Cand F box contain it well enough? Great tip. I’ve had this C and F box for a year or two without figuring out how to optimize it. Now I’ll use it.
Yes, leave the band on and go over it. You can take a hair band or rubber band if you want and put it on top of the new tippet. You might find out once you put it in the C&F that you don't need it. It depends on how tight you want it.
Great tip as always, Cory! Have you found that the tippet that gets buried in the spool and not really used goes bad? I had a spool of 7x floro I tried to rig up with the other day (I use 6x 95% of the time for euro) and it was super brittle. Glad I caught it testing my knot! Not sure how old the spool was honestly.
Glad it's helpful, Jason. Fluorocarbon will last for quite a while just as long as you take care of it. Keep it out of the sun and heat. It can easily last a couple of years. If you had some brittle tippet and it was out of the sun and heat...you may have just gotten a bad spool.
Alex, you can use whatever you have in a pinch. The only thing is regular 4lb fluoro is weaker than tippet of the same diameter. For instance, Seaguar 4lb test is 5x and Cortland 5x is 5.7lb test. I am a big believer in having all the right equipment when hitting the stream.
Did not know that. When I was fishing the Tellico I was using a tapered 5x. Although I didn't catch anything browns or rainbows that were big enough to break what I was using I am glad I was using the 5x. I agree with you on using the proper setup. I am that way when targeting trophy smallmouth. The problem with me is I don't know that much about trout fishing and the proper set ups. I did order and recieve the rod and reel recommendation you made and oh ya....I can feel tbe difference compared to the cheap white river set up I had. I can't imagine what those Thompson rods feel like. I would love to get one of those but I am rough on my equipment and it would kill me if I broke one of those rods. Thanks for tbe reply and have a great day!
Glen, I am a fan of Cortland Ultra Premium and Trout Hunter. I use both all the time. I used Trout Hunter for the example because the spool hole is so big. With smaller holes sometimes you can find a drill bit that fits right in.
Carlos, just form a large loop with your tippet by doubling your line. Now take the end and tie an overhand knot around it. This will make a slip knot. Put the large loop around the spool then tighten. Or make a large loop with a surgeon's knot- then pass your spool through the loop and pull it down to your new spool. Hope this helps.
Honestly, I rarely get to it but if I haven't added to it, it will happen. And no, I don't go through a spool a day. I really meant to say that I add after every significant trip out when I know I've used a lot.
Like your chanel, 1 little tiny detail for this hack, don't drop it in the drink or your out of alot of cash$$ and now your screwed with no backup!! Just a thought.
Thanks, Jim. In all my years, (knock on wood) I've never dropped a spool in the water. I have it on a holder or recessed in my C&F chest pack tippet holder.
We used to do this in the very early 80’s - late 90’s while backpacking in the Sierras. If you do it right, one can easily get about a 100 yards of tippet on a single spool. Plenty for a weeks worth of backcountry fly fishing
Nice one Cory, good idea! And as an added bonus, you're buddies think you're being super generous and you're giving them trouthunter when they ask if you've got some spare 7X..... 😂
Haha...We will keep that between you and me! Thanks for watching, Steve. Cheers!
😂@@OldDominionTroutBum
Thought you were my friend Cory …to avoid my wife’s DIY job list at home, over time I’ve been giving my tools away …now I’ve got to go buy a new drill! 😂 great hack as ever, thanks
Haha! TK, you HAVE to do those DIY jobs so you can get fishing time! Appreciate you watching, my friend. Tight lines!
Used this hack this morning. Headed to NC and didn't feel like lugging twenty spools. Worked like a charm! My hubby was impressed with my use of his power tool😂
Nice, Wendy! Good luck in NC. And I hope you impress your hubby with your fish catching, as well!
once again my friend, this is why you're the master & I watch your video's! Ingenious idea! Thanks once more!
Haha. Appreciate it, Jeff! Glad it is helpful. Tight lines to you!
Most excellent! ANOTHER reason I am subscribed.
Appreciate it, Stephen! Tight lines to you!
Great video and hack Cory. Anything that helps to carry less on the stream is awesome. Tight lines
Glad it is helpful, Brett! Tight lines to you, as well!
Great idea ! As I use the spools with the smaller size hole I think I will use a bolt with two rubber faced washers rather than the paper towel hack. All in all a most helpful video, thanks.
Sounds great Alan. Glad it is helpful. Appreciate you watching and tight lines to you!
Thanks and cheers Cory.
Appreciate it, J. Tight lines to you!
Another great Idea Thanx Cory
Glad it is helpful, John. Thanks so much for watching. Tight lines!
You are a God. A God I tell you. I was just at @upcountry today talking with @cory singing your praises.
Haha! Appreciate it, Terrence! Torrey is the man. Love the Farmington-I NEED to get back there. Appreciate you watching.
Great idea Cory👌
Appreciate it, Piscator. Tight lines to you!
Great idea and tight lines!
Thank you for watching, RD. Tight lines to you, as well.
Thats a great idea! Thanks for sharing!!
Glad it’s helpful, Ken. Thanks for watching and tight lines!
Great idea 👍
Thank for watching, David. Tight lines!
Thank Cory! That’s mad scientist stuff😎🎣
Haha! Appreciate it, Dale!
Thanks Cory!
Anytime. Thanks for watching!
Pretty awesome Cory. Thanks for sharing the hack, tough to argue with simple.
Appreciate you watching, Mike. Hope you have been getting at it this winter👊.
Very helpful. Thank you very much.
Glad it's helpful, Bob. Appreciate you watching!
Thats a great tip!
Appreciate it, Lindsay!
As always corey great information. Thanks
My goal is now to fish enough to actually ever run out of tippet. 😂
Thanks so much, Mike. Appreciate you watching!
@@aircomp Challenge accepted!
Really great stuff man. I’m a minimalist to the core so this is a really great trick
Thanks so much and glad it is helpful. Appreciate you watching!
Cory, this is brilliant! Game changer idea. Funny how a simple thing like putting a cloth on a drill bit to hold a spool makes all this possible, as well as realizing that new spools can actually hold twice as much. Sweet!
Thank you, Stephen! Super easy with the cloth. And btw, you can put 5 spools on one!
Great idea Cory keep the bulk down never crossed my mind 👍 I am glad I found you to learn euro fishing watching your videos over and over your an excellent instructor also looking at Thomas and Thomas contact ll 10’ 3wt also the Recon the Thomas looks pretty good
Glad you found me, as well, Jerome! Thanks so much for the kind words. Good luck to you. By the way, The T&T and the Recon are both great sticks. You can't go wrong with either one.
Genius man!!!!❤
Thank you, Chris! Appreciate you watching!
Great hack!!!
Thank you, Tim!
Great tip Corey ! Been doing something similar, but not with the drill . Been loading up by hand! No wonder Ive been getting slight coils ! You’re a lifesaver 🙏👍
You were on the right path, Tony! Glad it helps. Hope you have been able to get out. Tight lines, my friend!
That’s cool. I do this…but didn’t connect the dots with the adapted drill! That’s cool. Gonna significantly improve it!!!! THANKYOU
Hack extension. I retain any used sighter material and colour code between tippet spools. Always have the pink colour to indicate I’m down to the last length of tippet and to refresh. Kinda helps me. You can probably do this easily with those new fancy solid paint pens!
Cheers…good luck for the season ahead Corey. We are tail end of summer and looking forward to my favourite time Autumn ( you’d say fall).
Glad I can improve it. Anthony! Your hack is an excellent idea, btw! Appreciate you watching and good luck to you as well this Autumn (I do love that time of year myself). Cheers!
@@OldDominionTroutBum your videos really hit the mark and are incredibly valuable for those of us trying to “up their nymphing game” as you say. Dare say I was channeling you on a recent session on one of our beautiful Australian alpine streams. It wasn’t until I got my s-t together…tuck casting and got my line management spot on….that I started picking up quality fish. Indeed it was that ability to cast accurately with a more conventional stroke (not oval) that allowed me to present a quality drift into some tight pockets…and was rewarded with some absolute quality browns. One hiring that 28 inch mark!! All subtle aspects of this method you’ve pointed out over the last season or two. Genuinely it’s these cherries on the cake that make a difference, atleast on these clear cold pocket waters!
@@anthonyclark6118 Love hearing this, Anthony! And a 28inch beast?? WOW. Congrats! Thanks so much for letting me know. Your alpine streams sound amazing. Cheers to you Mate!
nice hack Cory. I will be using this one….actually I have been using most of your 👏👏👏
Appreciate it, James. Glad they have been working for you!
Cory why do you leave the original rubber on the receiving spool of tippet? I did and it gets buried with the add on tippet
@jamesnichols8893 James, you want to leave the original spool as it is with the rubber band on. That way you know you are down to the original (you have one full spool left) when you run out of the extra tippet you have put on top of it. Hope this clears it up for you.
Another great video Cory, really appreciate your tips. As a newer fly fisherman, was wondering if you would consider doing a short video on your entire nymph rig setup from fly line to anchor fly and the materials needed? Thanks much!
Thank you, Bryan. I talk about my entire setup if you check this video out here. You can also see it in the description. As a beginner, I would focus on using just one fly. You can have a lot of success fishing that way. You can add a double nymph rig once you get it down.
ua-cam.com/video/_LsHADwel28/v-deo.htmlsi=BA1DMiZdXWRXszrN
I feel like a complete amateur now, after all this time switching to 4x or 6x when the 5x runs out... of course either way I still need to present the fly in a less amateur way but your hack is still something I intend to use :)
Glad it is helpful, Alex! Tight lines to you and thanks for watching!
I do something similar with invisx from seaguar. I use a spent tippet spool and wind a little line on, then do a blood knot leaving the tags long and finish with the amount of line desired.
Why do you leave the tag ends long?
@@CarlosGarcia-507 The tag ends make it really obvious that it's time to add more tippet to the spool before running out.
Excellent, Greg. Appreciate you watching.
Howdy, Cory that’s a damn good idea. There’s nothing more annoying than running out of 7X then you have to use 6 or 5x ..peace✌🏻
Thank you, Fudd. And right on...you never want to run out and switch to something larger. Tight lines, my friend.
Hi Cory. Thank you for this information. Did you ever try to use braided-line instead of mono for leader? They are much thinner and very strong. Maybe better visibility too.
You are welcome. I don't use braid for many reasons. A couple are: It has zero stretch, is way too limp, and if it tangles you'll have to cut it and start over. Hope this helps. Thanks so much for watching.
Good stuff Cory. I usually have blood knotted the new stuff onto the old stuff and when I hit the knot I know I'm getting low but this makes it even easier. Also, because most tippet weakens over time do you ever take the stuff that has been on the "bottom" of the spool for awhile and put it on "top" of another new spool? That is a way you can make sure that it doesn't get weak from sitting on the spool for too long.
Appreciate it, Eric. Good tippet will usually last a couple of years IF you keep it out of the sun and heat. That said, I usually get a new spool and switch it over every year to start fresh.
Thanks for watching!
Great drill trick for spooling. I'm going to use that from now on! One thing I don't like about trouthunter is that you can't re-spool it, with that band they use. With most other brands, which use the elastic band with the grommeted hole in it, it's not a problem. Neither here nor there, I guess, but I don't know why trouthunter uses that type.
Glad it was helpful, JP. You are right, once you try to take the band off, it stretches out. Sometimes, I'll take a band off another spool and double it over if I need it for the Trout Hunter.
Great hack Cory.. I fill mine to the top of the spools!! I figured you as Dewalt guy though.. lol.. Does that trout hunter fit in the pre die cutouts of the Recessed C&F chest harness?? I have made the commitment to the C&F dumping all the crap that weighed me down!!! I’m going absolutely minimalist even with flys!!! I use 3-4 patterns and carry 25!!! I’m done!! lol
Thanks, Scott! You can put a lot more than 3 spools on for sure! And yes- The Trouthunter fits in the C&F (you have to use them). I am all in on the C&F. I'll be doing a video on it and the changes/additions to it that make it even better. I'm with you, the less you bring, the better (and more comfortable)! Btw, I have a Dewalt as well!
wow who knew you just fit 3 spools worth of tippet on a single spool!
The other obvious hack here = do your new leader setup / initial rigging with large spools of Seagur. It's cheaper and bigger (less portable, but great for the car / garage / boat). Then only use the smaller (and more expensive) tippet spools on the river.
You can actually get more than 3! Great idea on your hack. Appreciate you watching, Martin.
Another is a stellar series of great time. Could you tell me why the original Trouthunter is attached to the next spool with a loop to loop knot? Wouldn't any knot work, if its function is to signal that you're down to your original spool?
Thank you, Alex. The loop knot for me is super easy, but you can use any knot that works for you. I appreciate you watching. Tight line to you!
So, my 15-year-old son and I are back in Farmington. He keeps snapping off rigs and fish. A couple dozen. He's pissed, and I see a broken rod in my near future. We take a break, and I empty his pack of all the tippets and test them all. Every single one broke in my hand, and I realized I had given this poor kid my mono tippet from 25 years ago. The look he gave me was priceless and well-deserved. Why the background? It seems to me that nylon or monofilament seems to degrade much faster than fluorocarbon. So my question would be, how long do you keep fluorocarbon vs nylon? All tippet is stored in a cool, dry place with no sunlight. I'd love to spool up 2 sets of our common tippet, but I fear I may be just causing the same problem down the road, not knowing how old the line is on that particular spool. Any and all ideas greatly appreciated. Also, If you're coming up to the Farmington and want some great content about what "NOT" to do, we're your team. Seriously, it would be great to buy you dinner with the crew at @upcountry. They are good people and a true resource for the river,
Haha....I remember being like your son at one time.
Terrence, tippet definitely has a shelf life to it. Fluoro lasts a couple of years if you take care of it. I have some (unopened) that I have had for 3 years and I know it is still good, but it's never left my house. If it has been out on the water with me and I know it's been on the spool for a season- I'll start fresh every year. It is just a good habit to get into. I don't use nylon tippet. Even for dries. I'll use Nylon leaders for dries and I'll keep them for maybe 2 years.
I appreciate the invitation! The Farmington is a great river. Torrey is a buddy and he is the man. Joey is one heck of a fisherman himself.
Tight lines to you and your son!
This guy fishes!
Haha-appreciate it, Mitchell!
When you add spools to the original do you wrap the material on top of that spools rubber band?
Thanks, And another great video.
I do, TL. Just loop it right on top of the rubber band. I appreciate you watching. Tight lines!
@@OldDominionTroutBum love your videos.
Thanks for the reply!!
Great idea, I like the new hat. I've been meaning to ask about your previous hat with the flag emblem. What is the significance of the flag.
Appreciate it, William. And thanks for noticing the new hat! I'm just a patriotic guy-that's why I have the flag.
Just need a little clarification. You leave the thin color coded band on the original spool of whateverX Trouthunter and wind the additional tippet on top of it? The thin material they use to make the bands is tough to remove and stretches out when you do, so I’m guessing you leave it on, but not sure. After adding the extra tippet onto the Trouthunter spool, do you use anything else, like a hair band to keep it from unspooling, or does the foam insert in the tippet tray in the Cand F box contain it well enough? Great tip. I’ve had this C and F box for a year or two without figuring out how to optimize it. Now I’ll use it.
Yes, leave the band on and go over it. You can take a hair band or rubber band if you want and put it on top of the new tippet. You might find out once you put it in the C&F that you don't need it. It depends on how tight you want it.
Great tip as always, Cory! Have you found that the tippet that gets buried in the spool and not really used goes bad? I had a spool of 7x floro I tried to rig up with the other day (I use 6x 95% of the time for euro) and it was super brittle. Glad I caught it testing my knot! Not sure how old the spool was honestly.
I guess you need to spend more time fishing to keep the tippet fresh 😂
Glad it's helpful, Jason. Fluorocarbon will last for quite a while just as long as you take care of it. Keep it out of the sun and heat. It can easily last a couple of years. If you had some brittle tippet and it was out of the sun and heat...you may have just gotten a bad spool.
Is 7x all you use? Great idea!
Thanks, SM. I'm a big 7x and 6x guy. Occasionally, I'll use 5x.
Sooo, when do you actually use the 50yds of your original Trout Hunter 7x at the bottom?
It is always there for backup. If you haven't reloaded your spool and you hit it, you will use however much for that day.
How long is that base layer good for before you need to use it?
Fluorocarbon will last a couple of years just as long as you take care of it. Keep it out of the sun and heat.
Hi Cory, what is your brand of tippet do you prefer? thanks
Jim-I prefer Cortland Ultra Premium.
Cory....if you are in a pinch can you use plain flourocarbon lets say in 4lb as the leader or tippet
Alex, you can use whatever you have in a pinch. The only thing is regular 4lb fluoro is weaker than tippet of the same diameter. For instance, Seaguar 4lb test is 5x and Cortland 5x is 5.7lb test. I am a big believer in having all the right equipment when hitting the stream.
Did not know that. When I was fishing the Tellico I was using a tapered 5x. Although I didn't catch anything browns or rainbows that were big enough to break what I was using I am glad I was using the 5x. I agree with you on using the proper setup. I am that way when targeting trophy smallmouth. The problem with me is I don't know that much about trout fishing and the proper set ups. I did order and recieve the rod and reel recommendation you made and oh ya....I can feel tbe difference compared to the cheap white river set up I had. I can't imagine what those Thompson rods feel like. I would love to get one of those but I am rough on my equipment and it would kill me if I broke one of those rods. Thanks for tbe reply and have a great day!
Oh yeah, forgot. So you interchange brands as well?
Glen, I am a fan of Cortland Ultra Premium and Trout Hunter. I use both all the time.
I used Trout Hunter for the example because the spool hole is so big. With smaller holes sometimes you can find a drill bit that fits right in.
I’m confused on how you looped the court land to the trout hunter. I tried slow mo but still can’t figure it out 😂
Carlos, just form a large loop with your tippet by doubling your line. Now take the end and tie an overhand knot around it. This will make a slip knot. Put the large loop around the spool then tighten. Or make a large loop with a surgeon's knot- then pass your spool through the loop and pull it down to your new spool. Hope this helps.
So it sounds as if you never use the original spool? Are you also saying you go through 1 spool a day?
Honestly, I rarely get to it but if I haven't added to it, it will happen. And no, I don't go through a spool a day. I really meant to say that I add after every significant trip out when I know I've used a lot.
Like your chanel, 1 little tiny detail for this hack, don't drop it in the drink or your out of alot of cash$$ and now your screwed with no backup!! Just a thought.
Thanks, Jim. In all my years, (knock on wood) I've never dropped a spool in the water. I have it on a holder or recessed in my C&F chest pack tippet holder.
We used to do this in the very early 80’s - late 90’s while backpacking in the Sierras. If you do it right, one can easily get about a 100 yards of tippet on a single spool. Plenty for a weeks worth of backcountry fly fishing
You are right, David. You can get quite a bit on the spools. Appreciate you watching.
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