Spooling Braid ?

[mickrazz]

Originally Posted by Sea Bear

Tuna fisherman have been tying braid straight to the spool for quite a while now and never experience any issues. I've personally fished up to 35lbs of drag and never had the line slip. As I said, you have to use a lot of tension, maybe that was the problem?

I never measured how much tension I use but its possible I guess. I spool up from a spare reel and use the drag on that reel to create my tension. It might be due to the spool width also. Its a saltiga 15 and its very narrow. there might not be enough width to lock it in and the spool also as tall as a 30T which doesn't help matters. And come to think of it, it only happened when it got wet.