What Is A Braid Ready Spool & Should You Use One?

What is a braid-ready spool and should you be using one?

We’ve seen a ton of questions come in about these types of spools so we want to make sure you know what makes them different and if you should use one for your style of fishing.

Because the last thing you want is to have your line slip when fighting a fish, lose tension, and potentially lose the fish!

So in this new video, you’ll learn about braid-ready spools, what the big difference is compared to traditional spools, and get a quick tip that will save you some money.

Do you use a braid-ready spool?

Do you put a mono backing on it just like the traditional spools?

[CecilWoodley]

I was wondering if you have used a reel with a metal braid ready spool. I recently purchased a piscifun carbon x and it has one.

[nunya]

I just put a wrap of electrical tape before I spool. Seems to work well.

[goalith]

Can I put mono line on a reel ment for braid

[supraman]

That clump of yellow line looks like me with a bait aster.

[MTEXX]

Here's one- a 3/4" slice of bicycle tire inner tube. In camping and bush crafting, these are known as ranger bands.

[goose]

I don't use anything as a backing on my reels..not sure why people act like its a big deal. Never had any slippage

[kateskrmetta]

I say don’t use one because braids expensive and you only need a little so I fill up half my spool with cheap mono

[Im-mvbf]

The constriction from the line on that rubber will grip it down, that's the point of it. Without the rubber there, no matter how tight the line is spooled, it's gonna slip if you putting braid straight onto metal. Mono backing has no benefits apart from stopping the braid from slipping, if you get spooled it's gonna pop like nothing.

[mcconn]

I wonder if liquid electrical tape will work???

[shamm]

Or just put electric tape on the spool.