night_rider Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hi Raiders, With my birthday just passing a few family members have said "no idea what to get you, here's some cash buy some new fishing gear"... WINNING! I think I have under-spooled my Okuma bait feeder which I've been using off the beach.. Could this be affecting my casting distance? I stupidly didn't follow the guidelines on the spool and it looks like there's 8mm or so of gap between the line and upper lip of the spool... I'm going to re-spool it with some new 20lb mono. Any brand suggestions guys? The Okuma Travertine 65 is attached to my Ugly Stik beach rod.. Hoping for sambo or a Jew if the stars ever align. Thanks in advance for your advice! Cheers, M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattart Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 If you want to stick with Mono I like the Platypus Lo-stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossfire63 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Platypus Lo Stretch is good so is D,A.M Crosspower. You will need to fill the spool to capacity. Full spools will cast far better than half empty ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameldownunder Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Platypus Super-100 everytime, anytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night_rider Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 At 3/3 it looks like I'm off to find some Platypus Super.. So I'm estimating that I've got about 250-300m on the spool and at 20lb it should have 350m on it.. I think for the sake of me knowing I'm set up correctly I will get some new line... Will probably get the LFS to spool it for me.. Thanks for the quick feedback guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbink Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Remember that the Super 100 is a very fine line so you will need a lot more of it than a normal thickness 20lb line. Be guided by the diammeter (it's about normal 12lb line diammeter), Being so fine i have found it's knot strenght is not that great. You can get arounf this by tying a bimini twist double first and then using your normal knots for joins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night_rider Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Thanks Billfisher. Appreciate the extra info. I haven't had the time to go to the lfs yet... made the mistake of fishing for seaweed yesterday.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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