DIY PR Bobbin

[Satans_Chariot]

Warning: This product contains lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and other reproductive harm.


Damn hippies!

[shoefish]

Just a PS, add a o' ring to the drum makes your life so much easier to tuck your tag end under.

Flatdog- I'm not sure if you've seen the spools that are used for rod building, but if you look close at the pictures that I'm wrapping lead, you can see a groove on the sides of the spool- that groove is there to pinch the line- it's an ingenious little feature for rod building spools and makes is so easy to tuck the line into. That O ring idea makes a ton of sense too- thanks for sharing.

[KeepItReel]

I've been making my knot about 10 cm in length, looks like you are around 5 cm. Have you had any issues with slippage? I would cut my time in half. The other thing I did by accident the first time I tied the knot was to have the ends coming off the mono on opposite sides of each other. I ends up making a "Y" shape the goes on either side of the mono that the tip fits into so the mono tag end doesn't grab the guides on the way in.

[shoefish]

KeepItReel- I'll be real world testing this knot in two weeks on some AJs in NC, so I'll let you know how it goes there. As for static testing, I was using PE8 and 200# test line and I bottomed out a 100# scale, so I feel pretty good about it.

Maybe Glenn or some of the other guys who have been using the knot for a while could chime in on the best length.

As for your "Y" description, could you try explaining it again, I'm not sure I understand exactly what you were doing but I'm curious to hear more.

[Parker21]

I have been trying all my PR knots with a simple bank sinker and a rubber band. I put about 8" of spectra through the eye and then wrap it around the neck of the sinker. Then i put a rubber band and wrap it over the spectra on the sinker so it can't unravel. now just leave enough specrta between the mono and the sinker so you can wrap the whole knot(about 10")

Just be careful you don't knock yourself out with the sinker or possibly have the spectra break and send the sinker flying when doing the wraps. I use a 2-6 oz. sinker and can get my wraps much tighter than a bobbin. Another nice thing is i can tie a PR quicker, i've got it down under a minute.

[KeepItReel]

[/QUOTE]As for your "Y" description, could you try explaining it again, I'm not sure I understand exactly what you were doing but I'm curious to hear more.[/QUOTE]

When you come off the end of the mono, you will have two tag ends. One from the main line, one from tag end with which you will tie your half hitches. If you have these coming off the same side of the mono, you will have the mono tag exposed. If you have one coming off at 12 o'clock, and one at 6 o'clock, the mono tag end fits in between the two braided lines for a more streamlined knot.

[shoefish]

Ah okay. I think we tie them differently. This is how I did it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u99KSrXdpu4

I can picture how you do it though, and it makes a ton of sense. Thanks for sharing.

[paul708]

thanks for that shoe.
good idea.

[wrap-check]

This was really helpful - I couldn't bring myself to buy one of those bobbins, and I've been trying to figuere out how to fill a regular spool with lead w/o burning down my house.

Thanks shoe.

I'm curious about the bank sinker method too - I might go try that now - hopefully I won't knock myself out.