I have some older braid on a reel that I want to reverse. Any slick ways to do it without unspooling to spool 2, spooling to spool 3, then bringing it back to spool 1?

Not saying it is slick, but I’ve done it more than once 😉

 

Set the reel down in the yard and hit freespool (or open the bail); grab the end of the line and walk down the sidewalk until you hit the end/joining knot; Let the line lay, go back and cut the line off; grab the reel, walk back to old end and retie, then wind the line back on the reel.

only time I've reversed braid was when I moved it to a different reel - all done.  

1 hour ago, Team9nine said:

Not saying it is slick, but I’ve done it more than once 😉

 

Set the reel down in the yard and hit freespool (or open the bail); grab the end of the line and walk down the sidewalk until you hit the end/joining knot; Let the line lay, go back and cut the line off; grab the reel, walk back to old end and retie, then wind the line back on the reel.

Totally my standard move.

I go across the yard.

A-Jay

Same as ajay and team 9.9 except I start with a big long cast. That will spool 40-some yards off. Put a rock on the line at your feet and walk to the other end out in the yard while carrying the rod. When you get to the end, snip off, retie the other end, and start reeling. 

I flip mine while out on the boat. I cut the lure off, hold the line while free spooling with the trolling motor. Once I reach the end, cut, retie, and reel it in. Usually takes less than two minutes. 

Do it all the time with a drill and an old empty line spoll.

As you start pulling the line with the drill and spool , pull a tab of line and tape to the side of spool.

Untape and load reel....... reversed.

 

 

I used my culdesac as well.  Went surprisingly well.    I made it a point not to ask my wife to help.

4 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

only time I've reversed braid was when I moved it to a different reel - all done.  

Yea, seems like a kitchen table and reel to reel is pretty straightforward.. 

 

no muss no fuss

another reason to have a gang of Daiwas that all swap spools.  

I don't see what makes one end of a spool of line better than the other...

several years of wear - reverse it to fish the good, clean end for several more years.  

for me it is the color fade.   that's it.  

On 4/13/2025 at 6:17 PM, Team9nine said:

Not saying it is slick, but I’ve done it more than once 😉

 

Set the reel down in the yard and hit freespool (or open the bail); grab the end of the line and walk down the sidewalk until you hit the end/joining knot; Let the line lay, go back and cut the line off; grab the reel, walk back to old end and retie, then wind the line back on the reel.

I do the same thing.

On 4/13/2025 at 7:52 PM, A-Jay said:

Totally my standard move.

I go across the yard.

A-Jay

It’s crazy, whenever I do anything like this (reverse the braid, cast in the yard to refine reel settings, cast in the nearby pond to check if a lure is tuned, etc.) my neighbors show up like a peanut gallery full of lots of comments - “Catch anything? What’s for dinner? Stay off my lawn hahahaha!”

It's the fade, only reason I reverse it.

This is what I use and only takes minutes.

On 4/13/2025 at 10:06 PM, Bird said:

Do it all the time with a drill and an old empty line spoll.

As you start pulling the line with the drill and spool , pull a tab of line and tape to the side of spool.

Untape and load reel....... reversed.

 

 

This ^^^^^
I don’t have enough room to walk it off so the drill is my favorite, and fastest method.