Fly Fishing Reels

Determinig the amount of backing for an unfamiliar reel is always a problem.
You must have enough reserve when you catch a big one, but must not overfill the spool to avoid balling you line.

The best way for finding out how much backing fits to your reel i know of is the following:

• stick your fly-line to the spool of the fly reel with tape.
  when it is a WF (weight forward) line, make sure you tape the shooting head (the end with the larger diameter).
• wind it on the reel.
• when finished tie your backing to the fly line and reel as much backing to your spool till you think the capacity is ok.
• cut the backing with a scissor or knive
• after that strip the whole off the reel.
• tie the cut end of the backing to the reel with an appropriate knot.
• reel the line back in and you will have the proper amount of fly line and backing on your fly reel.

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