Quote Originally Posted by Bamboozle View Post
A line winder like this or this helps GREATLY. There are lots of homemade options out there as well that while not as portable, beat using tables or trees to hold line.

BTW - A buddy of mine scored a FEW of the Angler's Image winders on closeout at one of the big box outdoor retailers. It wasn't Cabela's or Bass Pro, I'm thinking it was Gander Mountain. He paid around $20 each.

Yep a line winder helps a lot---actually 2---pui line on and fill with backing to desired level---wind the cut end of the backing onto the winder---wind it on another line winder to reverse it and then back on the spool correctly---mine backfired on a tibor gulfstream reel with 400 yds of power pro for backing in the winder to winder stage when the cheap winder bearing siezed up and it all had to be taken off by hand and strung out on 3 floors of my condo and done the hard way----an 1/2 hr job took all evening and 2 beers.