You can cut of the back of your flyline, but....you ruin that end of your
double taper. If you don't care and don't think you will ever reverse it,
fine. Otherwise, the best option is to buy a wt. forward taper; they take up
much less space on the spool. Some companies, like SA, make lines that are
shorter, 82ft, as apposed to Cortland lines that are often 90 ft. The
difference would not give you enough room anyway. Most reel descriptions over-
estimate the amt. of backing they will take. But it seems a stretch if they
said 75 yds for a DT and it won't take any! Jere
> Hopefully this question makes sense and sorry if it is a no-brainer-
>
> I just purchased a Cabelas Drake II 3-4 fly reel. I guess it is supposed
> to hold 75 yards of 20lb backing. My question is that I can barely fit
> any backing line on the reel if I put all 90' of my DTF4 fly line on the
> spool there is no room for backing.
> I really have not even come close to going into backing line but my fear
> is if I get into bigger fish i will and will not have enough line. I
> mainly fish small rivers but am starting to get into lake fishing. I
> cannot cast farther than 50 feet as it is so I am seeing no need for all
> that fly line.
>
> So the question is : How much actual fly line will I need? Can i just
> cut off 20 yards from the back end of my flyline to accomodate some
> backing line?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> -sean
>
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