Thread: How much / what weight backing, for a wide-use 8 weight?
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Old December 1st, 2005, 04:47 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Ken Fortenberry
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Default How much / what weight backing, for a wide-use 8 weight?
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What about 150 yards? I just spoke to a guy at my local Orvis shop,
and he says that those listings are wrong, and he regularly spools 150
yards of 20# backing onto these with, say, bonefish lines. (And more
if you're using something smaller, like an intermediate).

If it was me I'd just opt for the bigger reel.

Imagine you had the fish of a lifetime on and you had to
watch helplessly as the backing, and the fish, disappeared.

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Ken Fortenberry