Pull the old line off your fishing reel. Pull it off slowly to avoid damaging the reel. Wrap it around your hand and put it in a plastic bag for disposal in your trash. Bring it to your local tackle shop if the establishment offers a line recycling service. Run the end of the new ...
Load the reel with line to the fill mark on the underside of the spool cover. The amount of line a Shakespeare reel can hold depends on the spool size and the weight of the line. More than twice as much 8-lb. fishing line can be added to a reel than 20-lb. line, for example. ...