Berkley Reel Spooling Station

by Berkley

Product Features

• Compact station quickly converts ta stable workplace for fast and easy spoolingInnovative axle-free spool holder eliminates spool wobbleAccepts most casting and spinning reelsIncludes easy-to-use electric line stripper

Product Description

Reel Spooling Station

Product Details

• Item Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000XTUYV8
• Item model number: 1131065
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,935 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #3 in Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Fishing > Accessories > Line Spooling Accessories

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ok for spooling, great line stripper, October 23, 2010

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microjoe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Berkley Reel Spooling Station (Sports)

The Berkley line or reel spooling station is a somewhat useful device for the price. The set up of the spool station was not too difficult, and the instructions are permanently attached to the bottom of the station, a good idea. It helps if you attach the station to a table or bench with a c-clamp to hold it down. The reel mount is designed to be good for for a closed faced or bait casting reel that mounts on top of a rod, like the one in the photo on this page. I found out that my open faced spinning reel has to mount upside down since it sits on top, but hangs below on a rod. This forces you to reel backwards to put line on the spool, or hold the spooling station upside down, and neither is comfortable. This is something they should have thought of in the design. Fly Fishing reels are affected the same way. If they update the design, they should address this issue first.
There is a little bit of a learning curve in setting it up and getting it adjusted right too. You have to fiddle with the tension quite a bit on the spool in order to get it to work correctly without any line slack, but also not letting it get too tight. Any slip in tension allows to line to tangle around the arm. As for durability, the plastic on the station is very thin, and easily cracked and in fact on my first use the reel mount cracked, but to its credit mine still works even with the crack. I spooled 3 reels and 3 extra spools for my vintage Mitchell 300 and 308 reels rather quickly. There is a hole on the bottom to hang the station on a hook or nail.
There is a great line stripper included, it can be removed from the station, takes two c cell batteries (not included). It works very well, removing an entire spool of line in seconds. You can buy it separately by the way here at Amazon without buying the whole spooling station. In retrospect, I would probably buy the stripper separately and try something else for spooling new fishing line. I do like Berkley fishing line and trust the name, and that is why I bought it. If you decide to buy one, shop around to get the best price as there are other pages at Amazon selling the same station under different names with different pics. Then combine price plus each sellers individual shipping fee to get the best deal. Just look for the search term "Berkley Station" and that should bring them all up. Hope this helps.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reel spooling station, December 5, 2011

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BLove "bml (Austin)" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Berkley Reel Spooling Station (Sports)

Product was received quickly. However it was not as pictured. Even so, I decided to keep as it appeared to be a better product. I will write more when I have the opportunity to use it. I only gave it four stars for now due to being different than pictured.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy and simple, January 26, 2011

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James Lee "Dog lover" (Tuolumne, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Berkley Reel Spooling Station (Sports)

The Berkley line winder is a simple, easy way to add line to your spinning, casting, and closed faced reels, the unit needs no mounting hardware, just sit it on a bench or desk, mount your reel and crank away!

When using the line stripper, first remove the cap and thread your line before returning the cap to the line stripper.