I'd take a full spool with multiple splices anyday, esp in any application where casting is not a requirement.

Just remember not to get carried away with the drag or your thumb anytime the splice has left the reel.

I am routinely into the dacron backing while trolling for estuary salmon. Have landed a number of BIG Kenai kings over the years after being nearly spooled of multi-spliced mainline.

Newbies tend to freak when they see all the moss green superline leave the reel and that fluorescent dacron is just peeling away. Knee-jerk reaction is to clamp down with their thumb to stem the outflow of line.

ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!
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