I'm knew here.

I have a Stella 14000SW-B and I intend to spool it with DAIWA UVF SALTIGA 8Braid PE#4.

Since I'm also knew to jigging (few trips), my question is: how should I spool the reel? Should I use a monofilament backing? Is it better to use a monofilamente backing? If yes, then what should be the lenght and diameter (mm) of the backing monofilament?

Or I shouldn't use backing line and should put the braid directly?

Sorry for all those questions...

Thanks in advance.

Best cumpliments for everyone

Pedro Tomás -> Azores Portugal

<Edited to add:> I mean underneath. Fill up with mono on top of the braid and then take it all off and put on backwards. Extra effort but saves money on braid. I always back with mono anyway as I trust my joining knots more than a bit of tape. But that's just me. 

What do you guys call "puting a twist"?? Doesn't the line always twists around itself??

You can do either.....the tape as Kevin says or use mono...............mono has its place.......It prevents line slip and also for Eg.......if your spool could hold 350 metres of the braid you wish to use...........you could backfill with mono............so that you can get a 300 metre spool of your favorite braid on it....with no wastage..........when you have been bust off a lot Lol or your braid is old.............you just take off the ****y braid and can fill from the same location from the mono.....I like it that way...........the only exception is reels that are braid only reels like the shimano ocea jigger 4000P for example.

Now here is the down side to spooling on the machine, it has happened to me and couple of mates, you go to the shop, buy a spin reel, get it filled with braid, which is masterfully done, "managed to get 250mtrs on the spool", gee i thought the reel said it only took 180mtrs (1st red flag), take reel for a fish, first cast and suddenly the spool looks like its got more line, (2nd red flag), the next cast massive wind knot, untangle/cut 20/30mters, cast again, and reel looks full again, cast again wind knot, cut off another 20/30mtrs. At which point i went and hooked line with swivel to tree and walked of all the line, when i wound the line back on i had to cut another 10-15mters off!!!

In my case it was freshwater lure fishing, and i was able to work around it, had to throw away $40 worth of braid, my cobber had it with his jigging out fit, did a deep drop for puka and found he stiil had 70mtrs of line out when his reel was fill!

 

           I have fished deep with braid and have never had extra line when i have brought it up or had extra line after i have cast..............only two things i can think off.........the braid was packed under extreme tension in the shop....which is not needed....(just tight),  maybe the braid is absorbing water and swelling..........ie the quality of the braid used..........Another reason not to overfill your spools.............I have used ygk jigman x 8/ultra /varivas Gt and castman/tas white line/spiderwire/diawa boat braid/Finns/Berkley  to name a few and have never had what you describe but its interesting to hear.......overly compacting the braid onto the spool is my theory anyway hahahah.......The bit you mention about your spool taking more than it says can happen quite easily.............different thickness lines from different manufacturers.........one companies  pe5 could be the same thickness  as a Pe3 from another....so it could say blah blah metres of PE5 cpacity on your spool  but the line you are putting on is the thickness of PE3.. Tasline all white series is good for this !.....hence the more capacity.....thats my 2 cents worth anyway.................sure someone else will have some thoughts on the subject.

did the shop remove spool from the reel and fill with some type of drill setup? sounds like it's been spooled like a cotton reel , not laying the line as a spin reel does. Would account for the extra line apon retrieve. 

The machine saves time, but does not spool a spin correctly.