Think about this.a 40+ line is 40 yards long and has a biggish head for it's rating.all add up to it being more suitable for a 7# reel get a normal line 26-30 yards long and it will fit your reel. or cut 10 yards of running line off of your 40+:thumbs:

Jim

 

Think you have answered your own question.

Bigger reel I think.

 

thanks for the advice, I think if i cut 20 ft off the back of the line i will be fine, I wont be casting all that out for a long time.

 

Firstly, welcome to the forum.

As far as your problem goes, you've pretty much covered the two options yourself. The problem is twofold. You've bought a reel that has an upper limit of a 6 weight line, so a 'standard' 30 yard long 6 weight floater wouldn't fit much backing on anyway. You've coupled that with buying a 40+ line. The 40+ lines are, as the name implies, 40+ yards long, so you've got an extra 11 yards (over a standard line) of line to find room for.

So, the question is... do you want that extra 11 yards? If you're planning on using 40+ lines exclusively, I'd get a bigger reel. It those extra 11 yards are unlikely to ever see the light of day...snip, snip. The decision is yours.

Personally, I'd get a bigger reel. At least with a bigger reel you'll never have that problem again. I usually up-size my reels, with 6 weights I always put them on a reel designed to carry 7 weights and add more backing. It gives you a line with bigger coils in the event of line memory and a larger diameter reel retrieves more line per turn in the event of wanting to get a fish 'on the reel' rather than playing it with loose line.

 

The Vision Deep is a possible solution. It's available in 5/6 size for about £50-60 and includes an extra deep spool to allow you to fit on a much larger line/taper. Or a normal line and more backing than you'll ever need.

 

thanks again, i cut off 10 yards and just about fits so all ok.

 

Don't cut your line, use less backing, or use a finer backing for the same Breaking strain, I have a 40+ 6 ,and I have it fitted to a 5/6 reel,
easker1

 

i cut 10 yards of backing line off and just fits on and have more backing line now so over all more line on the reel. i am a beginner so doubt even half of it will leave the reel for a while anyway.