Advice with braid

[MuskieBait]

That looks plenty tight...but the line is pretty deep in the spool. Having the line so far back from the spool lip can decrease casting distance. The angle which the line comes off the spool is steeper and the line may rub the spool lip as it exits...hence the friction decrease casting distance.

Did you buy only 150 yards of braid?

You may want to...

1) take the braid off

2) add some mono backing onto the spool (by the looks of it, you can put 1/3 of the spool with mono)

3) connect the mono and braid with a uni to uni know

4) spool the braid on top of the mono

The purpose of the mono is to help add bulk underneath the braid, so when the braid is spooled, it is closer to the spool lip.