Abstract: An apparatus for providing "long ends" on reels of wire is incorporated in a continuous wire spooler. In an illustrative embodiment, continuous spooling is achieved by alternately filling each of a pair of reels while the other, previously filled, reel is removed and replaced with an empty one. The reels are filled with the aid of a wire distributor which is periodically commuted between the two reel positions in order to guide wire from a source to the reel being filled. At each of the reel positions there is provided a reel-receiving arbor including a concentric dummy reel positioned to be axially aligned with and adjacent to a reel which is mounted on the arbor. A chain in a closed loop is movable in a plane perpendicular to the arbor. A portion of the loop is substantially aligned with a corresponding part of the perimeter of the aft flange of the dummy reel.