11-10-2003, 07:05 AM
[font "Arial"][size 2]Here is how I do it and I have no problem with line twist.
When I am spooling up a bait casting reel, or any conventional reel, put a rod, or even a pencil, through the center of the line spool. Tie the line to the reel with a (Uni-knot or Arbor knot) clipping off the tag end. Snug the knot to the reel spool. One person should reel while another holds both ends of the rod, applying pressure as the line is reeled onto the spool. Fill to about an 1/8 inch from the spool's outer rim. Keep the line away from anything that could cause abrasion.
Use the same procedure with a spinning reel, but reel line so that it comes off the end of the spool. After 15 or 20 turns, give it some slack if a twist occurs, turn the spool over and continue to fill the reel. You should keep checking for line twist as you fill the reel.
Monofilament will twist. If it happens while fishing from a boat, play the line out with nothing on the end, trolling behind the boat for about three minutes and wind it back on. The water will take the twist out. It is also important to always use a ball-bearing swivel, which will reduce or eliminate line twist. Also works on the ground but you have to walk. Tie the line to something and pull it off. Go cut the line where you have it tied. Walk back and reel it on. When it come trough the grass it will untwist.[/size][/font]
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When I am spooling up a bait casting reel, or any conventional reel, put a rod, or even a pencil, through the center of the line spool. Tie the line to the reel with a (Uni-knot or Arbor knot) clipping off the tag end. Snug the knot to the reel spool. One person should reel while another holds both ends of the rod, applying pressure as the line is reeled onto the spool. Fill to about an 1/8 inch from the spool's outer rim. Keep the line away from anything that could cause abrasion.
Use the same procedure with a spinning reel, but reel line so that it comes off the end of the spool. After 15 or 20 turns, give it some slack if a twist occurs, turn the spool over and continue to fill the reel. You should keep checking for line twist as you fill the reel.
Monofilament will twist. If it happens while fishing from a boat, play the line out with nothing on the end, trolling behind the boat for about three minutes and wind it back on. The water will take the twist out. It is also important to always use a ball-bearing swivel, which will reduce or eliminate line twist. Also works on the ground but you have to walk. Tie the line to something and pull it off. Go cut the line where you have it tied. Walk back and reel it on. When it come trough the grass it will untwist.[/size][/font]
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