Hawk
Well-Known Member
To put new line on a spinning reel?
Winchester said:If its a spinning reel, its best to reel it off the spool with the spool turning! What stik just described is the best way to put line on a baitcasting reel!
Dr. Dickel said:Dr. Dickel said:Let me re-iterate that statement before I sign off to vacate for the next 10 days and fish most all of it......one is a sales pitch and the other is purely BS.bowriter said:Don't fret though.......I know the difference between a Barnum & Baileys circus from the Ripley's show. :whistle:
Which is exactly why I quit using braided line. It doesn't stretch.
bowriter said:What Stik said with one addendum. Soak the line in cold water for a minute or so before reeling. Winchester has it backwards. Line twist comes from line memory. If the line spool is free turning, the memory will match the reel-baitcasting. To get the same line memory for spinning reel, the line must come off the bulk spool in a twist that matches the reel.
Easiest way to understand it is coil a rope or a garden hose. You'll not that you must twist the or "flip" the rope or hose on every coil to make it match the memory.
90% of the time, lay the bulk spool on the floor with the label up. Reel in a couple dozen times. If the line twists around the end of the rod, turn the bulk spool over.
But best of all is to throw the bulk spool in a swimming pool, mix a drink. Now fill the reel. The line cannot twist if it has no lure on the end is coming through water. Once the reel is full, open the bail and back off 100 yards and stretch the line by simply tying off the free end and pulling on it. Then mix another drink and reel it in.
bowriter said:And just who among us has not reeled a drink?
BTW- I didn't say that was wrong, just not the best way. That method was suggested for baitcasting reels back before people figured out there was a difference. Just look at the way line comes off a bulk spool and the way line off a spinning reel.
Match the hatch and use very light ice when drinking Grey Goose.