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Date: June 17, 2002 at 22:16:43
From: Richard Fasanello, [pool-138-89-39-210.mad.east.verizon.net]
Subject: Re: Putting line on a spinning reel


Twist may be minimized by putting the line on directly fron the product spool to the reel spool. I dismantle the reel spool and put a bolt thru the center hole (a plastic sleeve, such as a drinking straw, is used to prevent damaging the inside of the bore), chuck it in an electric drill held in a bench vise and wind it on. Tapered rubber faucet washers on each end of the bore help center the spool. A variable speed drill works best.

Anothe method involves laying the product spool flat, threading the line thru the guides to the spool and winding on with the reel. The line comes off the product spool similarly to the way it peels off the spinning reel spool - not by rotation of the product spool. If twist is noticed in the line after winding five or ten turns, flip the product spool over. I usually find it necessary to wind ten turns of the reel handle from one end of the product spool then flip for five turns then back to the other side for ten turns and continue alternating till the spool is full.

Next take the rig out to a long field of grass and walk off a bit more than your maximun casting distance and reel up s-l-o-w-l-y allowing the line to be straightened as it wriggles thru the grass blades.

Or hang the line into a current from a bridge and reel up s-l-o-w-l-y.

Or trail the line behind a moving boat and reel up s-l-o-w-l-y.

Nothing should be attached to the line when reeling up slowly.

The bolt/drill also speeds up installation of fly line backing.


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