Thread: Line spooling

I fish 1&2# test so I respool a lot. I bought one these gizmos and will never be without one. The spinning spool means NO line twist.


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This subject is one that is recently meaningful to me, because I just finished cleaning, stripping, lubricating and relining twenty-two fishing rod and reels and getting them ready for the 2020 fishing season. I did my re-lining the old fashioned way, however, and thought many times during the process about getting a re-lining device like the one featured on this thread... and I still may do so. The whole process took me about a week, working on it an hour here and an hour there... but it sure is good to know it's done and won't need to be repeated to that extent for another year or two. I agree with cpap that there are many vids on this subject all over youtube... each suggesting slightly different opinions/approaches to eliminate line twist.

Among the videos I watched: Richard Gene the Fishing Machine's video probably made as much sense as anything I've seen, because his approach called for the removal of the spool labels and then soaking the whole spool of line in water for a week or so prior to spoolin' it up on your reel. What made the most sense to me was: Soaking the line (in theory) actually removes all of the line memory from the line being spooled and showed a practical approach to "retraining" the line once it's installed on your reel. I don't think there's any way that's perfect, because spinning reels themselves (unlike baitcasters) actually cause line twist by the way they are designed to manage the line during the reeling process.

I usually use reel magic to keep the memory issues to a minimum, but in addition to that, I will periodically let out all (or the majority) of the line on my spinning reels while in the rod holders, while trolling at a slow speed; pinching the line between my fingers while reeling them in to get the line twist out.

Can't stand mono, and this thread reinforce everything I hate about it, Lol ...memory and line twist. Set y'all selves free and use braid. :

Originally Posted by jawjatek

I bought one and think it reduces line twist a lot when spooling. Any spin reel inherently adds twist, no matter what you do, unless you use a machine that turns the spool off the reel to fill. I am cobbing up an attachment for my cordless drill to do exactly that, and will be adding a level wind mechanism. I'm just waiting for my machinist friend to get around to making my parts.

Sounds interesting

Where do you guys purchase this spooler?

Originally Posted by armyman

Where do you guys purchase this spooler?

Bet Grizzly might have them! You going?


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I have to laugh every time this topic comes up (and it seems to come up all the time)!

Using braid however is not always the answer depending on the application. I could probably explain the reasons why you get line twist a million different ways. You could also explain a contradicting point to every single thing that is said in relation to fixing the issue.

Originally Posted by armyman

Where do you guys purchase this spooler?

The one that I use is the Ultimate line winding system. I know that Amazon has it but others do as well. Prices vary.

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