What I do is lay the spool of line on the floor and run it thrugh the eyes, tie it on the reel and reel about 3 or 4 turnes and if it twist turn the spool over and reel more on but if all else fails let all your line of like trolling without a lure or hook or anything on and it will get it on the spool right. The line should go on the reel like it on the spool, like for a baitcaster put a pencil threw the holes and have soseone hold it but not that way on a spinning reel.Good Luck....Dennis