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Any tips on the best way to load it on your reels, at the moment I just put a pencil through the spool and add a bit of tension and reel it on.

 

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Guest Simon Newbould

Hi Paul,

 

I've alway's found the best way is to get a willing person (spouse, child, mate) to hold the spool of the new line while you wind on... ensure that the line comes of the spool opposite to the way it goes on the reel to reduce twisting a little......

 

Wind with your left hand and trap the line against the butt of your rod with your right to maintain a little tension.... use a tea towel or similar to stop you burning your hands....

 

Simon

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Another way to do it is to thread the line down from the tip of your rod and attach it to the reel. them throw the spool in the lake and reel the line onto your spool when done retrive the MT spool with your landing net

 

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All of them good ideas, specially the throw it in the lake one, as my missus says about me, "simple but effective"

Some say you should have the spool facing as this reduces twist, but I always thought that if you put the pencil thro the spool you get one twist per turn winding on and then one untwist per turn when casting out

 

I do like this new board Elton,

 

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another little tip, get a small piece of sponge put a few drops of washing up liquid on the sponge now fold around the line hold it between finger and thumb as you reel with the other hand and it will degrease it for you helping it to sink. :)

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Vigiles:

Another way to do it is to thread the line down from the tip of your rod and attach it to the reel. them throw the spool in the lake and reel the line onto your spool when done retrive the MT spool with your landing net

A bucket of water will do just as well. As most spools have 'fins' on the inside of the spool, they provide enough friction against the water to tension the line quite nicely.

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fishingmad1:

thats a very good idea. This is a bit of a stupid question but if why do people buy floating line?

There are situations where you don't want the line to sink. Fishing with floating baits would be one, or fishing a float on a river would be another. Sinking the line in these cases would be counter-producive as you need full control of the line and sinking it could lead to bows or loops that you can't see.

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i only put the tip on about helping the line to sink because P@UL had asked for help about making the line sink in a previous posting.

but as davidP says if stick floating on the river or fishing floating baits you need the line to float.

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