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New line for spinning real.
recon5
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What's the best way to put new line on? I have beed told to put a pencil thru the hole in the middle of the new spool, or lay it on the ground and wind in? what's the best way.
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the ole pencil trick works with someone else holding both ends of the pencil. SOMETIMES it gets 'rolling' too fast, and only causes more problems.
just be careful you dont burn your fingers holding the line tight [;)][:D]
most the time the wife just holds the spool with the pencil thorugh it and presses the sides to adjust the tension
So which is the best way to do it in order to not put twist in the line on your reel?[?][?]
If you load your reel drawing off the side of the spool two things can happen. If the spool is unwound in the opposite direction of which it was wrapped the line will twist a lot and cause problems. If the spool is unwound in the same direction as it was wrapped it will not twist the line as long as the diameter of the reel spool is the same as the diameter of the new line spool.
Since the diameter of the reel spool is rarely the same as the diameter of the new line spool (even if they are the same dia. when you start the reel spool gets larger and the new line spool gets smaller) you have to give the twist somewhere to go.
If you check your reel to see which way it spins and then draw off of your feed spool in the same direction (label up or label down) but allow your feed spool to spin freely to eliminate the twist that the different diameters create you will get a reel loaded that won't give you birds nests or impede your casts.
I usually put my new line reels flat on my bench with a 16 penny nail through the center for it to spin around and load the reel while tensioning the line with the thumb and forefinger of my off hand. The new line spool will spin when twist is excessive but will feed off the side when it isn't.
I have a wet paper towel that I squeeze the line through before it goes on the reel spool. This removes any wax, dirt, or other stuff before it goes on the reel.
I built a little rig to hold the spool with just enough tension to keep from free-spooling, and fashioned a long skinny screw with felt washers to hold the reel spool. I chuck it in the power drill and in about thirty seconds, voila! Filled with 0 twists!
Hardest thing to find was a screw long and skinny enough to go through the spool.