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I picked up a bait casting reel at a yard sale the other day. After rethreading the spool I tried it out last night. To start with it would only cast about 8 feet using a worm harness. It seemed like it needed to be oiled or something. (I have no idea what I am doing on bait casting reels)

After getting fustrated I thought if I put some weight on the line it would maybe cast better. I put a 1oz egg sinker on line and when I cast the line went goofy. I do not know how to explain other than it looked like the whole line unraveled around the reel and the line that was cast got pulled tight on the reel over all the loose line. It was a mess.

Guess my question is:
Is there a trick to spooling a bait casting reel? (I just put the spool on a screwdriver in the vise and start reeling until spool is full)
Is there certain lines that work better? (currently using 8lb. mono)


Thanks for any help.