Fleury9816 Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 I heard two people talking about a backlash one of them had on their baitcaster and something one of them said caught my attention. He said, "maybe you didn't spool your pole correctly, there is a certain way for the line to come off the spool." Is that true? I never really thought about it. Does it make a difference which way the line is coming off the spool, the top or the bottom? Does it matter which way you thread your line on the baitcaster, whether you go under the spool and tie or over the spool and tie? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsac Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 It does make a difference. Make sure that you are feeding the line onto your reel spool the same direction it is coming off of the line spool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasbass1 Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Make sure the line is coming off the top of the spool for your bait caster. If not you will have the mother of all twists and backlashes. Keep a little tension on the line as you spool it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleury9816 Posted August 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Thanks guys. I never really knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Here's what I do for baitcasters. I put a pencil or pen through the hole in the spool on line and have someone hold it, putting their finger against each side to give it just a little tension. Then I run the line under a phone book. This puts just enough tension on the line that it won't backlash while your reeling it on. Basically, for baitcasters the spool of new line should be spinning. For spinning reels it should come off of one side of the spool, without the spool of new line moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsac Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Another trick is to soak you spool in some warm to very slightly hot water. This will *relax* the line. Leave it in there for about 20 minutes. It will lay on your spool alot smoother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 great tip woodsac! gotta try that next time. I use a spinning reel but get lost of twists and stuff especially since i do a lot of jig fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tally Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Woodsac that is a good tip. I needed TU 30 years ago...... One thing I like to do is hold the line with a wet smooth rag(as far in front of the reel as I can). This eliminates alot of the chaulky substance on the line Tally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeter Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Lots of good tips here. The idea of the wet cloth that Tally gave is one of them. That white chaulky substance on some fishing line is called monomer bleed. It is caused when line is getting old and starts to deteriorate. A trick that I picked up from watching a guy spooling line at Bass Pro Shops in Mo. was to move the line back and forth with your fingers as you spool it. Just hold your line between two fingers in front of the reel and move it back and forth to get your line evenly loaded across your spool. This will eliminate line building up on one dominate side of the spool. This has really helped eliminate backlashing. Skeeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
