alfakilo

I'll have to take a look next time. I suspect that the pickup pins are extending before they are supposed to.

I'll keep those in mind, but I'm not sure they will answer the problem. I have a Zebco Delta, Daiwa GC100, and Pflueger Cetina and this casting jam seems to happen to each of them every now and then. I am not inadvertently depressing the trigger button during the cast. The problem typically happens after a routine cast and retrieval where I do not suspect loose line. It is almost as if this is a non-fixable problem that happens regardless of reel type, casting technique, or anything else and is due to the spincast design.

I have several closed face spin cast reels and they all seem to have the same occasional problem. Sometimes when casting, the line 'locks up' but usually on the next cast, the problem goes away. Same casting technique, etc. Can't figure out why these reels do this. Any ideas?