It's spring and there is pollin everywhere. Its clumping like wet cotton all over my braid and hampering casting distance as it gets jammed through the rod guides. I usually try and pick it off that works with varying success or I cut the line and reel it off through my thumb. Does anyone have a better method to deal with this issue?

Sounds like cottonwood or willow seeds -white cottony stuff floating on the water?

 

Yeah, it is a pain. I don't know what to do except avoid it. Pray for a good breeze, or pick a different water til it blows over.

I have a local lake near me that gets really bad. I don't know what to do either, I just stopped fishing braid there because it was such a big issue.

Cottonwood is awful with braid. I almost tend to not fish if the water is really badly covered. Mother nature's way of teling us to take a break.

I usually just poke it out with a tooth pick and run the line through my finger when im reeling in.

Sounds like cottonwood or willow seeds -white cottony stuff floating on the water?

 

Yeah, it is a pain. I don't know what to do except avoid it. Pray for a good breeze, or pick a different water til it blows over.

It sure does sound like cottonwood.  I would be fishing different water if it was that annoying.