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I believe you should put an arrow on spool  or some sort of documentation included with your product for the end user to use to determine which way to spool your product.

 

Thanks!

  • Super User

The official response would be something like:

Dear @TX-Deluxe,

   Thank you for your suggestion.  We will consider it.

 

The unofficial non-response is more like:

 

"Ha!  If your line is screwed up it's your own darned fault.  And.....Bonus!...You get to buy more line sooner.  We win."

 

sorry...that isn't much help...I have switched to braid for most of my fishing and no longer worry about it much....Glenn had a vid about spooling spinning reels that had a good tip...I just don't remember it.  My father used to crank on a few a dozen turns and then pull out a few feet and let it hang between reel and first eye and then look for twist...if bad, then flip over the supply spool.  My other non-tip is that if I am not using braid, I usually use Yo-Zuri, and 'label up' works 100% of the time for me.

  • Super User

I load both off the top.  NEVER THE SIDE!

  • Super User
5 minutes ago, J Francho said:

I load both off the top.  NEVER THE SIDE!

No Plano spool box for you, I guess?

  • Super User

No, I use a cymbal stand from my small club kit.

 

spool.jpg

 

Based on my own advice, been doing my spinners upside down for a while.  No ill effects to report, though.

now I am confused , why not just spool it off , I stick a big nail through the spool and nail it into a block of wood, that is how I have been doing it for years. Is that the wrong way?

  • Super User

As long as there's tension on the spool, that's fine.

yep on the tension

20 minutes ago, J Francho said:

No, I use a cymbal stand from my small club kit.

 

spool.jpg

 

Based on my own advice, been doing my spinners upside down for a while.  No ill effects to report, though.

You posted this while I was  typing lol

  • Super User

Would it make a difference if that spool in the Shiamano pic were flipped over?   (line coming off the back and reel turning ccw ---as viewed from spooler's right side?)

  • Author

Line manufacturers.

 

If you can afford to sponsor and pay for advertisement.... You can pay someone to design a pamphlet/manual and include it in your product.  If cost is an issue than use your website to upload this diagram/video.

  • Super User

I've been spooling spinning reels with the refill line spool laying flat, label up with some tension on the line for some years now with good results. But now I use braid exclusively on bass spinning gear, so I doubt it matters. I guess that's open for debate because I did it straight off the spool for years.

 

Baitcasting is a no-brainer.

 

12 minutes ago, TX-Deluxe said:

Line manufacturers.

 

If you can afford to sponsor and pay for advertisement.... You can pay someone to design a pamphlet/manual and include it in your product.  If cost is an issue than use your website to upload this diagram/video.

Here you go! 

 

  • Super User

Never lay the spool flat.  You'll surely introduce twist with this method.

  • Super User

Unbelievable.

  • Super User

Would you thanks be to much to ask for a mark at the mid way part of the spool!

A one yard mark would be nice in the middle of a spool, as stated above :)

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