Anyone else have trouble avoiding line twist spooling new line ?   It's always been my understanding correct procedure is to have the new spool flat,  reel in a few feet,  give the line between the spool and the reel some slack and if the slack line twists turn the new spool over and reel with that side up.  IME about half the time the line will twist from the opposite side too after a few turns.  Is there a better way to do this?

There are a lot of methods that some will claim eliminate twist.  The ONLY sure fire way I have ever found is to spool your reel, then walk off the line in your driveway or yard and spool it back up.  You can do it on the water if you are in a boat but you have to move the boat pretty far to get all of the line off.  

I am with Toxic on this one and it may not be necessary, but gives me piece of mind.  When I crank it back on I run the line through a cotton ball soaked with KVD line conditioner.  I never have line twist.

the way you describe is the way I have been doing it for 20 years. never had an issue with line twist.

 

 

Put a pencil through the center hole in filler spool and have someone hold the spool like a wheel on an axle. The line comes off the bottom of the spool, not the top*, this should eliminate line twist from spooling a spinning reel. The key is don't put too much pressure on the line when spooling it on a spinning reel.

Tom

* off the top for bait casting reels.

For new line, put the line spool on a pencil or something (axle), perhaps have someone hold it for you 10 feet or so away. The rule is simple: for a spinning reel the line should feed off of the spool of line (held vertically) from the bottom, so just a mnemonic to remember this: loading line on a spinning reel is like the delivery of an under-handed softball pitch; loading line on a casting reel is like the delivery of an over-hand fastball pitch. For a casting reel, it'd come off the top.

 

Brad

1 hour ago, TOXIC said:

There are a lot of methods that some will claim eliminate twist.  The ONLY sure fire way I have ever found is to spool your reel, then walk off the line in your driveway or yard and spool it back up.  You can do it on the water if you are in a boat but you have to move the boat pretty far to get all of the line off.  

I'm with @TOXIC on this.  I can do this in about two minutes in the boat.

Ur gonna get line twist regardless of what you do on a spinning reel. What I do is get the spool flat and reel the line in. When the spool is where ya want it... I'm serious now, take it to a grass field and walk the line out the length of about two cast, like 150 ft. Then reel the line between your fingers with tension. That will take out your twist.

If your bail rotates counter-clockwise (looking from rear of the reel), then lay the spool on the floor and make sure the line comes off counter-clockwise. Always works for me...

I would recommend going to the video section on here. Glenn has a very good video on how to spool a spinning reel. 

   And remember; oilthelinerolleroilthelinerolleroilthelinerolleroilthelineroller. Other than that, I do it like WRB and Brad. jj

On 8/3/2018 at 1:36 PM, WRB said:

Put a pencil through the center hole in filler spool and have someone hold the spool like a wheel on an axle. The line comes off the bottom of the spool, not the top*, this should eliminate line twist from spooling a spinning reel. The key is don't put too much pressure on the line when spooling it on a spinning reel.

Tom

* off the top for bait casting reels.

Oh boy... What shape is the Earth?  What happens if I stand on my head and do this? Does the guy holding the spool need to stand on his head too?

 

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