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I'm using a Berkley spooling station making sure the spool is centered. Yet every baitcaster always seems to load just a bit more line on the right/handle side of the reel. What can I do to correct this? Or is it just the loose nut behind the spool? :)

Thanks for your advice!

I don't have any experience with the spooling station, I always spool the reel either in my hand or on the rod but I have run across this issue in the past.  Best fix for me is to just hold the line in toward the oposite side of the buildup.  

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I don't have any experience with the spooling station, I always spool the reel either in my hand or on the rod but I have run across this issue in the past. Best fix for me is to just hold the line in toward the oposite side of the buildup.

Thank you and I appreciate your help but I have tried that as well.

Completely dumbfounded :-/

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I don't have any experience with the spooling station, I always spool the reel either in my hand or on the rod but I have run across this issue in the past. Best fix for me is to just hold the line in toward the oposite side of the buildup.

Hit the nail on the head.  Try what Infidel suggested, it works.

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Best fix for me is to just hold the line in toward the oposite side of the buildup.

Do this at the beginning so that it is burried deep. I always start with 10-15 wraps on the left-hand side. (To the left and out to the middle and then back, not all bunched up on the rim).

8-)

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Check out the post at the top of this board (Important Topics) titled "Solutions to common baitcaster problems" written by Reel Mechanic. It's the first problem discussed.

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Whoops I goofed. It's under "Solutions to common reel problems"

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Hey guys thanks a bunch! I was truly starting to think it was just me.

Extremely appreciated! :)

I still spool through a Nashville phonebook. But I always start on the left for a few turns. this also seems to "help a little" with casting.

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