Eliminate Spinning Reel Line Twist!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Here are three easy ways to Eliminate Spinning Reel Line Twist!
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I was born and raised in Chicago, but after working 12 years in the financial Industry regulating the futures and options markets at the CME/CBOT I decided to pursue my passion fishing professional tournaments and left my full time corporate job. At that point, I moved to Junction City, WI with my wife Sara and two boys Hank and Duke. I've been fishing professionally since 2011 and full-time since 2015. I've qualified for six MLF Championships and won roughly a half million in tournament winnings at the professional level.
I have watched several videos on this exact subject in the last few years. You nailed it. The most simple explanation and advise I’ve heard on how to put line on a spinning reel. I’m glad you took time to make that clip Matt. Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
All I can say is SPOT ON information and advise!!! Perfect explanations and solutions!! Agree 100% with everything you said and I don’t think I’ve heard it explain as clear and simple as you did. Great video!
Thanks! Much appreciated!
Life saver! That spooling advice is something I never realized and it makes sense. I had always spooled my reel the "baitcaster" way and I was untangling my line constantly this past outing
glad to help!
I've heard that a loose drag can also contribute. By this I mean if you have a fish on and you turn your handle while the drag is slipping, the line is twisting horribly. Is this the truth or just something I've heard over the years? I love your videos and have recommended them to my grandson who fishes high school tournaments. You give practical, hands on advice without all the crazy fish catching hype that teaches nothing and just wastes time. Thanks!!!
I wouldn’t say it’s a loose drag that causes line twist. It’s the act of reeling while your drag is being pulled. So yes you will increase line twist if you are reeling while your drag is being pulled out. Great question!
One could also lock the the drag down and back reel at the moment that a big fish would normally take line from the drag...... with that said this takes a good bit of practice and the back reel switch in a convenient position on the real. Learned this 30 plus years ago when spinning reel drag systems weren't that great.
Great tips! Have never had an issue w/ line twists till this past weekend. Brutal! Thank you!
You bet
# 2 for me. Thanks
Sounds good
I have a fishing buddy that I have told about line twist for years. I'm going to tell him to watch your this video...maybe now he will believe me. Happy Memorial Day. Be safe on the roadways if you and your family are traveling this weekend.
Thanks! You too!
Hands down best fishing channel on TH-cam so much information being shared
Thanks!
Great tip with the spool flat and the swivels! Thanks!
Thanks!
Good info. Spinning gear nicknames I've heard over the years. Sissy gear, sewing machines. Keep up the great work.
Sewing Machine! I love that!
Well Matt you did it again some more great information. I definitely shared it to some friends. Specially the backlash on a spinning reel many of my friends were amazed. Thanks again keep up the great work
Thanks for sharing!!
Won’t get fooled again! Remember that song?
Thank you for those tips. I’ve gotten messed up on 2 of the 3 tips.
Good to hear!
Thanks, Matt! Key helpful information for this relative beginner.
I problem!
Great recommendations. I have also found some line conditioner helps a good amount as well. Reelsnot etc
Thanks for sharing!!
This is one of the many reasons u use braid to leader on everything... especially on bait casters cuz I find that backlashes are way more forgiving and easier to untangle without destroying a full spool of line. Great tips, I always close my bale manually, but still didnt realise that not doin so with the handle would cause line issues💪💪
Thanks for watching!
Well that helps because that’s how my lews spinning Mach 2 broke. I always reeled until the bail shut. Thanks keep the tips coming.
Will do!
Really great tips Matt 👊 thanks
Thanks for watching!
Hi...new sub...great information and you made some good points...noticed that you were at Icast ..watched you on You Tube....thanks!
Awesome! Thank you!
Good info as usual.
Thanks!
Good stuff! Spinning reel line twist has alway been a pain in my butt!
Thanks!
Great tips as always Matt....thank you and happy Memorial Day!! 🇺🇸
Thanks! You too!
Thanks Matt!
Thanks for watching!
Great info Matt 👊 thanks man.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome man ! Have a great memorial day weekend !
Thanks! You too!
Good info for sure!!
Thanks!
good stuff as always matt
Thanks!
Thank you for the video
You Bet!
Great work!! Thank you!! 💪🏽🤙🏽🔥
No problem 👍
Also, check the tip guide on the rod, if there is any nick or rough spot in it, this will cause extreme line twist and line damage.
Good advice!
Do you have a remedy?
Matt, you explained that very well, thank you for the tips. Could you please recommend a good shaky head to use, Im having a battle with what Im now using, Thanks.
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Great info
Thanks!
damn i never thought to leave the spool flat. great stuff
Makes a big difference
I have an electric line spooler that allows me to remove the reel spool and mount it onto the arbor and put line on it with zero twists. Years ago I discovered that this is not the best way. When you have no twists on the spool, the line twists as it comes off the spool during a cast. If your spool is 4" in diameter and you make a 100' cast, you will have 300 twists between the spool and your lure. The reel will remove those twists when you reel the line back in...mostly. You will lose a couple twists each time you lift your lure out of the water between casts, and you lose them all on your first line break. In short order, the first 100' or so off your spool ends up twisted back onto the spool anyway. Personally, I would rather have my twists on the spool and not between the spool and my next PB. Tight Lines!
Thanks for sharinv
Appreciate the tips, witch line twist most fluorocarbon or braided line 🙏
They twist the same but Fluorocarbon has more issues from line twost
I have always shut the bail by hand, using the reel handle to shut it will also wear out your reel.
Yes it will
After casting I flip the bail by hand and also pull the line until I hear the drag .making sure my line is inside the bail arm guide bearing
good tip
What about using those dropshot hooks that have the swivels? I've never tried them, only because there seems to be more stuff at the nose of the weight.
I haven't found them to help with line twist much in my opinion. However they do let the bait pivot nicely.
Another extremely common source of twist is continuing to crank the handle while the drag is slipping. This just twists and twists line. 40 years of frequent spinning reel use leads me to believe this may be the most common cause, especially with novice anglers.
Yep! Reeling while your drag is going out is terrible for line twist.
more line twist comes from reeling and having the drag going out at the same time
its a major factor
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Another line twist is when a fish is on the line and you're reeling it in as it fights and you hear the drag clicking but the line isn't going out, you're causing line twist....dunno how to explain it but yeah...you get the point. lol.
Yep reeling at the same time drag is being pulled out leads to line twist
Man that swedish spinning reel looks nice.
It is!
Hey Matt, was wondering if you ever use the hot water technique after spooling up new line ?
I've been doing it for over 30 years and works great.
Haven’t heard of it. What do you do?
@@MattStefanFishing
After re spooling
Take the spool off and drop it in a very very hot cup of water and let it set for 15 to 20 minutes.
It will re memorize the line to the spool and totally eliminate that 1st line adjustment birdsnest.
Learned this from basmasters magazine early eighties 👍
@@patrickwhitby5561 wow never heard of that. It won’t damage the line at all?
@@MattStefanFishing
no, I don't boil water .
just hot tap water.
Works great, give it a try let me know what you think.
I think this works primarily on mono.
Are you familiar with KastKing V10LS Spooling Station Rod Rack
I bought one for the rack setup itself. As far as the spooler part of the station. The baitcaster spooling part is easy and makes scenes but the spinning reel setup is What i'm asking about. The way it works. It comes off of the real counter clockwise but then goes up through an eye loop. Then to your rod was wondering if that's creating line twist. or is the process they have working just fine? I don't want to keep using it if that's the problem but we are getting line . twist. And yes I always close the bail by hand and mostly throwing Wacky riggs , and Texas rigged craws , beavers and worms . Would like to know your input thank you
im not but will check it out!
@@MattStefanFishing please do . Love to here your professional impression . And if it's worth it thanks again
I'd like to add a couple more tips.
1. Braid has very little twist compared to mono or fluoro
2. When you go to the lake after spooling new line, let it all out trolling behind the boat for a minute or two then reel it in while still trolling. This wets the line, let's it untwist, and reels back in under an even tension.
3. I recently learned this one. If you notice loops on the spool, DO NOT CAST! Just back off the drag and pull the line out. It almost always comes right out.
4. Using lures with stop and go or jerk retrieves, like topwaters, allows little loops on the spool, compared to lures with steady retrieves, so pay closer attention to the spool when using these lures.
All great tips! Thanks for sharing!
This question is around the same idea of the video. I bank fish/pond hop all throughout the week randomly. I keep my combos and my bag with tackle in my car just about at all times. Does the heat inside the car have any effect on the line? I find that even after 2 weeks my line has some pretty bad memory and I'm buying sunline and p-line.
It would need to get extremely hot for it to make a difference. But if the spool touches something in the car that is to hot to touch it can definitely hurt the line
@@MattStefanFishing I live in northern indiana it doesn't get blistering hot up here but we do have some hot times through the summer. Thanks for the reply.
If I have already spooled my real the incorrect way is there any easy solution?
let it all out and unwind it while moving forward in your boat
@MattStefanFishing thanks. No boat. I'm going to try to do something from shore
This only works if you're spool and the line spool are the same size.
im not sure what you mean by this
The line coming off your spool should be in the same direction as the line coming on your reel.
1-How to REMEDY line twist
2-How to LIMIT line twist
Modern day spinning reels are not designed to have the bail closed by turning the handle.
yep
buy a BFS bait caster is how i solved this problem
Sounds good
Go BFS! Problem solved! :)
Ill pass
I moved to baitcasting almost 90% a time because of twist.
Line twist can be brutal!
Why don't you just say coming off the spool counterclockwise or clockwise why jerk around with your explanation
Thanks for watching
also, don't reel when a fish is pulling drag
thanks for sharing!
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