Thread: First time with spin reel...a bird`s nest

Rod 1.5 ML, lure weight 3.5g...happen before with braid line.

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

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Rod 1.5 ML, lure weight 3.5g...happen before with braid line.

possibly not enough or no drag set so spool has spun instead of remaining fixed - ???

Did you load the reel yourself?
I think if it's loaded too tightly, then the line has a tendency to 'spring' out once the tension comes off the lower wraps of line, i.e. when you cast.

May be overfilled spool or a design fault. What reel is it?

How the heck did you manage that?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

How the heck did you manage that?

Tidiest bird's nest I've ever seen!

Line too heavy and lure too light

Your a talented man to achieve that tangle, that’s some high level muppetry there

Cheap mono can fly off the reel pretty easy with bail arm over, has no memory cancelling properties so likes to stay coiled then springs off if there's no resistance.

that IS NOT a birds nest.....that is hardly even an issue..... 3.5grm is a VERY VERY light lure...7grms is pretty much std weight for trout since Adam was a cowboy... yip there are smaller rapalas etc but even they would go 5grms... old school trick to sort kinks out of line is to attach small float with swivel and allow it to drift off downstream...then sit there for some time before winding it back in slowly... weight dangled off a high bridge works even better....

I don't understand. Where has that line come from? The mainline comes off the spool and straight through the bail arm roller?

Originally Posted by Shearer

I don't understand. Where has that line come from? The mainline comes off the spool and straight through the bail arm roller?

Thats some real magic there mate .

Originally Posted by Ned

Did you load the reel yourself?
I think if it's loaded too tightly, then the line has a tendency to 'spring' out once the tension comes off the lower wraps of line, i.e. when you cast.

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

May be overfilled spool or a design fault. What reel is it?

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

possibly not enough or no drag set so spool has spun instead of remaining fixed - ???

To you and those two gents upstairs, I do `t know the cause, and the spool is not overfilled, yes I always load reel myself, but never see this before

lol yep I think the black rabbit has gone down his hole to meet up with Alice in wonderland
I would say spool is overfilled but that one doesn't look like it even if the extra line was back on the spool.
I always wind my own line on these days and make sure there is a fair bit of tension so it packs on right. Hunting and fleecing wound some on one of my baitrunners a few years back and it was as loose as a goose in a moose.

What happened mate, did it jump off the top and you cut it off and left it on the top for a pic ?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

How the heck did you manage that?

You tell me....

Gibo is correct in post #8

Cheap mono can do that in the blink of an eye when the bail arm is open and the loose line isn’t controlled just before the lure hits the water