Did you ever wonder how in the world with all of today's technological advances we still seem to get those loops of line on our spinning reel spools?

You know what I mean, you make a cast and then you hear it, that god awful sound of fishing line being forced through the eyes of the rod in a snarled ball of knots?

This happens when you unknowingly get a simple loop in your line while it's on the spool. This happens one of two ways:

1. The most common way is allowing the bail to be closed by using the automatic bail mechanism by cranking the handle just after you made a cast. Most often the loop forms because there is too much slack in the line after you've used the handle to close the bail. This can be advoided by simply making a cast and closing the bail manually by hand. If you're used to using the handle to crank the bail closed, this will take some getting used to. I've been doing this for many years now and it has become second nature to close the bail by hand.
   
2. The second most common way is by back reeling, or reeling in loose line too quickly. Sometimes we have a tendency to lift our rod tips and then reel in line on the drop. This causes a lot of slack in the line and will also cause loops in the spool.

Another helpful bit of info is to make sure when filling your reel spool with new line, that the label of the line is face up. The line MUST go on the reel the same way the reel is turning otherwise you will have lots of loops to deal with and plenty of line twisting.

To see if your line is going on the reel untwisted, simply spool a few feet of line onto the reel,then stop and lift the rod tip,if the line twists up, flip over the filler spool of line and continue filling your reel spool.

Tight Lines!

Mike Panek