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Originally Posted by thepup  I spooled a large spinning reel with a 30Lb braid. I fought a very large fish for an hour and a half with what I would consider reasonable pressure for 30Lb test. During the fight the line seemed to change shape. Later while looking at the line it appeared to have flattened and have a spiral or twist to it yet I know the line wasn't actually twisted by the fish. The line roller on the reel rolls perfectly. I'm wondering if those of you that have extened battles with large fish have experienced this and if there are certain characteristics of how the braid is made that would cause this to happen. What should I be looking for to keep this from happening? |
Take an empty spool, wind line on it by hand. After just a bit of turns, say 10, check it out. See the line twist that has occured? That is exactly what your spinning reel is doing, worse when you turn the handle and gain no line as the previous poster said.
You might be able to let a large amount of line out behind the boat while traveling, no lure, no hook, and it
"might" take the twist out. This works good on mono, but I haven't had that good of results doing this with spectra because it has very little drag through the water.
The good news is the spiral and twisted appearing line have no strength decrease effcts with your braid.
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