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?

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

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!

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.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

How the heck did you manage that?

You tell me....

Line too heavy and lure too light

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

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....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

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....

This tackle is for light lures for small fish but will bring almost same fun like catching large fish, with some practices you can cast out a 2.5g lure without any addition weight to help. I have two of this light spin reel, only this have this issue.

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 Shearer

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

Nest are lines should be cast out but do `t how why they coiled up there