I cast a lot with plastics on jig head and the braid on one of my spinning reels has gotten fairly twisted. Line has been on reel for maybe two years. Have tried letting line out and dragging behind the boat, but this does nothing. I don’t know if twist hurts braid, but I don’t like how it looks. How can you get some of the twist out of braid? The problem was caused by casting sidearm, allowing the jig head to spin. I have corrected this by casting overhand, but now I cannot get the twist out. Would be thankful for suggestions, or maybe the twist doesn’t hurt anything. Too cold to fish much, so I have free time to worry about line twist.
Try using a trolling sinker while letting your line out behind the boat. The weight helps with tension on the line while the swivel will help with the twist.
I will tie a swivel on the line and attach it to the grapevine in my yard and let the line off the spool and place the rod in a cement block and stretch the line overnight before I go fishing, especially with mono.
War Eagle 115 yamaha 4 stroke
I’m a bit crazy about line twist and have tested it. Every rotation of a spinning reel put a half twist in your line. They never cast out and a swivel doesn’t do much to relieve twist above the swivel.
I pull out the line(casting distance) after every trip and pinch the line between my finger nails and let the twists run out. No swivel, no weight. Cut it all off so the braid can untwist right off the end so to speak.
If you do it on a regular basis it keeps the twisting to a minimum.
More than 10 twist per inch is the critical number where weakening begins.
I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen braid twist on my spinning reels in a long time. But I do know some spinning reels will do it. (I use all Shimano) Some lines are less round than others. I like Suffix or Power Pro. Also, if you reel your spool closed, as opposed to closing it manually with your hand, that will throw a loop or twist A LOT.
Capt. Tim Cutting
www.fishthegeorgiacoast.com
From time to time I will cut all terminal tackle off the end of the line and start letting out line behind the boat at idle. After about twenty feet it will start to pull itself off the spool. Kick the boat up to a higher “no wake” speed and let all the line run off the spool into the water. The boat movement will keep tension and all the twists will unwind. Reel back in as the boat is still moving. I try to do this every half dozen trips or so depending on how I am using the reel, artificial or live bail.