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Stella Line Lay Problem

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Jay Burgess:
On a recent trip to Oman I encountered a line laying problem on one of my stella 18000's where it would actually start to lay line below the bottom spool lip and then not continue to keep laying all the way to the top of the spool. It was interesting as it only happened on about 1 in 10 retrieves but the result was wind knots from hell if you try to cast it and the only way I could solve the problem was to let about 100m of line out the back of the boat and re wind it onto the spool. This reel is due for a service anyway so I'm going to send it away and hope that Shimano sort it out but was just wondering if anyone else had encountered this and if they know what the cause of the problem is??

I've attached a pic to help try to explain the line lay.

Brandon Khoo:
Normally, coning is solved by either removing or adding washers but your case sounds extreme. Also, it doesn't happen every retrieve but one in ten which would indicate something is causing the line to be caught lower down the spool. This happens sometimes when the is excessive slack line flying all over the place in windy conditions because as the reel starts to wind the line on, there is slack line behind the spool already.

What you probably need to do is go out and try to replicate what happened.

Sam Morrison:
This happens when the line isn't captured at the line roller properly, instead of laying the line off of the roller it is laying the line off of the bail arm rotor. I have had it a few times when I am lure watching.

No biggie, like you said just let the line out and re-wind on to spool. Don't cast it as you found out  ;)

Mark Harris:
Never seen this happen but Sam's explanation sounds very logical.  And I could see this happening when loose line is flying
about in the wind as Brandon suggests.

Jay Burgess:
Thanks for the response guys, I suspect Sam is on the money.

It was a very calm day when this was happening although I was using a much lighter lure than I usually use on this outfit so perhaps that could have had something to do with the line capturing on the rotor arm when I closed the bail?

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