Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques

Stella Line Lay Problem

<< < (2/2)

Graham Scott:
Slack line sounds like the problem to me too. While there is no tension on the braid it will often catch in all the wrong places and often not make it to the roller and lay on the spool from the bail arm itself. Often a problem with very light braid and tiny lures.
For years on all threadlines I have always closed bail manually and then "feathered" the line at the start of the retrieve to get it into the roller and laying with a bit of tension. Hard to explain but basically the line hits my fingers on the foregrip and taps it into the right place...especially important for the standard of reels I use.

Jay Burgess:
Thanks Graham... starting to make sense now, was a light pencil I was using so not much tension on the braid at all.

Kamalu Charlot:
Thats funny Mr Scott I have the same habit from an old real that would throw wind knots.  I would manually start the line lay on every cast.  I have been trying to break it with newer reels and when I catch myself doing it I have a horrible vision of a strike on the lure hitting the water and my fingers wedged between the spool and the braid.  As far as the loose line you might want to cone it a bit more to the top.  But it is as described earlier light lure and the slack between tugs.

Graham Scott:
Kamalu,
I don't get my fingers that close to the reel as I have the same nighmares. I basically hold the foregrip of the rod a bit closer to the reel and point my index finger down towards the water so the line just slaps against my finger which helps push it into the roller. So if I get a strike I don't actually have a finger in danger.

If you grew up with reels like Mitchell 489's and sometimes Mitchell 499's (they were dangerous) and early daiwas, DAMs and Shakespears you learnt these things. 499's had no bail arm at all and you had to hold the line and place it into the roller, sounds good until a big mackerel hits your lure on the drop and you end up effectively handlining, that would be interesting with braid.
I also have a habit with overheads of never throwing them into gear with any load on the spool as I learnt overheads with Seascape 6:1 reels that basically had a manual clutch. Like driving a geared car with no synchro in the gearbox (now I am really showing my age). My kids don't even know how to drive a manual car.

Karl Nelson:
That use to happen to me to bro, when trying to work Gammas.
just my bad technique.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page