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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Robert Tapert on September 25, 2012, 06:40:25 AM
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HI
On my recent trip I struggled with twist in my braid. I was using 100 LB Jerry Brown hollow spliced to 130 lb for the last 20 M or so. I had the line placed on the spools by a technique that should have eliminated twisting from spooling the reel. After a few days of casting I got terrible twists in my line. I even tried dragging the line behind the boat to get out the twist. That really didn't help either. I am wondering if the splice in some way promoted more twisting? I cut off the 130 LB to see if that would help and it seemed to allow the twisting to come out when I trolled the line behind the boat. Has anyone else had line twist issues with the flatter JB line?
thanks
Rob
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The JB Hollowcore is notorious for exactly the type of twisting you describe. There was probably nothing wrong with what you were doing, but you may want to double check your Line Roller Bearing to make sure that it is spinning freely while under line tension. It is the nature of all spinning reels to twist your line; the flat hollowcore just accentuates the twist more visibly than with a round line.
When i used to run JB hollowcore on my spinners from the shoreline, it really cut down on my distance on the long rods once the twist got bad enough.