Braided lines?

[Lbass67]

I fish for bass alot during the summer in the thick stuff, pads and weeds. Iam using a 7 foot spincast reel. It seems I have to respool my line 2-3 times a year. Been using stren super braid 20 test. The line always seems to mess up. What Iam I doing wrong? Sould I be using mono on the reel for backing. Any help would be great? Thanks

[rangerforme]

I like powerpro myself, its a round braid that seems to lay better on spinning reels. I also put a few yards of mono on first.

[ikeslayer]

by messing up do yo mean twisting. This is usually due to closing the bail with the reel as opposed to with your hand. When you close the bail with the reel there is a good chance you are putting a little twist in the line like a 1/4 twist each time. then after 1000+ casts that is alot of twist until one cast your reel pukes on you and you get ticked. Try closing the bail with your hand to avoid this. Good luck. hope this applies. ike

[Ralph Wiggum]

Is it a spinning reel?

or a spincast reel?

[ikeslayer]

yes i wondered the same thing but assumed (hoped) it was a spinning?

[Lbass67]

top one spinning reel or open cast.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Do you guys that run braids on spinning reels encounter twisting problems? I've never put it on a spinning reel...yet, but I thought that there would not be twist problems with it.

Another way that a lot of twist gets in line on spinning reels is reeling against the drag. Basically, if you're reeling but line's not coming in, you're twisting your line.

[Deitz Dittrich]

RW-line is line.. they all twist! I run powerpro on my dock rods. It doesnt twist any more than mono. And yes, reeling against the drag will make a mess of your line!

[Ralph Wiggum]

Thanks for clearing that up, Deitz. I guess I knew that it would twist, but I didn't think you'd run into the problems that you do with mono. Is it better in that regard?

[Deitz Dittrich]

To me its the same... I dont notice that any one brand/kind twists any less than the next.

[ocf]

i personally use fireline and havent had a problem plus it give you great sensibility that and spider wire i think are the best i got 8 pound test but it was a little to tough

[Banger]

I also use fireline on the spinning. I have never tried a super braid yet, but alot of the guys I fish do. I run a 10 lb fire line with a flourocarbon leader. I have not had much of a problem with the line twisting and have had the same spool of line on since the beginning of last year.

[jokerman]

i dunno what it is... but this year i've had to respool my spinning reel 3 times... 2 of the times i spooled it with braided line.. Spiderwire Stealth and Fireline... i was so disappointed with it... backlash after backlash... i've switched to Iron Silk now.. first time ever using this line... i absolutely love it... i've never cast with a smoother line in my life... and theres virtually no memory to this line either...

[SluggoMaster]

IronSilk is great until you try to use it when the air temp is less than 45-50 degrees. It gets VERY stiff, and tangles quite easily. I fish late into the fall/winter and I could not take it after it got cold.