Wrapping after a long cast

[mud]

Might be a silly question from a new user to this sight but anywho......after a long cast Ive often wondered if how you wrap the line (on the spool) as you retrive the hook and sinker affects your next cast??

Ive seen some guys wrap slow where one side of the spool seems slightly larger than the other until the end where you level it off. Or as you retrieve keep the whole spool nice and level by moving your thumb back and forth rather quickly? Do you think this matters?? Ive tried both and really havent seen a differance in distance but noticed it seems to run smoother(on the cast) if you wrap with your thumb moving slowly filling the spool from right to left. What do you think?:cool::spam:

[Cdog]

I think it makes a big difference, line layed on in a nice even fashion will come of in the same manner. With it bunched on one side or widely spaced from side to side will take longer getting off the spool on the cast. After landing a big fish I will often do a dry cast with no bait and respool it back on to make sure I dont blow up on the next cast.

[Lip Ripper]

what c-dog said

[Reelturner]

from a few observations that I have personally seen and that would be from throwing out anchor lines and from watching one particular guy.

Ok, I'll back up. I've heard that if you widely space the line back/forth quickly so that the line is angled greatly on the spool that the line will come off quicker (what I just typed conradicts what Cdog just said earlier, so maybe it doesn't mean nothing) and I have tried doing this.....So I've experiemented doing this and did not like what I saw. I DID NOT THINK IT HELPED ME AT ALL. Although I had a diffeent rod/reel, but tried winding the line differently back on my 7500ctc3 numerous occasions.

I fished with a guy at Nags Head Pier by the name of Ron Erb/from Va. Beach. He threw a 8600 Abu with a one piece Lami and he could get it the distance that the guys where throwing the BA's. I noticed that he was the first person that I continully watched meticiously wind his line back on ever so slowly, slowly back and forth and ever since I do as he does.

I lay down my line evenly spaced and with minimum back/forths.

Heck, I've probably messed everyone up even more by now. :rolleyes::rolleyes::beer:

RT

[Ryan Y]

Wrap the line back and fourth. I used to count reel handle turns. Seven turns across.
Be careful not to fill in low gaps. Go to a gap and then away, and then cross back over it. Bunching your line up in one spot on the spool will cause a backlash. you need the line to come off back and fourth...HOpe this helps

[Stevie Wonder]

I think it makes a big difference, line layed on in a nice even fashion will come of in the same manner. With it bunched on one side or widely spaced from side to side will take longer getting off the spool on the cast. After landing a big fish I will often do a dry cast with no bait and respool it back on to make sure I dont blow up on the next cast.
DITTO... Lay the line on evenly & slowly. I like the idea of the dry cast, Cdog.

[Tommy]

The way you lay the line on the reel is exactly the way it comes off. This may seem obvious, but the key is to make nice even layers. I still count handle revolution on my tourney reels, it is important enough that I want the line layed on as close to the same as possible each time. If you have a dip or a valley (you will) DON"T fill it it using short back and forth strokes to fill in the hole. This WILL BE THE SPOT of the blowup on your next cast if you have any fluff at all. The line crossing back over itself over a narrow area causes the loops to catch on a fluff.

On a 6500 size reel it takes 6-7 handle rotations to make one pass, on a 7500 size it takes 7-8.

Tommy

[SALTSHAKER]

I may have missed the point here, I just use the thumb to lay it on evenly across the spool. Never did hear of counting the turns etc ... not questioning it, but just learned to put it on even ... salt

[Digger]

I may have missed the point here, I just use the thumb to lay it on evenly across the spool. Never did hear of counting the turns etc ... not questioning it, but just learned to put it on even ... salt

That works for me.

[Tommy]

Not saying you have too. I actually don't on my fishing reels. It does help me get it as close to perfect as possible on the tourney reels though.

Tommy

[RuddeDogg]

what c-dog said.