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Sounds great thanks much.

I have had problems in the past using small diameter line on a shimano and a Pflueger that the line would get pinched between the line roller and the "shroud" like piece that the roller fits in. This would mess up some line in a hurry.

Keep your eye on that.

And yes always close your bail by hand

Will do. Thanks.

I've decided that getting the correct side of the spool up is a complete crap shoot. I've even had line spooled at sporting goods stores twist when used. I've enlisted the help of my wife in de-twisting when not on the water. I have her hold the end of the line while I walk away with the rod and reel until I reach the end. I then reel in the line through the grass. It is amazing how much resistence there is when you do that.

Trilene XL 6 lb. has been my fovorite mono spinning line for about 40 yrs.

2 suggestions I'll offer:

If you fish from a boat, open your bail with NO weight on the end of the line, not even a snap or swivel, and slow troll 100-200 feet of line behind the boat for a few minutes; should take the twist out.

If you're fishing rivers, open bail, again with NO weight on end of line, continue to feed slack line out til about double your longest cast and let current take it downstream for a few minutes; reel in with slight tension on line and should be good to go.

Hope this helps.

As was stated earlier, label up has nothing to do with it. You have to visually inspect how the line is coming off the spool, and going onto the spool on your reel. If it isn't coming off the spool the same direction it goes on your reel, you're gonna get twist. The manufacturers do spool line in opposite directions some times. There's no guarantee that the stickers always get put on the same side of the spool either. If they sticker the spools after they've been filled (I don't know for sure if that's the case) it's anybody's bet as to which side is up.

That's what I do. Reel several turns, check for twist, flip if twist present.

Once it's twisted, trolling the line as suggested above works. You can also lay the line out in the yard with nothing on the end of it and retrieve it between your fingers with just enough tension to properly get it on the reel spool.

Make sure the line roller on the bail is rotating freely. Just a few days ago, I had one go kinky, so I trolled the line going back to the ramp. When I got home and checked the reel, the line roller was stuck so I took it off the reel and cleaned and lubed it.

I have a long threaded screw with nuts and washers. I attach my spool on that screw and attach it to my electric drill. I then spool my line on while someone holds the line spool with a pencil through the hole so they are both turning in line.

last year I used Nanofil and had good luck with fewer twists. It's lighter than mono,so casts farther and has zero memory. The only drawback is you can only use certain knots and it has little abrasion resistance. It did increase my cast distance with 1/32 ounce jigs by about 1/3.

RR and Pwdr have the solution(s) I use, I do think pinching the wet line as you reel it in helps.

I do it occasionally during the season if twist starts being an issue.

Heck I have been known to string it out across the pasture here at the house, though I think water is a better surface.