>>2803652>Good luck and have fun.Thanks. I caught pic rel.
I previously cast a hex nut around my yard using some old line that was on a used reel I bought. I thought I had the hang of it. Today I loaded my spinning reel with new 10# mono. Things went badly.
Whenever there was slack on the line, even mid cast, it would often shoot loops of line off the spool and cause a huge tangle. My guess is the line wanted to be straighter because it just came off a larger diameter spool. I saw something about soaking the spool in hot water after loading it. Is that a good idea? Also maybe my lure was too light for the line.
On the plus side, I got a lot of practice getting out tangles and retying my lure after cutting out the really bad tangles. I didn't lose any lures.
Originally I tried to use 10# braid instead of mono, but I couldn't get it securely tied to my spool. I wrapped the spool in a layer of electrical tape but it didn't help. Any tips for that?
