Pre-stretching Mono

[GeoFisher]

Ok. So you pull line out of a real you have been using. Tie it to something and and pull it tight to stretch it.

Does stretching alone get the line twist out?

...or do you get the twist out when you reel it up running the line between your fingers which are putting tension on the line?

Here's a good one.
True confessions.

Side note: I bought a good sized spinning reel a few years ago so I could cast further and put braid on it so I would not have to deal with line twist. No twist but a rough ride bringing in the fish with zero stretch. Would rather use mono minus the twist.

The story:
My son and I went trout fishing with a guide last spring in Kentucky.

I was fighting a rather large trout to say the least. It was about 22 degrees, the water was swift and I had never seen trout like these before. I was cranking the spinning reel at a good pace when the guide said " stop cranking the real when when the fish is pulling line or the line is not moving, your twisting my line". I thought I had displayed at least moderate sub freezing out of my element fishin skills to that point. Shezam Gomer.

I fessed and replied back "you kidding me, I didn't know that!

Now that is funny.

When I stretch the line......I just leave it on the reel. Tie the tag end onto a stop sign or something with a swivel. Walk off the line........close the bail and then walk until you get to the "breaking" point. Usually 10-20ft. Hold there. You can tell you're putting some serious pressure on the line.

It is amazing to watch the loops completely come out. Spool it back up under pressure, and fish another 50 days with it.

Later,

Geo

[peter]

Now that is funny. When I stretch the line......I just leave it on the reel. Tie the tag end onto a stop sign or something with a

swivel.

Ok thanks. I see it now. On fourth read I see the part about the swivel as mentioned in other posts too. Using a swivel at the tag lets the line rotate and stretching the line somehow makes the line rotate.

Nice.

I never did like dragging the line behind the boat. Takes a lot of time and seems awkward to me.

Taking care of that problem at your leisure in the garage or boat shed makes a lot more sense for me. For the type of fishing I do the most I firmly believe sixty percent of catching a fish is done in the boat shed.