Pre-stretching Mono

[stripernut1]

i agree with several different reasons of why to pre-stretch your mono...gets the twist out, hook set etc etc.

but i guess the main 2 reasons i do it is;
1. ive done it for 40 years and it has worked for me
2. i hate (and i mean HATE) watching tv....so it gives me something to do in the evenings
3. im a "prepper", i like details, and i like piddling with my fishing equipment
4. no surprises on the first cast....like kstonich said, that first cast shoots out there like an arrow and lays just as flat as good "fly-line"

p.s. i said 2 reasons, im not too good at counting...unless its how many fish are in the cooler

[Tyme2fish]

I've been reading this thread with interest and decided to test the theory for myself.

I threw I bait I had tied on and estimated the distance of the cast. I then attached the bait to a swivel I attached on my boat barn and did the stretch and tighten.

I then threw the bait again and once again estimated the distance.

Yeppers, it cast further and seemed to come off the spool with much less resistance.

I guess I'll be stretching more than my legs before fishing with my mono spooled spinner reels.

[sweetwater]

Pre-stretched mono is also much easier to break off when you get irretrievable hung up in deeper water. Instead of stretching and cutting into a finger (fess up, we've all done that) it will snap off relatively easy with a quick and strong tug.

[wolfewiz]

Line conditioners helps too. I use on all my kind. Does wonders for mono and fluoro. I spray it on braid too.