I've come to the conclusion that line twist and spinning reels are a fact of life.

I use a line minder setup to put line on my ultralight spinning reels. And I still get line twist a lot.

I started fishing my spinning reels a different way. Instead of casting a lot I use them for drop shot fishing instead. I fish straight down below the boat from the front seat. I can detect the bites better when fishing vertical like this and I don't have to worry about line twist as much.

But if you are worried about line twist just troll the line out behind the boat more often. That's the only way I can think of to avoid the line twisting so much.

Oh. If you use a barrel swivel it may help prevent line twist caused by the baits spinning around.

I use to use a lot of small spinner baits for crappie fishing and they were making my line twist a lot.

A lot of the twist comes when you put the line on the reel.
These days I put the spool on the deck of my boat and run the line under my anchor wench. The line can spin off the reel clockwise from the bottom or the top of the spool and that may make a difference. So reel in some line and the give it some slack and see if you get a lot of twist. If you do then flip the spool of line over and wind it off the other way. That may help prevent a lot of the line twist when you put the line on the reel the first time.

I'm not sure that it's possible to completley eliminate the line twist though. I frustrates me all the time. Espeically when I am tying to fish with a long rod and can't reach the tip of the rod to get the line unwrapped if it twists around the end of the rod. I broke the tip off my 12 ft BnM rod and have not replace it yet as I hate using that rod because the line will twist around the last guide and get hung up there. Due to the design of the rod guides it's harder to just shake the rod tip to get the line to unwrap off the tip of the rod. So have to get to the tip end of the rod and unwind the line by hand. That's a real pain in the butt. And a few minutes later the lines wrapped around the tip of my rod again. So I stopped trying to fish with the long rods due to the line twist.



Quote Originally Posted by drjochum73 View Post
Redearhoosier:

How do you keep your line from twisting on the spin. That's the problem I have. I know I can put the line in water and troll it off empty and then real it in but it eventually twist up again. I was told to us braid as the backer but know I need a backer for that to keep it from slipping on the reel on hard hook sets. I use it a lot when I am fishing slow for suspended bass. I just get tired of the line twist. I appreaciate any thoughts.

Dan

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