troutdude
once I switched to using mustad swivels, I quit having that problem... little more money... lot less headache.I've mostly had problems like this with my spinning reels after trolling or using spinners that end up twisting the line. It looks like memory but it is different. I will occasionally let out a lot or all of my line behind the boat like I'm trolling but without anything on the line. After five minutes or so I reel it back in and the coiling is gone.
ive got a spool of trilene 12 lb on my spin rod that has caught at least 65 steelhead and 4 kings.... all I do is pull off 20' off when I re-rig in the morning, you fish fancy line? I might try this trick when I re-spool, but trilene never gives me more grief than a fella should expect out of spinner/spoon line.
so every time I play a salmon on my spin rod I need to re-spool?
so every time I play a salmon on my spin rod I need to re-spool?
What? 65 steelhead on the same 12 lb Trilene. Hard to believe dude.
And i will tell you the EXACT reason why THOSE stretched lines broke at lower ratings than initial... They had exceeded their elasticity and could not return to original shape causing weakpoints. Fighting a fish wont be a likely cause of ruining your line. However pulling on your line to break it from a snag... will most likely damage the line. The reason being is if the line snaps before the knot slips from the terminal tackle OR lure. you have exceeded its elastic limits yet again damaging the structure of the line and not allowing it to return to shape.