New horror, how to prevent line twist on spinning rod?

[Big Mike in Fl]

It was somewhat mentioned, but the lure has a lot to do with it too. A fluke, or worm not rigged straight, will corkscrew on retrieve which can create more twist. A boot tail or keel weighted bait is less likely to twist. 

 

One thing overlooked is the wind and casting, have you ever noticed depending on the wind how your bait can tumble end over end, this creates a ton of twist that can’t be easily fixed. 

 

Its funny because i experience bad twist sometimes, and I fish with braid. I mostly fish baitcasters (I’ll take 8 BC on the boat and 2-3 spinning). My tournament partner fishes  exclusively spinning gear except for a flipping rod which he isn’t exactly dominant with. He gets significantly less twist issues than I do. We fish similar reels, similar line, similar rods, we both close the spool manually. I can’t explain What he does differently than I do, but I have way way more trouble than he does. I typically wind up back to a baitcaster after a While unless we’re on a solid pattern that dictates spinning because I get tired of the twist issues. And the fact that half the time I have to lose 10-15 yards of line because I can’t get the windage/twist knots out. 

[WRB]

The OP has a new outfit he has use for the first time and his problems are not associated with long term use, it's first use experience to the best of my knownledge New line, new reel, new rod.

Tom

[ChrisD46]

On ‎5‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 12:29 PM, flyfisher said:

Use braid, problem solved.  Closing the bail manually and using KVD line conditioner will also help for non braid applications or at least it has for me.  You may have also overfilled the spool which can leave wraps loose and start wind knots aka the backlash of spinning rods.  

*After trying all the specialized ways of winding mono , FC & co-poly onto a spinning reel and dealing with line twist -I went to braid main line + FC , Mono or Co-Poly leader and never looked back .

[TOXIC]

I use a spooling box and all of my line comes off the bottom of the spool to the reel.  After I spool up I ALWAYS walk the line off the spool in the street or yard and respool it with tension from my fingers.  You know that you at least started out with line that is not twisted.  If it feeds off in loops when you make your first couple of casts, then you overfilled your spool.  I try to spool up with about 1/16th of the lip of the spool visible.  The best you can do if you overfilled is to reel it in with some heavy pressure from your fingers to try and compress it on the spool as much as possible.  If you get twist after using a lure for a while, just feed it out behind the boat or walk it off on the bank and respool.  This is with Mono.  I only have braid on 1 spinning rig and it's for flipping and pitching to beds with no leader.  

[Choporoz]

On 3/24/2018 at 8:38 AM, Choporoz said:

In with my gear, I keep a 30" length of line with a snap swivel on one end and a ball swivel on the other.  Wrap it around a tree and secure with snap onto the line, leaving the ball swivel as tag end .  Tie your spinning reel line to the ball swivel and walk it out with bail open 50 yards or so.  Walk it back, reeling the line in between your fingers.  

I still do this every couple weeks when using spinning gear with flouro regularly