fixing backlash

[bowtech_182]

I have just started fishing with a BPS extreme baitcaster.  I am doing alright, but I still get quite a few backlashes.  I have heard that you need to pick them out.  Can someone explain this a little better.  What am I trying to accomplish by picking at them?  I have been just pulling line off the spool and eventually they go away, but if there is a better way I am all for it.

Andy

[the captain]

I do exactly the same thing but sometimes the line gets tight and wrapped around itself and becomes a sort of knot then you have to pick them out. To do this you just have to look and think about it and pull all the right things to get them out most of the time.

[volpster31]

i use a trick i think i saw on bill dance......press your thumb over the spool & line,,reel right over the backlashed line for a few turns..then press down the thumbar & pull the line out as much as you can.if you see a loop  just pull it straight out..keep doing this & the backlash WILL come out..ive done ths quite a few times & it really works..i do carry a pick tool in my bag too which can be helpful

[ILfisherman]

usually I just press down the thumbar and pull the line off the spool. If you do get a snag when doing this, pick it out, push the spool forward with your thumb w/ the thumbar down and pick the knot(loop) out. Hope this helps

[.dsaavedra.]

yea its kinda hard to explain how to pick a backlash out, as they are all unique, but they all stated whats pretty much true for all backlashes... the line loops around it self (dont ask me how...i wish i knew!) and what i like to do is click down the thumbar (freespool) and pull off line from the front, if it gets hung up, i'll keep pulling and push the spool forward w/ my thumb. if that doesnt work, then i'll look at where its hung up and if its a loop, i'll grab the loop and pull straight out on it, once the loop comes undone, keep pulling line off the reel.

[dodgeguy]

i use a trick i think i saw on bill dance......press your thumb over the spool & line,,reel right over the backlashed line for a few turns..then press down the thumbar & pull the line out as much as you can.if you see a loop just pull it straight out..keep doing this & the backlash WILL come out..ive done ths quite a few times & it really works..i do carry a pick tool in my bag too which can be helpful

this is right on.it works on %99 of all backlashes.

[Raul]

You guys have never seen on of my backlashes, they don 't occur oftenly but when they do this is the only remedy:

[dodgeguy]

You guys have never seen on of my backlashes, they don 't occur oftenly but when they do this is the only remedy:

ROFLMAO!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

[grimlin]

If you can just pull the line out and the backlash goes away..you have a very minimal overrun..basically means you are catching it before you have a worst one.If you have a bad one raul's remedy would probably be needed.So far i've only had to do raul's way 2 times.My worst ones was hitting a thick weed or a small tree branch behind me trying to cast.I never stopped the spool turning,by that time i could only save maybe 1/8 of line on my spool...lol  

[dodgeguy]

i've gotten out some real horrendous birdnests that way.

[Raul]

Wait until you have your Daiwa Pixy ( yeah that one, the one can cast something as light as a fart into the next zip code ) spooled with 15 lb test braid, with the mag brake set to 0 and literally zero tension, you happen to barely touch your partner 's line when you cast and ........... there you are with a face, line coming out of every single opening the reel has  :-X , it ain 't pretty !  >

[dodgeguy]

roflmao!!! ;D

[Shad_Master]

First of all, as a wise old fisherman explained to me years ago, "they are not backlashes - they are 'professional overruns'".  My favorite tool for picking them out is a simple ball point pen.  You can usually see where the loop has crossed over the line and you simply pick that up while backing the reel until you feel it come loose.  (Does this sound like I have done this a few times :-[?).  Be sure to check you line afterwards, especially on flouro-carbon as the line can get a kink in it that will make it weaker and can lead to a major melt down  >.

[Taliesin]

First of all, as a wise old fisherman explained to me years ago, "they are not backlashes - they are 'professional overruns'". My favorite tool for picking them out is a simple ball point pen. You can usually see where the loop has crossed over the line and you simply pick that up while backing the reel until you feel it come loose. (Does this sound like I have done this a few times :-[?). Be sure to check you line afterwards, especially on flouro-carbon as the line can get a kink in it that will make it weaker and can lead to a major melt down >.

Ok... someone is going to laugh at me, but there is a better tool for this than a ball point pen...

A crochet hook for small threads.

Yeah... I know, but it really does work.

[SimonSays]

lol, I've only had to take scissors to my baitcaster once...the first and only time i've tried to skip a plastic under a dock...ooooo weeee

[Alpster]

This little gizmo fits in your pocket or around your neck. Don't ask me how I know where to get one.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_13376_100004001_100000000_100004000_100-4-1

Ronnie

[Taliesin]

This little gizmo fits in your pocket or around your neck. Don't ask me how I know where to get one.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_13376_100004001_100000000_100004000_100-4-1

Ronnie

Well... Looks like someone caught my idea. The end of that thing is just like a crochet hook. Much handier to keep close to you though.

[.ghoti.]

The real solution is to not get one in the first place.

I never have any problems with my baitcasters.

Anybody wanna buy a bridge?

[roadwarrior]

This is what works for me:

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&partNumber=97674&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults

And it fits right in your pocket!

[bowtech_182]

I guess I should feel lucky that I have not had any catastrophic  backlashes that everyone is talking about as it would get expensive to keep replacing all that P-Line Evolution.