Never mind the baitcaster gremlins for backlashs

[justfishin]

I can deal with the occasional backlash on the baitcaster because you caught your rod on something. Its those little gremlins that reach up when your not looking and tie a loop in your spinning reel line. YOU KNOW THE KIND. You can hear the loop fluttering out through your line guides. The more you try to peel line off to fix it, the more it looks like a casting net,lol. ;D

[smallfry]

I hadn't seen those little bass turds for years.  Then I tried using floro as a main line this year and there they were again...

[flechero]

The more you try to peel line off to fix it, the more it looks like a casting net,lol. ;D

What a geat visual reference!!   ;D   ;D  Since I troll my line at the first sign of twist, I usually only see that on the back deck, not the front.  

[Raul]

Oh yeah I know those very well and it always make me wonder if it 's physics thing or some cosmical thing, heck, I don 't know  :-?.

[justfishin]

I have had a couple of days in my fishin life where I had balls of line strung out from the front deck to the back,lol. ;D

[LakeAnnaBasser]

thats another reason wyh I like baitcasters better than spinning because the spinning reel knots are to hard to get out.

[islandbass]

That is the result of line being placed back on the spool loosely over a period of time and an occassional start of the retrieve with too much slack on the angler's side of the bail.

It happens at a higher frequency over time when casts are made where the lure has already hit the water and yet line is still coming off in an excessive amount AND the start of the retrieve is made with loose line on your side of the bail. Another culprit is right before the start of the retrieve... If the line is not on the roller (eg, on the side opposite the roller, it might self correct, but it won't before a couple of revolutions of line are made incorrectly onto the spool. It all adds up incrementally to make that "Thuupp" cast.

1) Never begin retrieval of line with slack on your side of the bail. Move your rod to either side to bring the line taut before the retrieve AND to ensure that your line falls into the roller and not the opposite side. This alone can greatly reduce the occurrence of that "thuwuppp" cast. Closing the bail manually helps, but that is not enough.

If I see that the line on top of the spool starts to look loose, I will make a mega cast to get all of that loose line off of the spool, hold my rod between the foregrip and first guide with the line between my hand and rod to create some tension and crank the line back onto the spool with some tension.

No more nests and no more "Thuwupps"

[jdw174]

Here are two "NEVER's" that can help.

NEVER close the bail by cranking the handle.

NEVER reel against the drag (puts beaucoup more twist in your line).