Oddness

[BigBassin144]

I was practicing casting today with my Viento. I've got 15lb P-Line Fluorocarbon on it. We'll I screwed up and got a pretty bad backlash

After having to cut the majority of my line off, I just tied the new line to what was left on my reel. Anyways, when I went back out to cast I had accidentally turned my magnetic brake off when I was fooling with the backlash and I got another one. I was able to get it out though. I kept casting until I noticed like a tag end of line on my spool. I pulled off line until I got to a spot where my line was broken on my spool.

I've never had this happen and I was wondering what could have caused this, or if it was just a defect in the line. Has this ever happened to any of you?

BB

P.S. The cut was clean, no abbrasion or wear. I could understand if the line was beat up and then broke while undoing the backlash, but It was brand new line and not worn.

[JB]

while you were cutting out the birdnest, your knife or scissors clipped some line deep in the spool..its happened to most of us one time or nuther lol

[Rebbasser]

It has happened to me. Why? The backlash caused a kink in the line which caused it to break.

[zooker]

welcome to the wonderful world of using floro. and the excate reason i don't use it.. the halo i used would splinter when it broke..

i am much happier with mono..

zooker

[lunker-lander]

First off, don't practice unless with your good line., unless it is in water. Second, tie all new on if you have to cut-out a backlash. You never know when you will 'overcut' the nest.

-Lunk-

[torelaxandenjoy]

Hi BB sorry to hear about the birds nest, but in a way I amm glad to hear that pros also get bird nests.

[bassnman30]

The easiest way to remove your backlash is to place your thumb on the spool and crank it. You may have to crank it a time or two but it works.
I have used it on deep backlashes and the results are good 90% of the time.

[pignjig]

Bassnman, I've used that tip, too. You're right, it does work. Have you been able to pull off that trick with braids and superlines? The worst birds nests I get are with those two lines. Sometimes the mess is so bad I've just had to cut away all that expensive line.

-Pig

[BigBassin144]

Originally Posted by torelaxandenjoy

Hi BB sorry to hear about the birds nest, but in a way I amm glad to hear that pros also get bird nests.

I'm far from pro. I just started using baitcasters last summer.

BB

[Bob Smith]

I have to go with Zook on this one. I have spooled a number of reels with a number different brands of flouro and just haven't had any good luck with the stuff. It works great as a leader, IMHO, but I cannot seem to get past the mysterious line breaks to get my confidence level up. I cast off a Bandit 300 the other evening for no really good reason! That sucker sailed off into the Georgia pines never to be seen again!

[fishin' fool]

I run floro on acouple of my bait casters with out any problems really. When using mono, I go sometimes get really bad back lashes that cuts the line.

[zooker]

Originally Posted by Bob Smith

I have to go with Zook on this one. I have spooled a number of reels with a number different brands of flouro and just haven't had any good luck with the stuff. It works great as a leader, IMHO, but I cannot seem to get past the mysterious line breaks to get my confidence level up. I cast off a Bandit 300 the other evening for no really good reason! That sucker sailed off into the Georgia pines never to be seen again!

bobber
i lost a handful of custom made spinnerbaits-$17 each- during a tourny because the stuff breaks. it was breaking in the spool on a casting rod i was using 17 pound halo p-line floro.. i'll be danged ifin i will use the stuff again..after the last one went sailin with 30 feet of line on it i yanked the reel poped on a differant reel loaded with mono and fished 4 more hours -and 5 fish later- with the same blade.

zooker