Westernbass Magazine August 2011, Page 21

Westernbass Magazine August 2011, Page 21

for all anglers, the bottom line is, they are just a big mess that abruptly halts our fishing. They can get in our heads and ruin the moment, even worse, ruin our fishing day. Understanding what an over spin is, how it’s created, can help you to better prepare your equipment so as to prevent them as best as possible, then to resolve them as quickly as possible, so as to resume your fishing.

over spins, quite simply, develop at the point where your reel’s spool begins rotating faster than the line is being peeled off the reel. When this happens, your line begins to loop on your reel. The faster that spool is turning, the bigger the loops are gonna be, as is the mess you’re going to end up with. inevitably, if we don’t recognize this quick enough, our line just seems to explode on that reel, hence the rat’s nest is born.

over the years i have been subject to over spins with the best of them. i have learned a system that i’ve shared with friends and clients that has helped me

tremendously deal with this problem day in and day out. i call it the 3 Ps of over spins, Prepare, Prevent, Prevail, here’s how it works.

P

rePare

The two most common culprits that induce an

over spin evolve around our line , new and old. either

we put it on wrong, or it gets memory over time.

There is only one “right way” to spool your baitcasting

reel. You should always use some sort of spooling

assistant. For me i use a high tech pencil. if you don’t

have a buddy there to assist you, just place the spool

while on the pencil, between your feet. The line should

be placed onto the reel so that it comes off the

factory spool the opposite as it goes onto your reel as

seen in photo #2. if you’re not in the comfort of home,

at your local tackle shop and don’t have a spooling

machine, you should always feed it through the guides

phOTO 2

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