On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 wrote:

Yeah, but on those rare occasions, are you tangential?

It's a matter of style. Not really important for dacron backing. It does
make a difference for monofilament on spinning reels. As the line is
unwinding from the spool, if the knot is sticking out radially from the
arbor, it tends to catch the loosening coils.

Mu