I always thought you had to hold the spool in a certain way to stop twist in
loading the line, that is memory from years ago mind you. Plus I always
thought that you had to load line to the level of the front face of the
spool to make sure you get less resistance for the line rubbing against the
front edge of the spool when casting.

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Gandalf

"Gordy" wrote in message
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Chap on tv had the spool in a bucket of water, but I wasn't paying
attention
so no mere info.
Gordy

"matthew walker" wrote in message
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Cheers Mate,

That was the low cost solution I was looking for!

Many thanks

"Damian Burrin" wrote in message
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I have no spool holders to
attatch to my rod and just wondered what is the best way to load up my
spools with new line?

I've always done it the same way.

Tie the line to the reel. Chuck the spool on the floor, sit on the
sofa
with the reel put the line between my knees to keep it taught and then
wind
in steadily.

The line being run between your closed knees gives enough tension on
the
line to make sure it goes on evenly.

Never let me down in 25 yrs - more than i can say for my knees!!

Damian

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Damian Burrin
UKRA 1159 Level 2 RSO

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