Winding down. . .

As is my normal custom, this is when I take the lines off my reels, clean
them one last time, and store them away. This year, the first line I took
off was one I used the most - an Orvis Wonderline WF3F, factory spooled onto
an Orvis CFO I reel. The first and last twenty feet or so were okay, but the
middle stuff was a freakin' nightmare - it was coiled like a watch spring.
Any ideas what would cause this? And what is the best way to relax the coils
so the line is ready for the coming season?
--
TIA,
Tim
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"Tim J." wrote in message
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As is my normal custom, this is when I take the lines off my reels, clean
them one last time, and store them away. This year, the first line I took
off was one I used the most - an Orvis Wonderline WF3F, factory spooled
onto an Orvis CFO I reel. The first and last twenty feet or so were okay,
but the middle stuff was a freakin' nightmare - it was coiled like a watch
spring. Any ideas what would cause this? And what is the best way to relax
the coils so the line is ready for the coming season?
--
TIA,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/



The line has a memory, so if it's been sitting wound up on the spool for a
long line it have a coil memory.
What I do is stretch it out with my hands by pulling on the line, not hard,
but enough to get the coil memory out, then I cast it a few times. Cleaning
the line was good.
-tom

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:54:54 -0500, "Tim J."
wrote:

As is my normal custom, this is when I take the lines off my reels, clean
them one last time, and store them away. This year, the first line I took
off was one I used the most - an Orvis Wonderline WF3F, factory spooled onto
an Orvis CFO I reel. The first and last twenty feet or so were okay, but the
middle stuff was a freakin' nightmare - it was coiled like a watch spring.
Any ideas what would cause this? And what is the best way to relax the coils
so the line is ready for the coming season?

Could have been wound too tight. Try putting the line in some warm water and/or
stretching it out like you would a coiled leader.
--
Charlie Choc
234778

"Tim J." wrote in message
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...what is the best way to relax the coils so the line is ready for the
coming season?

Just letting it sit at room temperature for a couple of months will probably
do the trick. If not.......

Heat. But not too much. Coil loosely.....say, one to two foot diameter
coils.....and hang it on a dowel, coat hanger, or what have you, in front of
a furnace vent (if you've got forced air heat) or use a blow drier. In the
latter instance I suggest using the lowest heat setting and starting at a
distance of a couple of feet. Feel the line frequently to make sure it
isn't getting hot.

Wolfgang

Tim J. wrote:
As is my normal custom, this is when I take the lines off my reels, clean
them one last time, and store them away. This year, the first line I took
off was one I used the most - an Orvis Wonderline WF3F, factory spooled onto
an Orvis CFO I reel. The first and last twenty feet or so were okay, but the
middle stuff was a freakin' nightmare - it was coiled like a watch spring.
Any ideas what would cause this? And what is the best way to relax the coils
so the line is ready for the coming season?
--
TIA,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

What the other guys said as far as relaxing the coils......a little
heat and hang it loose. Couple of related things.....I picked up a
couple of Wonderlines on sale at Orvis last year, and I notice they are
much more prone to retaining memory than my Cortlands or SIs. Also the
CFO has a small arbor, and my CFO III holds very little backing with
the suggested line weights. My only complaint about an otherwise
marvelous reel.

On 3 Jan 2006 09:28:18 -0800, "George Adams"
wrote:


Tim J. wrote:
As is my normal custom, this is when I take the lines off my reels, clean
them one last time, and store them away. This year, the first line I took
off was one I used the most - an Orvis Wonderline WF3F, factory spooled onto
an Orvis CFO I reel. The first and last twenty feet or so were okay, but the
middle stuff was a freakin' nightmare - it was coiled like a watch spring.
Any ideas what would cause this? And what is the best way to relax the coils
so the line is ready for the coming season?
--
TIA,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

What the other guys said as far as relaxing the coils......a little
heat and hang it loose. Couple of related things.....I picked up a
couple of Wonderlines on sale at Orvis last year, and I notice they are
much more prone to retaining memory than my Cortlands or SIs. Also the
CFO has a small arbor, and my CFO III holds very little backing with
the suggested line weights. My only complaint about an otherwise
marvelous reel.


Several guys on the Wisconsin flyfishing message board have had
similiar problems with Wonderline. Since they supposedly are made by
SA (and there haven't been similiar complaints about their lines) it
must be a problem with their proprietary coating.


g.c.

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On 3 Jan 2006 09:28:18 -0800, "George Adams"
wrote:


Tim J. wrote:
As is my normal custom, this is when I take the lines off my reels,
clean
them one last time, and store them away. This year, the first line I
took
off was one I used the most - an Orvis Wonderline WF3F, factory spooled
onto
an Orvis CFO I reel. The first and last twenty feet or so were okay, but
the
middle stuff was a freakin' nightmare - it was coiled like a watch
spring.
Any ideas what would cause this? And what is the best way to relax the
coils
so the line is ready for the coming season?
--
TIA,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

What the other guys said as far as relaxing the coils......a little
heat and hang it loose. Couple of related things.....I picked up a
couple of Wonderlines on sale at Orvis last year, and I notice they are
much more prone to retaining memory than my Cortlands or SIs. Also the
CFO has a small arbor, and my CFO III holds very little backing with
the suggested line weights. My only complaint about an otherwise
marvelous reel.


Several guys on the Wisconsin flyfishing message board have had
similiar problems with Wonderline. Since they supposedly are made by
SA (and there haven't been similiar complaints about their lines) it
must be a problem with their proprietary coating.



I dunno about SA. I have SA lines on all three of my reels, and they have
horriffic memories! I've tried stretching them, heating them, letting them
hang loose for months....nothing. I lose about 15-20% of my casting distance
when the lines coil back and retrieve my fly. I'm ready to lay out the cash
to replace them all...any recommendations? Or is "you get what you pay for"
a good rule of thumb?

--riverman

riverman I dunno about SA. I have SA lines on all three of my reels,
riverman and they have horriffic memories! I've tried stretching
riverman them, heating them, letting them hang loose for
riverman months....nothing.

I've got SA Trout, GPX, XPS, both old and new coating, and no
noticeable problems so far. I use only large-arbor reels - Roger's
bringing you one to NZ, right? - and spool the lines onto their
original containers for winter months (and no, it's not the largest
part of the year over here).

But it might be that once it gets spoiled, the memory remains. :-)

The memory thing, by the way, is one argument that some people use to
argue against the double lifetime of DT lines: that you couldn't
reverse the line anyway because the last part of the line is in such a
terrible shape after it has been spooled onto the reel for such a long
time. But my DT lines are ready to be reversed any day.

--
Jarmo Hurri

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In article , Charlie Choc
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:54:54 -0500, "Tim J."
wrote:

As is my normal custom, this is when I take the lines off my reels, clean
them one last time, and store them away. This year, the first line I took
off was one I used the most - an Orvis Wonderline WF3F, factory spooled onto
an Orvis CFO I reel. The first and last twenty feet or so were okay, but the
middle stuff was a freakin' nightmare - it was coiled like a watch spring.
Any ideas what would cause this? And what is the best way to relax the coils
so the line is ready for the coming season?

Could have been wound too tight. Try putting the line in some warm water and/or
stretching it out like you would a coiled leader.

Pulling the line fairly tightly through a dry duster will take out the
twists maybe only temporarily though - Give it a try.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

Tim J. typed:
As is my normal custom, this is when I take the lines off my reels,
clean them one last time, and store them away. This year, the first
line I took off was one I used the most - an Orvis Wonderline WF3F,
factory spooled onto an Orvis CFO I reel. The first and last twenty
feet or so were okay, but the middle stuff was a freakin' nightmare -
it was coiled like a watch spring. Any ideas what would cause this?
And what is the best way to relax the coils so the line is ready for
the coming season?

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. It sounds like a bit of heat and
then letting the line hang may do the trick. I'll post the results back here
in a few weeks. Also, I've got an older, memory-laden Cortland line, so I'll
apply the identical solution to it for comparison. It'll be interesting to
see if the problem is the Wonderline itself.
--
TL,
Tim
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