Sea Fishing Newbie!

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Hello - I'm used to fresh water fishing and so this sea fishing malarky is
quite a different kettle of fish for me! I've just got a question about why
my reel seems to continually get in a tangle with line spooling off on a
cast out into a bloody big time-wasting bird's nest at least two or three
times a session. Do you think its got anything to do with extra wind from
the sea or the weight of the tackle (maybe underweight), etc, rather than
just me being crap (this never used to happen on fresh water casting this
frequently!). So far, I'm really only spinning from the shore with a
pike-lure sized spinner.

If you're using a multiplier or centrepin then wind in the face can cause
your tackle to stop dead in the air while the drum continues to turn - cue
nest. If you 'snatch' the cast - too short an action this too can cause
underpower at the tip while spinning the reel up more than usual. Scraps of
seaweed/debris catching briefly in the rings can slow the tackle without
slowing the reel and of course an underbraked reel (or not enough thumb)
allows the reel to turn for too long.

If you have a fixed spool then either it is overfilled (with springy,
heavier line the fill is more critical.) or again you have sticky
weed/debris causing coils to clump together - usually only a problem if the
line is wound on under minimal tension.

Hmmmm...

Maybe you're getting line-twist and it's twizzling up in which case look to
your swivels.

Hth. Cheerio,

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