Problem lots of folks have (spinning reel wise) is they don't have a qualified shop wind on the braid - EXTRA tight. Here is an example: I wound on 300 yds of 30 lb stealth on a spinner spool and it was as tight as I could holding the spool on a line winder with the tightest setting and pulling the line thru a piece of leather wrapped around a couple of fingers. I could still pinch an indentation to the line.
I brought it down to a local shop and they took it off and rewound it for me. Well, guess what?! My spool still needed about 50 yds of backing.
Bring your spinning reel down to a shop and have them wind the stuff one. You pay a little more for the line, BUT you get the braid installed on correctly.
On conventional reels I haven't had any problems getting it on EXTRA tight. Crank down the drag and winch away. The gearing advantage/power to a convention is considerably MORE than a spinning reel.
Whiplash was awesome stuff. I miss the 30 lb for distance casting.
I use both 30 lb Stealth and 50 lb PP on most of my reels. 65 lb PP on cod jiggin sticks.
I used the Tuf-line XP in 14 lb last season on a Penn 360 slammer - got some wicked wind knots, but that was due to user error.
Gotta pull the line to set it to the spool before you crank.
Close the bail manually is a MUST. Otherwise you introduce MORE line twist with each cast.
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