Thread: Braid question.....

I joined the braid revolution, had j&m spool me up with the power pro slick blue 15# for a plug casting outfit. Works great, but I threw out several really bad wind knots. Just wondering if I was doing something wrong. I've seen you guys fish the stuff without ever seeing what I had going. I did hook up a couple times on xraps, and it was a rush every time one crashed it, hooked or not.

Close the bail by hand and don't overfill.

Originally Posted by drumbum

Close the bail by hand and don't overfill.

Great advice! Also after you close the bail give the line a little tug from the reel to make sure there isn't any slack. After a while you'll forget you're even doing it. Makes a huge difference in keeping the knots out of your line.

Thanks. I do tug the line habitually, but never thought of closing the bail manually.

I bought 2 reels that had that line on it, worked great......but it had some mono for top shot, the only way I will fish. It......when the braid started off the reel the line just took off......in the past, I would always get wind knots, so stopped using braid, except offshore for bottom bumping

Originally Posted by ironman172

I bought 2 reels that had that line on it, worked great......but it had some mono for top shot, the only way I will fish. It......when the braid started off the reel the line just took off......in the past, I would always get wind knots, so stopped using braid, except offshore for bottom bumping

If you're getting wind knots, it's easily remedied by getting a rod with the first eye set to like a fuji K. Larger eye canted at an angle so as to forgive the line coming off the reel fast.

Braid should be spooled on a reel with a fair amount of tension. Sometimes whoever is doing the spooling forgets that. I always try to remind them and stand there while they do it. Loose braid on a spinning reel will knot up if not tensioned right.

I am a noob but here are just some reasons that I think might have caused wind knots for me.
1. over spooled line (even though the line I spooled is within the line capacity). I usually would have wind knots for a few times and cut the line for a few times. And then I would have no wind knot problem for quite a while.
2. line spooled without enough tension
3. not enough tension when retrieve lures.
4. line damage.
5. reel not expensive enough(mine is penn battle) to spool the line evenly...
6. wind