Any questions to russ@reelfoto.demon.co.uk.
Tying a brightly coloured plastic bead to the end of your line before putting the reel away at the end of each trip might seem like a small, seemingly insignificant thing to do, but it does have a number of benefits beyond the easy way to find the start of the line……… which old bats like me find increasingly difficult particularly after dark.It is the work of a moment to tie on a bead so that the line pressure traps the bead against the level wind mechanism. Then as you wash dry and spray the reel at the end of your days fishing, the line will stay in synchronisation with the level wind mechanism. The next time you cast, the level wind will not be wazzing around in one direction whilst the lie lay is being taken off in another. Keeping the line and level wind mechanism in synch with one another will help reduce the chance of a tangle in the first few casts……lets face it, a tangle is no way to start a days fishing.Secondly the bead will enable the end of the line to be found instantly, without having to ferret around trying to find it in the dark recesses of the spool. There can be but a few of us who have at one time or another found that we have an overlapping loop of line somewhere buried deep in the spool. The consequent shenanigans, especially if you have sixty or seventy yards of line out, will often necessitate removal of the spool without losing any of the bits…believe me its much easier if you do not get the buried loop in the first place.Convinced yet??? Tie a bead on, it saves a lot of hassle!!
Any questions to russ@reelfoto.demon.co.uk.