Wave Spin Reels

[Bomberman]

Has anyone tried one of the new Wave Spin reels by Doug Hannon? They advertise that they are birdnest proof. I bought one the other day, but haven't used it yet. The reel seems really smooth and I really hopes it works as good as they say it does.

[RSBreth]

Has anyone tried one of the new Wave Spin reels by Doug Hannon? They advertise that they are birdnest proof. I bought one the other day, but haven't used it yet. The reel seems really smooth and I really hopes it works as good as they say it does.

I've seen them but I don't know what exactly is different in it's design that supposedly makes it "birdnest proof". The jagged "geared" lip of the spool? Looks like a gimmick to me.

There was this thing invented more than 20 years ago that pretty much eliminates problems with spinning reels, it braided or fused superlines.

[Ham]

One of the best ways to avoid problems with spinning reels is to get the line on THIGHT and twist free by trolling it out behind your boat without a lure on it. Let the line out and ease along with your line trailing out behind you. After a few minutes, wind the line back on against the pressure of the moving water and the line wil be on tight and mostly twist free.

Line twist can be the issue, but as often as not, the problems I run into are loose loops of line coming off from underneath other line.

I routinely "trail" my spinning rods and don't have much of an issue with it.

There are real advantages to braid, but there are real disadvantages as well. I do use braid for certain applications on spinning and baitcasting, but braid IS NOT part of my normal river/creek fishing trip.

[kre11]

One of the best ways to avoid problems with spinning reels is to get the line on THIGHT and twist free by trolling it out behind your boat without a lure on it. Let the line out and ease along with your line trailing out behind you. After a few minutes, wind the line back on against the pressure of the moving water and the line wil be on tight and mostly twist free.

Line twist can be the issue, but as often as not, the problems I run into are loose loops of line coming off from underneath other line.

I routinely "trail" my spinning rods and don't have much of an issue with it.

There are real advantages to braid, but there are real disadvantages as well. I do use braid for certain applications on spinning and baitcasting, but braid IS NOT part of my normal river/creek fishing trip.

Another way to prevent the majority of twisting problems is to manually flip the bail back over after casting instead of turning the handle to flip it over.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Another way to prevent the majority of twisting problems is to manually flip the bail back over after casting instead of turning the handle to flip it over.

I would say this is the best way. It helps to put the line on correctly, but closing the bail by hand after proper installation is pretty much surefire.