Ok, Two Questions

[garyw]

1. can someone point me toward a line that works well on a spinner rig?

mostly crappie. everything i buy set up a memory.

2. how do you store your rods and reels away from the water? something portable i can carry them back and forth.

something like 4 rods.

thanks. garyg.

[GNSfishing]

I use Berkley Nanofil line on my spinning reels. I bass fish with my reels and use 10 lb test with a fluorocarbon 8/6lb leader. Works great for me. The Nanofil line does not have retain any memory from being on the spool.

[eyedabassman]

Bass Pro does carry rod tote's that can hold 4 to 6 rods.

[Champ188]

Best spinning rig line I have found is Bass Pro Shops Excel in 6-pound test. Strong, limp and cheap enough to change often.

[InPiney]

Nanofil with leader. Great line, not cheap though.

[dtrs5kprs]

Best spinning rig line I have found is Bass Pro Shops Excel in 6-pound test. Strong, limp and cheap enough to change often.

It works. I did watch it get flat run over in terms of bites by fluorocarbon last week. Switched my daughter's spool out midway through with one of my extra 6# Invizx spools one day and she went from zero to hero.

[Champ188]

It works. I did watch it get flat run over in terms of bites by fluorocarbon last week. Switched my daughter's spool out midway through with one of my extra 6# Invizx spools one day and she went from zero to hero.

Agreed, the fluorocarbon is far more sensitive.

[Feathers and Fins]

Gary I am a big fan of Floro, to kill memory problems and keep the line limp I like at the end of the day to put a 1oz weight on my line with a barrel swivel and let it out about 200ft and then run the boat for about 5 minutes it will take all the twist out, then reel it in and let the line back out just flat nothing but line and run wide open for a few minutes and then reel it in slow so its comes in light on the reel. I wont do it if im going out the next day or shortly after but if I know it may be a week between trips I try to do it every time. Try it you will see a difference.

[dtrs5kprs]

Agreed, the fluorocarbon is far more sensitive.

The excel is working well on split shot rigs, shakey heads. Have been overall very pleased with it. Did pick up a spool of 10# to play with and found it to be quite stiff and wiry compared to something like 10# Trilene XL.

I was shocked by the difference it made on the little rig. We throw it on FC probably 90% of the time. She happened to pick up and enjoy a rod that was spooled with the excel as basically an extra rod, but was not getting the bites I thought she should. Not sure it was the feel (she is pretty good at feeling them after three years of fishing the little guy) as much as something to do with the fall rate or action on the bottom. I picked one up with some mono, and it definitely had a different feel on the drop.

Gary...a spinning reel with a larger spool is the real ticket to minimizing twist. There are other things like conditioners, good habits (closing bail by hand, tugging the line tightly on the roller after casting), but that bigger spool just causes less memory and twist. Think of it like wrapping a light gauge wire around two different sizes of pvc pipe, one small diameter, and one large. The wire wrapped around the large spool will be looser, more flexible. A reel in the 30 or 3000 size casts and handles line better than the 2500 size that is sold as a "bass" spinning reel, and far better than ultralight reels.

[GNSfishing]

The Nanofil line with a fluorocarbon leader has no memory & line twist problems related to mono or fluorocarbon lines. I use it on a 200 & 300 series Lew's reel with no problems . Nanofil is small diameter, will last all season or more which makes up for the extra cost. The dreaded twist and line loops are a thing of the past with Nanofil. Some think that using Nanofil is hard to use in the wind. I find that if you follow the same methods you will use with mono & fluorocarbon line you can fish just as well with it in the wind. It is very sensitive, no stretch as in mono & fluorocarbon. I always set my drag to slip slightly on hook set to prevent hook pull out. Of course the action of your rod has a bearing on your hook set also.