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    Sorry for the long wind post I'v been fighting line twist on my spinning reels thought it was because I used the real small reels I got a pfluger gx7 which will hold 10 lb test line I use 6 lb stren and berkley xl after a hour or so of casting the line will start twisting in big loops. I make sure the line is on the reel right I flip the bail by hand and pull the line tight before I start to reel. I am fishing with a slip floater and small split shot because I bream fish mainly any ideals why I could be having so much trouble?

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    Are you putting the line on your reel the way it comes off the spool? Just to make sure, Google how to spool line onto a spinning reel and watch a couple of those videos (You Tube) and make sure you are doing it that way. I used to have that problem and found out that sometimes I put it on the reel wrong, and that's when I had the problem. Also, swivel might help keep the line from twisting while reeling the bait in. Good luck.
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    I've been having the same problem with 6lb stren. Never had a problem with it til last year. I've tried spooling the reel both ways, and it still happens.

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    Get on the water and let all the line out behind the boat without any weight or lure on it and pull the line down the lake a hundred yards or so then reel it all back in. Should solve your problem unless the reel is twisting the line.
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    What Big River Said! I use 6 lb stren on my dock shootn rods... On a new spool, I will get a 100 yards or so from the 1st pier and just start letting line out while trolling slow. Get to pier , reel it up, and don't have many problems. You will ALWAYS and I mean Always have loop get in your line every now and then. Just look at your reel/line before every cast, and if there is a loop, get it out before casting again.

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