Ok this may be the dumbest post I’ve ever made but bear with me. Also not a bashing thread.

I recently bought a tree thumper 10’ rear seat and like the balance and feel of it.

i have been using 1/16 jigs and tubes. The issue I’m having is the line doesn’t want to travel out the rod. It seems to be worse after the rod get wet when getting a jig unhung. I can’t tell if it’s a eye problem or line problem. I have gone through 80 yards of line cutting back to see if that is the issue.

the rod is rated 4-8#so I would think 6# would be fine.

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I’m at a loss on this one.