Looking at the spool you want the line to unwrap in a counter-clockwise rotation. Another way to tell is to lay the spool flat on the floor with the label up. Put the line through the guides and tie it to spool. Reel about 15 rotations and drop the rod tip towards the spool on the floor. If the line starts to kink/coil up flip it over to the label down and do another 15-20 rotations and drop tip down again to see if it quits coiling. Which it should but some line has enough memory that it is tough to keep it from coiling up.