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Gents, Luke's little Awa-Shima reel has been tremendously reliable, but something strange is happening to the line on there, and i cant quite get my head around it.
The reel is the Awa-Shima Pulse HZ Bass 2000.
The problem i'm having, is that all of the lines that i'm using on there, are retaining memory. I've been through 3 different lines now, from Awa-Shima, Berkeley & Greys. They are all doing the same. They are tending to spring off the spool in coils, and are retaining memory - i.e. on the first 15 yds, you can clearly see the shape of the coils.
Originally, i thought that it was the line, so i changed the make, but now, 3 different lines down the road, i know that it isnt the lines. I also worried that i was over-filling the spools, but i've stripped loads of line off on each occassion (usually because of the tangles that ensue from the coils), and when the spool if underfilled, it's still happening.
So, my next best theory is that the lines i am using are too heavy for the spool size, and are therefore being coiled too tightly versus their diameters. I'm using lines in the region of 12lb b/s.
The only thing i can think of, is that i need to use very light lines on this reel, which may rule it out for some of Luke's Bassing.
I'd welcome any feedback from any of you that have encountered any similar issues, and any theories on next steps ?
The reel is the Awa-Shima Pulse HZ Bass 2000.
The problem i'm having, is that all of the lines that i'm using on there, are retaining memory. I've been through 3 different lines now, from Awa-Shima, Berkeley & Greys. They are all doing the same. They are tending to spring off the spool in coils, and are retaining memory - i.e. on the first 15 yds, you can clearly see the shape of the coils.
Originally, i thought that it was the line, so i changed the make, but now, 3 different lines down the road, i know that it isnt the lines. I also worried that i was over-filling the spools, but i've stripped loads of line off on each occassion (usually because of the tangles that ensue from the coils), and when the spool if underfilled, it's still happening.
So, my next best theory is that the lines i am using are too heavy for the spool size, and are therefore being coiled too tightly versus their diameters. I'm using lines in the region of 12lb b/s.
The only thing i can think of, is that i need to use very light lines on this reel, which may rule it out for some of Luke's Bassing.
I'd welcome any feedback from any of you that have encountered any similar issues, and any theories on next steps ?