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2:54 am
March 19, 2004
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Hi ... this is posted by Tom's secretary. He is too busy getting ready for KY to chat tonight but is having fun questioning my commitment to his fishing passion. I would take it more seriously if he hadn't been spending the last 30 minutes using a filet knife to undo a birdsnest .. isn't there some super-dooper de-birdnesting tool you men have invented to make the chore easier?
After watching this pre-fishing event ritual I have decided that fishing equipment would be a lot more user friendly if more women fished and designed the equipment. What is the ratio of pre-fishing readiness to actual fishing?
Do not bother to respond to me about this post .. as a non-mi50 member I can not access the message board. Please send Tom any witty replies. For those alos in KY ... good fishing!
4:11 am
May 19, 2004
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I don't know if women could design fishing equipment any better. My wife doesn't even like the feel of my rod in her hand. It's too long she says. I think she would prefer a shorter one, but I'm not inclined to go that route for her. Besides, the joy of the preparation, the hours spent practicing with my rod and polishing my rod have brought me immeasurable pleasure.
I just don't know about using a filet knife on the birdsnest. :-
We may only see what we look for.
3:33 pm
March 22, 2004
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Hey Tom's Secretary,
Well, its nice to hear from the woman behind the man. Yes, I agree that if more women were participating in the sport, the equipment would be more user friendly but it would be more expensive and much more ornate.
It just so happens I saw a Bill Dance fishing show this past weekend that gave me a whole new perspective on how to straighten a birdsnest. Now this, until I've actually done it, is hearsay but according to Bill, what you do is tighten your drag all the way down, put pressure on the line with your thumb and forefinger and reel the line in a bit (3 feet or so) and then release the spool and slowly pull the line out while keeping your thumb on the spool. He also made note of how to prevent the braided lines from digging down into the lower layers of line. He suggested that you cast out as far as you can and then pull off an additional 50 to 60 feet of line and then put a piece of cellophane (spell check) tape across the spool and reel the line back in over it.
DL
DL
6:48 pm
I'm not sure I understand how that Bill Dance tip would work. Why reel in a few feet first? Ultimately you're going to get to the same spot where the backlash originates. What has worked for me (more times than anyone should be forced to admit) is to slowly pick up the overwrapped layers from the point of the backlash, just enough to loosen the whole mess. From there, the "knot" starts to slide back through the spool. By repeating this over & over, you can make progress an inch at a time till you're free.
The key to avoiding this is to get a good tight spool of line to begin with. My first spool of PowerPro was a colossal disaster.
8:58 pm
March 22, 2004
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Hey Grim,
My understanding of what Bill was saying is that by reeling the line in, under pressure, gets the loop working in the opposite direction and, allegedly works itself out as you then pull the line off the reel under pressure. Again, hearsay until I've done it that way myself. I'm much the same as you, I usually pick at where the loop is and keep going forward and back until I've worked it out. I'm assuming that you have learned the trick of setting your casting break to a tension that just allows your lure to drop slowly after you flick the tip of your rod. That is how I reduce the occurance of backlashes to begin with.
What I found most informative, though somewhat simple in concept, is that idea of putting a piece of tape across the spool to prevent the line from digging itself deep into the reel.
DL
DL
10:50 pm
DL,the bill dance method wokes most of the time.when it fails your mothode is the next best,and a dental pick is a good tool to carry for just such an occation.at times this prosess can be very agrievating,then break out the knife. 😮
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