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I'm sorry, but on this subject I am ignorant. I have a number of spinning reels, some with advertised anti-twist rollers and some without. I have used spinning reels back to when Airex brought the first ones over from France. Yet, I still can't tell why an anti-twist roller should do what it is advertised to do. Doesn't make any sense to me that it should reduce line twist. The physics just don't seem right to me. Help! -- and thanks,
ufda
Nobody have an answer to this or is the answer so obvious that I'm the only ignorant one?
ufda
Yes, anti twist rollers really do work, and they work on the following principle:
If you take a piece of string and squeeze it tightly between your fingers - and pull the string through your fingers - you will take a good share of the twists - that compose ordinary string out of the line. As the twists come out of the line - the twists simply move down the line. When you get to the end of the line - there is no more line to twist - so the last few inches simply rotate very violently until the remaining few inches of string are twist free.
The anti twist line roller works on a very similar principle.
i.e. on one side of the tapered roller is a fine groove. The groove is sized to match the expected line size for that reel.
i.e. for an ultra light reel - the goove size will nicely fit 4-6 lb line. For a medium weight reel, the groove will nicely fit 6-12 lb line. For a large reel, the groove will nicely fit the 10-20 lb line.
Now, as you reel in line - the taper of the roller causes the line to slide over and fall into the groove in the roller. As you continue to pull the line through the groove -- if there are twists in the line - the roller - will tend (note - I didn't s ay absolutely) tend to move the twist down the line. Finally as the lure, jig, or hook, is extracted from the water - and prior to making the next cast - there is typically 3-4 feet of line hanging from the end of the rod. If the anti twist roller was successful in moving a twist all the way down the line - you will find that (if you had twists in the line - and if they did move down the line to the tip ) that you will see your hook, lure, or jig - sit and spin as all of the accumulated twists are rotated out of the line.
Because of the physics (as you stated) involved - all of the twists won't be moved all of the way down to the tip of the line every time that you make a cast. However, over the course of many casts -- and if you started with a significant number of twists in the line -- the twists will be gradually eliminated. Finally at the end of the day - what might have started out with a fairly twisted line - will eventually be completly straight.
Take care
REW
REW - thanks for taking time to respond. Your explanation makes sense to me and I have noticed my hook spinning when I took it out of the water from time to time, but just viewed this as having a twisted line - never made the connection that the twists were being removed.
Again, thanks,
ufda