Flipping line on a reel

[Driftr]

Hi folks,
Has anyone ever flipped their line over on a reel? My thoughts are that the line first wound on a reel is still new. I don't think it has ever hit the water on my linecounters. What is the general thought here?
Driftr

[Starfish]

I've done it a few times but usually find that the line nearest the spool has been crushed by the elasticity of the line on top of it. If so, you'll be able to see and feel that the line is no longer smooth and uniform. You're better off discarding it.

The exception is braids or fused lines. Fireline and others don't stretch, so they don't tighten up on the spool. It works great to reverse a braid or fireline when one end gets a little worn looking.

[Driftr]

I throw away mono. I was just wondering about the fireline.
Thanks
Driftr

[Box]

We have done it on several reels, especially those used for casting. It's easy to do if you have several to do at a time. The first reel (#1) line gets scrapped, then real the #2 onto the #1 reel, getting rid of the first 20 feet or so. Then do the same from #3 onto #2. Then put freash stuff onto #3.

It kinda gets hard if you get them confused the next time, but we haven't had a problem with it. And this is for fireline on casting reels, fairly heavy stuff. If you do spinning reels, probly would be good idea to make sure the twist is out first.

We fish for bass in slopp, and we havn't had a prob doing this in two years, and we pull in 2-5 pound bass and about another 5 pounds of weeds on it often.

Good luck!
Box in Mn

[Gord]

Instead of flipping the line, you might want to try trimming off a length every once in while. That would expose fresh line. You could call it your toilet paper technique. :o

[Cangl]

Braids in a minute, some can actually be washed and dried.
But those little bends and twists refract sun light especially with clear lines in clear water if thats what your fishing, recycle it.