There should be a special board where a guy can ask those questions that bug him but asking them makes him feel stupid. I have accumulated thousands of them.
For example: what do you do when you get a backlash in your baitcaster reel. Now dont tell me you have never had one!
I have my own solution but what is yours;quit fishihg ,sit down and pick it out, cut the line , cut out the backlash and salvage the good line with a blood knot.
Bob; there should be a special place you can ask these questions without feeling stupid.