Also if when reeling in and the line is not coming in and you keep reeling anyway it will make the durndest mess you ever saw. When this happens to people I have out with me I cut off their luer and let the line out behind the boat and pull it for a while to straighten it and then reel it in holding tension on it ahead of the reel. The best advise is to buy a levelwind baitcaster and master them. Not too hard to do if someone shows you the few little tricks to adjusting the reels. Lyle