Unispin true temper rods

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Geezer44
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Unispin true temper rods

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I own the red 63 and the green 66 . My question is how much line do I bring in with each turn? They should differ I think. :D
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Midway Tommy D
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Re: Unispin true temper rods

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With a full spool, the closer you get to being completely reeled in the more line is retrieved with each rotation of the handle/crank because the circumference of the spool is getting larger. The best way to determine how much line comes in with each rotation is to mark the line with a marker, turn the handle one full turn, mark it again and release the line a measure the distance between the marks. You can also repeat that scenario multiple times marking and counting full rotations and then divide the rotations into the total line that was retrieved to get an overall average.
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