Throwing light plastics.

[004dam]

Does this happen to everyone or how does everyone get around throwing light plastics 2gram jig head + 3" plastic. I was casting into the wind today chasing flatties tried to avoid it but wanting it to jig with the current. I keep getting knots in my line I am presuming from it coming in to slack and after a while the braid went under its self and just knotted on casting.

I use 6lb fireline. I have heard fireline does twist a fair bit ?

I never had this trouble untill i droped down a jig head size.

[snodger 08]

Yeah I have had it before. Wind knot I think they call it. I also saw Red get a couple at Mondy. Only way I sorted it was to thumb the spool a bit harder. But then I havent used much less than 50lb braid lately. With luck a few of the more experienced guys can help you out a bit more.
Steve

[Horse]

Are you using spin or baitcaster reel?
On a spin reel casting light weights into the wind is not easy as loose loops form on the spool. the next cast catches one of these loops and pulls a whole lot of line off the spool and you then have a wind knot.

[004dam]

sorry,

yes im using a penn sargus 2000 spin reel
I use to use a 5/6gram round jig head ( no issues like this) and moved to a 2gram bullet style and am having the issues

[aussiebasser]

They do call them wind knots, but they don't hav e much to do with the wind. Every 4 or 5 casts, rip a long cast out into open water and wind it in holding the line between thumb and finger to get as much tension as you can on it. That will help, as will closing the bail arm by hand rather than winding the handle.

[LostNearBribie]

Aussiebasser has it mate, do that.
AND with each cast when you lure hits the water, close the bail arm, then give the line a little pull to tension it from the start of the retrieve.
It works.

[004dam]

They do call them wind knots, but they don't hav e much to do with the wind. Every 4 or 5 casts, rip a long cast out into open water and wind it in holding the line between thumb and finger to get as much tension as you can on it. That will help, as will closing the bail arm by hand rather than winding the handle.

I was thinking of something like that but thought there may of been a different way.

Cheers

[tunaticer]

I generally find that the higher the modulus graphite rods develop less wind knots due to less whip in the cast. Lower grades behave more like spagetti and throw loops around a lot more. Also, check your leader knot, that rattling through the guides catches on one slightly then it is overtaken at the next guide creating a guide catching loop. Sometimes it pays to simply nail knot the leader to the braid to minimise the knot catching or to shorten the leader so you have it just outside the tip and cast with a much longer drop from tip to lure.

I solved it for myself by adjusting my casting style and changing to true braids and not fused braids. True braids are trickier, but once mastered you will never go back to fused lines. I also use double uni knots for the leader connection, they hang up less in the guides. My std light setup is 5lb braid, 6lb leader and 1 to 3 gram jigheads with 50mm plastics. Usually throwing 1gm jigs and manage 15 to 20m casts nearly all the time, into the wind drops it back to 10 to 15m casts roughly.