removing twists/memory on fly line

[sunburstmclaren]

Folks, I have been doing a search on this topic but cannot turn anything up, I would appreciate any help.......the fisrt couple of trips of the year my DI5 had a bit of memeory on it (usually a superb line) I did give it a stretch in the back garden by tying dome heavy nylon to a tree then attaching my flyline to the nylon and giving it a right good strech.......I was at Butterstone on Saturday and the line was now 10 times worse than it was.....is it possible to overstretch a line or stretching it with a twist in it could make it worse...........any thoughts on how to cure the memory/twist in the line......thanks guys

[3lbgrayling]

you just have to hope that you have not seperated the core from the outer, as can be done by overstretching.

jim

[NickH]

Minor twisting can be removed by towing the line behind a moving boat, remove the leader and then feed the entire line out (dont change direction whatever you do !) hold it for a few mins and then reel it back on while still motoring.

This should remove the twists but you probably need to look at your casting action (rolling of the rod tip, maybe) as to why the twists got there in the first place.

When I am Loch styling I always tend to get twists when I am in the sharp end of the boat, especially in a good wind. This is because I am trying to deliver the line at an angle to the wind which neccesitates changing direction with the rod tip during casting. If the twists start to occur you will probably notice them at your loose line near the reel, pop the spool and untwist the loops, refit spool and do it on a regular basis.
Hope this helps
Nick

[splash2]

I attach a swivel clip [á la coarse fishing] to a short section of leader, attach the swivel to something stationary [in my case a hook screwed into the pergola] then lay out the line and, working from the backing end of the line, move forward, untwisting the line as I go.

This, in effect is the same a the boat technique mentioned earlier and it seems to work for minor memory. For more serious problems I'd do the above, then add a little tension & leave out for a few days hoping that the line will 'remember' its new, untwisted state.

No guarantees though