While fishing last weekend my keiryu line bird’s-nested. I’ve had this happen the same way a few times now. What happens is I’ll get a minor tangle on the line, and as I collapse sections to bring the snag down to me, the rod tip wobbles so much that the line starts bouncing around and the tangle gets exponentially worse. By the time the pole’s collapsed the line looks like this.
I’ve found that happens to me proportionally to how complex my line setup is. Like multiple flies, indicator, tag lines or droppers, etc. The tangles have mostly caused me to fish with one fly only, which feels more “tenkara” in it’s simplicity anyway.
Sounds like the dreaded grapling hook effect. Once that weight starts in orbit, it is very good at securing itself and can create quite a mess…hahaha.
I dont like fishing weight for that reason.
Thoughts. Dig up my spiderwire threads and try a line made of it. Mono and flouro tends to have memory… it wants to coil and make a mess…in its heart of hearts.
Interesting thoughts, thanks for the recommendations. I’ll have to experiment a bit. I was thinking about skipping the 3X, maybe just needed a bit of encouragement. Spider wire might have a place where too
