noob alert, first report

[silentsmell]

Originally Posted by taggermike

Talk to your buddy. Returning a reel with a splice in the line is not so cool. The anxiety of hearing/feeling a knot or fray clickinging/pinging through the guids is nasty. I gotta throw a nod to a BSB also. Mike

I saw that knot when I was feeding my bait fish line. I definitely have the bulk of the blame there; instead of reeling it all back and throwing away 30 yards of line, I decided to fish it anyway. Lesson learned, be prepared!