Happened upon this video as I was perusing the Fish Head site today.  No one wants to have line twist while they are out fishing.  I don't care if you have the best fishing lure known to mankind, if your line is twisted you are going to catch less fish.  Both in terms of lure action and in terms of time your lure is in the water!  There is nothing worse than sitting there fixing a screwed up reel while out fishing.  Trust me, I have been there while a hot bite has been going on only to watch my buddy haul in fish after fish while I was fixing my screwed up line.  It doesn't matter what lure you buy, even one of those custom painted crankbaits that are all the rage these days, if your line is twisted you aren't going to have as much success.  Watch below:

A few things that jumped out to me.  The first thing is that apparently I have been spooling my reels wrong my whole life!!!  LOL.  I have always rolled the line off the spool like a wheel and then onto my reel.  I guess it makes sense why not to do it that way, but man it doesn't seem intuitive.  Great tip.  The other key thing I noticed was that I don't ever check my line and its relation to the guide when I am on the water.  Probably should make a point of that going forward.  I think I already knew about the amount of line to have on a reel, but the 1/16" target at least gives a target to shoot for.

What are your thoughts on the best way to spool line onto your reel?