Dropping a spool

[BlueTrin]

Dropped a spool today.

Realised that aluminium is not very buoyant and falls pretty fast.

Had to rewind 45m of line on my right hand during the safety stop.

I never tried to drop a plastic reel but would they fall slow enough for me to pick it up before it drops too far ?

Here is the result:

edit: it was a spool not a reel

 

[Tribal]

Plastic ones drop to, a little slower but they go down. In the movie below they explain a nice way to keep it safe without having line loose next to you.
It works great.

ps. The only reason I know is because people told me, I never dropped a spool

 

[Dominik_E]

Rite of passage

 

[Manatee Diver]

To quote an instructor that I've trained with "Every reel tells a story."

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

To quote an instructor that I've trained with "Every reel tells a story."

And every cowboy sings the same sad song... Eeeeveryyyy rose has a thorrrrn.

I had to.

 

[Diver below 83]

The double end clip will always be metal. So plastic reel won’t matter much.

 

[DiveTucson]

So depending on your bottom if you have a spare double ended you can clip that to the line you still have in your hand and drop it creating a big V. Then pull up on the side of the V that has your reel/spoil. From there wind it up and continue on with your dive. Spool recovery and no tangled mess.

 

[Steve_C]

I have a reel. Gives me better control. At least I think so.

 

[Kamaros]

I haven't actually tried comparing the two spools in the water myself, but my Fundies instructor made me use a borrowed delrin spool instead of my Apeks Lifeline during the class for precisely this reason. After I got home, I transplanted the nice visible, swiveled line from the aluminum spool onto a delrin one.

+1 to the double-ender trick in the video

 

[Goingforsound]

Plastic ones drop to, a little slower but they go down. In the movie below they explain a nice way to keep it safe without having line loose next to you.
It works great.

ps. The only reason I know is because people told me, I never dropped a spool

This is a good and simple trick, but from this video only I am not sure people would understand it fully.