Securing a spool.

[Jimmer]

I was in a quarry yesterday just doing some drills for my intro to tech class, and while swimming along I glanced back and noticed a bright yellow high vis line, then it sort of went like this: "Hey I didn't notice that line before...Hey that line has a spool at the end of it, drifting away...hey, the other end is attached to my ass. I THINK I might have clipped off the double ender to the spool with the thumb part towards the outside, and had it get pressed down against the spool and pop out, so I respooled it, clipped it back up with the latch in towards the line, and it never popped out again the rest of the dive.

Anyone have any pictures or descriptions as to how to clip the double ender to the spool, to be sure this doesn't happen again?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Meng_Tze]

From the inside out. Take the loop of the line in the double ender and wind it up tightly. Then hook the double ender in one hole from the inside (between the two ridges) out. I have never had one come loose.

 

[Jimmer]

Well I did originally have it from the inside to the outside, and that was when the double ender came unclipped.

 

[jimdiverman]

I was in a quarry yesterday just doing some drills for my intro to tech class, and while swimming along I glanced back and noticed a bright yellow high vis line, then it sort of went like this: "Hey I didn't notice that line before...Hey that line has a spool at the end of it, drifting away...hey, the other end is attached to my ass. I THINK I might have clipped off the double ender to the spool with the thumb part towards the outside, and had it get pressed down against the spool and pop out, so I respooled it, clipped it back up with the latch in towards the line, and it never popped out again the rest of the dive.

Anyone have any pictures or descriptions as to how to clip the double ender to the spool, to be sure this doesn't happen again?

Thanks,
Jim

I always clip it through the line first, and then with the line on the reel tight, stretch to the last hole you can get to, and from the outside in, clip the spool. This leaves a little bit of line hanging over the outside of the spool back in, but between the double ender and the outside of the spool. The latch switch portion of the double ender is facing inward. The clip should not snag on anything being inside the plane of the spool with the smooth side of the double ender being where normal contact may occur on the spool.

Dive safe!

 

[bleeb]

I know exactly where you're coming from. :blush:

I'm relatively new to spools too, but one of the tips I was given was the fact that most line stretches when wet. A spool wound lightly tight and clipped when dry will loosen and can start shedding line after being in the water a while. However, the opposite is also true. A spool wound tight and clipped when wet can crack the spool as the line dries and shrinks. :depressed:

 

[deepstops]

I always clip it through the line first, and then with the line on the reel tight, stretch to the last hole you can get to, and from the outside in, clip the spool. This leaves a little bit of line hanging over the outside of the spool back in, but between the double ender and the outside of the spool. The latch switch portion of the double ender is facing inward. The clip should not snag on anything being inside the plane of the spool with the smooth side of the double ender being where normal contact may occur on the spool.

Dive safe!

This is exactly how I was taught and never have an issue with the spool falling off.

 

[Jimmer]

I know exactly where you're coming from. :blush:

I'm relatively new to spools too, but one of the tips I was given was the fact that most line stretches when wet. A spool wound lightly tight and clipped when dry will loosen and can start shedding line after being in the water a while. However, the opposite is also true. A spool wound tight and clipped when wet can crack the spool as the line dries and shrinks. :depressed:

The thing with me is that it wasn't the line coming loose, the double ender actually unclipped from the spool itself.

 

[String]

Im constantly getting spools tangled and/or loosing them. ITs not only how you clip it, some boltsnaps are better than others. Some dont close very tightly and have a little play in the clip and the string and or spool escapes.

Had one incident a few weeks back when i noticed about 30m of white line trailing behind the boat then realised it was attached to my spool (clipped to arse d-ring). Ive lost 3 spools this year while kitting up due to the snap being opened by accident when sitting on the tube.

 

[Randy43068]

I was in a quarry yesterday just doing some drills for my intro to tech class, and while swimming along I glanced back and noticed a bright yellow high vis line, then it sort of went like this: "Hey I didn't notice that line before...Hey that line has a spool at the end of it, drifting away...hey, the other end is attached to my ass. I THINK I might have clipped off the double ender to the spool with the thumb part towards the outside, and had it get pressed down against the spool and pop out, so I respooled it, clipped it back up with the latch in towards the line, and it never popped out again the rest of the dive.

Anyone have any pictures or descriptions as to how to clip the double ender to the spool, to be sure this doesn't happen again?

Thanks,
Jim

sounds like you figured it out all by yourself.

 

[PerroneFord]

The thing with me is that it wasn't the line coming loose, the double ender actually unclipped from the spool itself.

Are you diving dry? Put the spool(s) in your pocket. I try not to carry spools in the open unless it's for a very short trip. I've never had one come apart in the water on me though. I prefer delrin spools with a bunch of holes so I can add the right amount of tension. Halcyon makes them, as do Salvo and a couple of others. Dive Rite's are plastic and I don't use those, and DSS has metal ones which I don't care for, and their Delrin ones only have a couple of holes, so I don't use those either.

If the line is properly tensioned it really shouldn't matter too much if the latch opens. I have to work a bit to get the double ender out of the hole when I am ready to use the spool. Was this a brand new spool or one that you had used underwater before?