Paraffin and Power Pro

"The Paraffin worked.....After a couple of hours of casting with a Shimano Chronarch, and getting tiny "backlashes" every five or ten casts.....I put the paraffin on.

FYI... my 'backlashes" were not the "pull out " kind. They were slight "grabs" of the line whenever I cast into the wind. The lure would stop in mid-air...and I'd pull line off the reel, but NO real backlashes ever appeared. It seemed that the line was just too "rough" or "coarse" to let the lure go smoothly to windward.

Anyhow, I added the paraffin by letting a ton of line out, and then reeling back in, against pressure, with the line held tightly against the block of wax.

Once that was done, my casting distance and smoothness into and also with-the-wind increased dramatically. In 50 or so casts, I had ONE "tiny backlash" like I was getting constantly before the addition of the wax to the line.

I am going to swipe my wife's spray wax ( for floors and furniture, I guess) and try spraying it on the spool the next time out. RichG"

I was throwing fairly light spinner baits (not the most aerodynamic lures in the world) directly into 15/20 mph gusty blasts. Downwind, I had a few ""catchcasts" ( not really backlashes), but none as bad as the SB against the wind.

I have previously tried spraying both WD 40 and Silicone on the wound up reel. Neither seemed to help for very long. The wax job may not last either. I don't have enough hours on it to tell. Clearly if it helps as this application did, and I can substitute spray wax....( Hell, I may even try PAM..It'll smell like food for the fish! )....it would be a big help in the wind, with light casts.

I almost exclusively use baitcasters, and I know that they are more of a problem, but I'm from Texas and it's a Texas thing! Besides, I love them and their control and the ability to use topwaters; walk the dog; etc. My experiences with spin casting ( I've owned spinning reels since the original Mitchell 300's & now own some Penns) leave me pretty cold.

No noticeable problems with "waxy thumb"...what should I be looking for...slipping off of the reel; failure to hold the rod; unable to open the tackle box...Ho Ho Ho???

Please do try the Teflon and let me ( us ) know the outcome. As a group we can experiment with a lot of ideas. RichG