Quote Originally Posted by fcch
Question about line coils, ... Why do you have them ?
Because the line is wrapped around a very tight radius, silly!

Really, I stretch my lines too but they don't always stay off of the reel after stretching them. I'm big on not having a lot of excess line out that I'm not using so the amount I have off the reel varies considerably during the course of a day. On top of that, sometimes the lines are being usesd in cold weather and water and tend to take a set.
Bottom line? I just don't see a downside to a well-designed large arbor reel.