I look at the line as I am pulling it off the fly reel out to the left....and I just wonder if it would pull easier coming off the bottom of the reel feeding out....instead of the top. All I would have to do is re-wind the backing and line on backwards.....then the line would be a straight line from the reel to the tip when...uh..tight or playing a fish on the reel. ( I haven't gotten a fish on the reel yet so no experience here...plead ignorance)..closer to the rod I guess I wanna say. A more straight plane from the bottoom of the reel to the tip of the rod. Line would almost be parrallel to the rod all the way. All I would have to do is learn to wind the reel backwards to take IN line. I'll have to try it myself to actually see how it works...and I will. I know the idea is going to get shot down pretty hard...but I will get some other thoughts on it. I offer it up here for ideas and so you pros can take a shot at me and my igorance.

Gem