Welcome to the boards....You wouldn't happen to have herd or been told that stretching your fly line is a good thing would you???...If you have been doing this...stop that practice immediately!!! Some do pull all their line off their reels pieriodically and suspend it between two objects..such as trees...and this may be ok..privided that the line is not pulled tightly....Never overly stretch a flyline, Unless the fish your fighting has you to the last wrap of backing on your spool....Stretching is not at all good for a line...just a few thoughts.

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"I've often wondered why it is that so many anglers spend so much money on,and pay so much attention to.the details on the wrong end of the fly line.If they took as much care in selecting or tying their flies as they did in the selection of the reel and rod,They might be able to gain the real extra edge that makes it possible to fool a fish that has,in fact,seen it all before" A.K.Best

Everyone wants to excel in this sport but at the same time we let traditionalists place restrictions on our tactics, methods, and ideas. I always assumed that fly fishing was a sport that allowed imagination, creation, adaptation, investigation, dedication, education, revelation? : Fox Statler, On Spinners (Not the dainty Dry Fly kind) "Spinner'd Minner Fly"

"Wish ya great fishing"

Bill