In reply to Post #45
You may be right but the spool is oscillating using the clutch method. Whether this adds twist remains to be seen.

Edit: you are right about the spool not oscillating, I was getting confused what oscillating meant

I wonder if there's a way to do an experiment using a thick clear sea fishing mono, permanent marker pen the line on the spool so that one side of the line has a black line on then load using one of the methods discussed & see how the line appears? The twist should be easily noticeable I would've thought.

In reply to Post #46
If you've ever done it, or seen it done you'd know it doesn't remain to be seen, it undoubtedly adds a huge amount of twist!

In reply to Post #47
Yes I have but I'm just to trying to understand why.

In reply to Post #45
Spool oscillation is just for line lay. It has nothing to do with line twist.

In reply to Post #49
I disagree

When using my boat I used to flick my bail arm and control my line with my hand but this caused massive line twist. Over short distances let my reel reverse now and get much less twist..although I'm a lefty so it's quite difficult to control it sometimes!

..the roller/rotor has to go around the reel to stop the twist.

In reply to Post #51
Out of interest, which method do you use to load your spools, off the side of the spool or the upright pencil-type one?