William J Ripley wrote:

>The design
>only requires that the spool be a little loose and tilted, and the line can
>"fall" off the spool.

William, having only used the reel a few times, and being generally a 
novice at this, I have had this problem.  However, I always know when 
it's going to happen.  It's when the reel wasn't wound tightly.  I 
haven't had it happen lately, except when I let someone else reel 
back (for practice).  I find that running a reel takes a great deal 
of concentration, especially if I'm holding a light, using dry 
gloves, and keeping track of my buddy.  Basically, the dive changes 
from a sightseeing dive to more of a work dive.  If I pay less 
attention, I will invariably drift forward, release the tension on 
the line, and then the reel won't be wound properly and the line 
might "fall off" later.

The "falling off" problem could be solved by shortening the line.  If 
you had a little bit more reel left above the spooled line, it 
wouldn't fall off so easily.  FWIW, I've never had the set screw come 
loose on me, but I'm pretty thorough when tightening it.  A buddy of 
mine had his come loose, and he ended up trailing out about 100 ft of 
line before he noticed!

Cheers.
-- 
Paul B.
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