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Originally Posted by Vermonter

Yeah, I've always put the spool on edge with someone holding a pencil through it. For the sick fisherman(I plead guilty) with say a new reel to try and when there's no one around to help, it's possible to stick a chopstick through the spool and hold the ends wedged between the toes on each of your feet to get the line on right.

I have also done that