Can I fill a spinning reel with fluorocarbon or nylon as the main line?
No — on any size, any spool type. The twist described above turns a full spool of fluoro or nylon into an unusable bird's nest within a session. Fluorocarbon belongs on the leader (1-2.5 m) tied to a PE main line, and nylon has no place on a bass spinning reel at all — it stretches like a rubber band. The only reason the makers still print nylon capacities is that the industry has always labelled spools that way.
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