finally got a fishing report from a friend of mine. he hooked into a nice yellowfin that took a blistering run on him, then the line went "zing-pow!" mind you, this was a reel that i had serviced for him. my first thought was that the spectra was wound too loosely. i took the reel to my local shop and had them strip down the line and repack it. half way down, look at what we found. it's a cell phone photo, so the quality is poor, but you get the idea.
(http://alantani.com/gallery/2/1_23_01_10_11_47_50_1.png)
spectra needs to be wound pretty tight. that means a winding machine. otherwise you can kiss that fish goodbye!