Maybe I haven't been paying attention but this is the first time I've seen this.
Looking up at my lines the other day while just cruising along there appeared to be thin filaments, up to a meter long, coming and going off my lines, like you see off the back of aircraft wings.
Has anyone else seen this? I haven't been doing drugs so it's hard to explain.

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KIT33R said..
I haven't been doing drugs so it's hard to explain.

That's what they all say mate. SWIM is innocent.

Ive seen what you have described a few times also. It seems to occur mainly for me when I'm kiting lakes or lagoons . Ive thought that it might be spider webs that float around getting caught on your lines for a moment before they break off.

A friend at horrocks has 2 new best wave kites and they have the spider web / chemtrail thing happening on the lines too.

Could it be kite spiders ?

One for Dr Karl!

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toppleover said...
Could it be kite spiders ?

Parasitic drag!

Humidity?

Lines were dry. Looks like a Dr Karl one. Time to consult Dr Google too.

i googled it.

does it feel like you have a little bit of pressure just behind your eye/nose ? because it says you have a brain tumour

Im going with spider web strands. Used to get them all the time kiting downwind of Edward Island at Lancelin.

Yes they're spider web lines, sent out by (usually) tiny spiders to enable them to move from here to there. Travelling as such. They're looking to try to anchor the web and set up camp.
Happens all the time when trolling (slow boat fishing) in the mountain lakes. On really special days in alpine areas a rod can be literally covered in web.

... it's spider web,,,, we get it here a lot during our dry season (winter).

Robbie