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| What's the big deal, your only musky fishing, right! Wrong! "Braided lines like whiplash and Spectron are the best overall performer when throwing large Suicks, and Grandma's. The benifit is low stretch for the jerkbaits, and they don't absorb water like old dacron." For all of you who have had heard these lines over and over again, I'm here to make my statement. Braided lines can kiss my you know what!!!! They birdnest every time I cast with a Shimano or Abu Garcia, and don't tell me I don't gett'm with a Penn. Oh and I love trying to tie a barrel knot connecting mono to the braided when spooling it up. My point is with today's technology and for the price of 80 lb spectron can't we make a line like mono that sure the hell does not backlash, and casts a hell of a lot farther than braided lines. Plus does not stretch. Lets make this issue impossible, that whould make more sense, don't you think!
P.S. don't tell me I don't know how to cast a lure with a baitcaster. Thank You.
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| That was my initial reaction too when braids first came out. Once I learned not to buy it by the test, but to go by the diameter instead, changed my tune and will never go back. It's hard to spend that much per spool and to convince myslef to get 100 lb test, but for my money the advantages far out weigh, and are well worth the cost. Doesn't matter what reel you use or how you cast either. That's not to say I think mono is obsolete- you certainly do not HAVE to switch! | |
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| I'm not a pro, but thought I would repsond to your post. I use 80 lb. braided line for some of my fishing, mostly trolling. The price can be cut in half by reversing your line like a fly line. In addition, I more than make up for the difference in cost thanks to the many lures ($10-15 each!) that I hang up and get back thanks to the heavy weight poundage in thin (diameters) available. When I used to use mono, I lost a lot of lures because of trees, etc. in the lake.
If you're looking for a stiff mono line for trolling, you might try Buck Perry's" No-Bo" line. It is a metered line (by color) and is made specifically for trolling. It can be ordered online from his site. If you can't find his site check out my catalog section on my site (URL is included in my profile).
Casting problems? I can't say I've had any more problems with braid than with mono. Of course dacron is really smooth. However, it doesn't take the lures as deep. Looks like whatever you use has some pluses & minuses!! [:bigsmile:] | |
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| I've tried a lot of the braids, whether fishing Muskies, which I'm new to, or walleyes, I exclusively use bait cast reels. The braids I've used all snarl a fraction of what mono did and when it does snarl, it's a million times easier to get out. Since using braids, even when teaching a novice how to cast, I haven't had to cut a snarl out unlike when I used mono. I put Power Pro 12/50 and 17/65 on my Muskie rigs, Corsair 300 and Calcutta 400, and 6/20 and 8/30 on both my low profile and Calcutta walleye reels. I can usually teach anyone to cast crank baits almost as well as I can in under 2hrs with almost no snarls and after showing them the "loop" to look for, they can get the snarls out themselves. I even use 2/10 Power Pro on my spinning outfits for jigging.
Go with line diameter rather than the lb test. Larger diameter line snarls less. Once you get it down, then you can work down to smaller diameter lines and cast any bait a mile. | |
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| I have power-pro, tuff-line and tuff-line plus. I get an occasional nasty dig-in backlash with power pro and have only one with tuff-line plus. None with tuff-line. I get soaked using tuff-line and tuff-line plus. I bought some 100lb power pro and got soaked just the same. They do repel water. They repel it into your reel.
I will continue to use it because teh no-stretch has many more benefits. If you work glide baits it's a must.
You could try a fusion braid. Spiderwire has some in some good pound tests and fins superbraid makes some that says their's are different than spiderwire. This is a mono coated superline. | |
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| There is a time for Mono and Braided lines,as is there for Leadcore and Wire.I use Mono for big crankbaits or spinnerbaits that are trolled close to the boat near the propwash,something has to give on a short strike by a big fish,especialy at high speeds.The only time I use braided line for trolling is in combination of using Leadcore line on my other rods.This way i can run the same type of crankbaits and the leadcore line will get to a given depth with less line out then the braided line,durring turns the leadcore lines pass under the braided lines and you get no tangles.I like 80 lb test PowerPro for trolling braided lines.But once the water gets below 50 degrees I only use Leadcore Line most of the time,here is why.With the use of leadcore I can get very deep going very slow,the line will sink the crankbait to bottom,using a metal lipped crankbait like the Hi-Fin Trophy Diver I can bend down the angle of the lip getting more action at slower speeds,3.5 mph action at 1.5 mph speeds,placeing the crankbait in the strike zone for a longer time for a Slob to make up their mind to hit.The line doen't stretch so hook sets are good.Trying to get to speeds below 2.0 miles per hour or less with braided line using normal plastic lipped crankbaits the following will happen: crankbait action will slow and crankbait will rise,it will be near to imposible to get a crankbait down on structure of 30 feet as well. | |
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