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| i was out muskie shopping th ether day and i was gonna get a new spool of 80lb powerpro but they were out of green in the 80lb but they had 80lb in the red and yellow colored powerpro...and i was wondering if any of you guys use the red or yellow powerpro. or des it really not matter which color you get....i just usually use green. |
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Location: SE, WI. | Bob; Really don't matter.
I trolled last fall with the yellow, and my wife used the green. I caught 23 muskie in 10 days, and she got 13. I don't think it matters. I like the yellow, because if I want to mark line lenghts, it is easier to see the marks with the yellow!!!
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| do you think it would be a problem to cast bucktails,glider,plastics,topwaters,etc. with the yellow line i dont think it would be a problem???
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Location: Land of the Musky | NOT RED!!!! Gets weta dn bleeds all over everythign. Not sure if they fixed it yet or not but last year it was a problem. IMO it looks great on your rod/reel and in the water though! Just not on the bottom of your boat and all over you and your tackle... |
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| Find the white Power Pro and go with that. |
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Location: Kildeer, IL | The green PowerPro has done the same thing to me. My hands are green by the end of the day. |
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Location: Elk River MN | Don't go with power pro at all. Tuff line or cortland bronzeback are much better lines. |
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| I used power pro for 4 years and thought "I" was the problem! This spring I switched to spiderwire ultracast and quickly realized it wasn't "me" it was the power pro that was the 'problem". I'll never go back to power pro. As far as color I beleive whatever color you can see best since in my experience a hot musky doesn't care what color your line is!
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Location: The desert | I agree with the previous two posts....I've had nothing but problems with powerpro. So many other lines that cast much smoother and dont back lash nearly as easily. When you do get backlashes with other lines they pick out easy, where as powerpro can be a bugger to pick out. My votes go to Bronzeback and Tuff Line. |
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| i think ill get bronzeback or tufline from know on or atleast try it out....how much do these brands of line run for in the stores for a 150yd spool? |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | I use the green 65lb- backlash's are not an issue- I've tried 80lb tuff line and didn't like it! I can cast farther with PowerPro. IMHO, backlash's, a.k.a. professional overrun's are a operator problem.
Have fun!
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| al, it's interesting that you should say that. backlashes with my old 80 lb. power pro were something that happened maybe once or twice an outing but they were bad ones and as far as i am concerned once an outing is one too many. in three outings thus far this spring i have not had one backlash with my new 80 lb. spiderwire ultracast using the same rods and luna 300L's that i have been using for same time period that i used the power pro thus the problem in my opinion was in fact the power pro with all else remaining equal! or maybe it's just luck:) either way, i'll stick with the ultracast...thank you very much! |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | SPIDERWIRE ULTRACAST INVISI BRAID is on all my reels, 80lb test. P-PRO will never go on any of my reels.
Edited by PIKEMASTER 4/22/2008 7:11 PM
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Backlash's have many root causes. I'm just offering an opinion, i.e., and you are entitled to your's. I'm basing mine on my experience. I also have a Luna 300, a Calcutta 400TE and multiple Curado 200 Shimano's. They all have PowerPro 65lb on them. Ease of casting & casting distance is my first priority in line selection. I can easily live with my choice. If no one else agree's, so be it, and I'm not getting bent out of shape over it. Besides my 12 year old grandaughter (Jazzy) and 9 year old grandson (Xavier) both use my rod's with the Shimano Curado 200's while fishing with me, and I'm not spending all day picking out backlash's for them either. Perhaps, it's a matter of tuning the reel to the line and lure?
Have fun!
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| Al if the casting distance is your priority you should try the Ultracast if you haven't already. I was very impressed with the smoothness of this line for casting distance. Much different than other lines I've tried including Power Pro. I run some different lines on different reels and most of them get Spectron or Masterbraid but the Ultracast definitely has a place in my setup. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | This is Y I use SPIDERWIRE ULTRA CAST INVISI BRAID, this line will not get your hands wet from water holding in the line, INVISI BRAID is white and the color stays on the line not on your hands and reel, I can cast further, and this line is so so smooth, NO LINE GUIDE NOISE, after a day on the water INVISI BRAID does not fuzz up like P-PRO at the knot, this line is round, so it will not dig in on your reel like P-PRO, and the knots hold tight. P-PRO is a good line, but INVISI BRAID is the next generation of braid line. P-PRO is old school, INVISI BRAID is new school. |
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Location: Minneapolis | WHITE power pro. The coloring is going to peel off anyway. I like bronzeback, but PP seems to pick up less water. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Pete- Thanks, for the feedback. No, I haven't tried the Ultracast yet. However, based on your input, I'll give it a try. I'm just like anyone else, i.e., I'm always trying to increase the odd's in my favor versus Ms. Piggie Muskie!
Have fun!
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Location: Hugo, MN | I can't stand the noise Power Pro makes against the line guides during retrieval. That's something that I don't have to endure with any other line I've used. How someone can listen to that all day long is beyond me. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...no thanks. I personally like Tuf line XP. I really liked Berkley Whiplash, but they stopped making it years ago. Spiderwire Ultrabraid is solid, too. I have that on one reel, and it is good stuff. |
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Location: Beaver County, Pennsylvania | my powerpro is silent.....or at least it doesn't bother me at all if it does make noise...lol |
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| Power pro are thinner in diameter, compared to many other lines. Not regarding to what it says on the label, but by true tests. I have used PP for about ten years, and havnt had any reasons to change.
Noise in the guides?? Carries more water?? The differens to other lines must be very little.. I like the white pp for casting. Easy to see, and camoed against the bright surface. |
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| STUSHSKY - 4/22/2008 5:22 PM
I used power pro for 4 years and thought "I" was the problem! This spring I switched to spiderwire ultracast and quickly realized it wasn't "me" it was the power pro that was the 'problem". I'll never go back to power pro. As far as color I beleive whatever color you can see best since in my experience a hot musky doesn't care what color your line is!
stan
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | knooter - 4/27/2008 11:35 AM
I can't stand the noise Power Pro makes against the line guides during retrieval. That's something that I don't have to endure with any other line I've used. How someone can listen to that all day long is beyond me. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...no thanks.
I've had a few guys in the boat with pp and they could not believe how much quieter the Suffix and Cortland braids are. Yes pp is thin but it also digs much worse than other 80 lb braids from what I've seen. Try Cortland, Tuff Line, or Suffix and you will not be disappointed. Suffix is by far my favorite even though the color fades after about two hard days on the water. Suffix has been the smoothest, roundest braid I've ever used and if it weren't 70 dollars more per 1200 yard spool over what I can get Cortland for, I'd be all Suffix. |
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| I realize the question was about color, but here's my experience based on the lines I have personally used on my own equipment:
Powerpro (Green): Used it on several reels over the last few years. It seems to start looking fuzzy sooner than some others. Had some breakoffs using 50# my first season, wouldn' t use anything less than 80#. It also seems less "backlash friendly" than others. It IS noisy.
Tuff Line XP (White): Used 65# on one of my bucktail rods for a couple seasons, no complaints. The smaller diameter seems to help when throwing small baits.
Cortland Spectron (Blue): 80# on two different reels. Never had a breakoff, and it doesn't seem to fray as easily. Not sure I like the coating, because it makes the line kind of stiff at first, but it holds less water than PP.
Cortland Bronzeback: Used both 80# and 130#. The 130# is crazy. It doesn't fade, and it's nice and limp right out of the box. It's good on a big reel with a lot of line capacity, and fairly castable if you're throwing heavy baits. Wouldn't use it for anything under 4 oz, though. The 80# is much better in that department. I found it frayed pretty easily when fishing a lot of rocks, but I suspect any line would do that.
I think it's largely personal preference when it comes to lines. Best thing you can do is try a few. Some lines pick up more water than others. Some seem more prone to backlashes. Nearly all of them (exept the bronzeback) bleed all over the place when new and turn your hands green, or blue, or red, or...
Now, my opinion(s) on color:
If it's any color but white it's going to bleed. The darker it is, the more it will stain your fingers. The fish don't care, so why should I?
My next line choice will be the Stealth Spiderwire, because its one I have not tried. Right now, I prefer the bronzeback to the other brands I have used. (Personally, on my own reels, throughout at least one season, enough times to form an opinion based on actually fishing with it and not just what I believe, or what I heard from someone who might be promoting that product because it's a sponsor of theirs, or their friend, or...)
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| a tip; i use power pro hi vis yellow for all my rods. i take a black marker and mark the last 10' or so. the ink turns the yellow line a nice shade of green that looks very natural in the water. i'm not convinced that fish are smart enough to associate yellow line with danger, but then again, who knows what will turn a fish off when they're feeling corky?
one thing i don't like about power pro is it's lack of abrasion resistance. i re-tie often as a precautionary measure regardless, but i look at any weakness in gear as a potential heartbreaker.
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Location: Minnetonka | I'll second the Cortland Masterbraid (Bronzeback), for reasons that you'll discover when you use it!!! |
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Location: So. Illinois | Interesting conversation. I use PowerPro on all my rods. I have two lighter-weight setups that are identical that I use to throw small bucktails. I have noticed alot of noise from the line running on the line guides. I always thought I had cheap line guides or the noise was due to the stainless stell guide inserts (vs ceramic or plastic). Makes me wonder how much of the noise is actually caused by the PowerPro. I may have to give the Spiderwire a try. Noticed the product review on the Bass Pro Shops web page were not that decisive -- many differing opinions. I guess it boils down to "find a product you like and stick with it" regardless of what the masses say. Thanks for the different perspectives...
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what color powerpro?