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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | I'm interested in your opinion on some general line questions, not specific to manufacturer. What pound test braided line do you use? Are you using a specific pound test braid because of the diameter? Do you use a specific pound test braid with certain reels and why? Any other reasons you use a specific pound test braid? |
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Posts: 20212
Location: oswego, il | I use 50 on some bass sized low profile reels for small baits, 65lb on a reel like my penn 955, 80lb on my penn 965 and calcutta 400's. I run 100lbdown on my penn 975. Diameter and spool capacity being key. I do use certain brands of braid for different reels. Not all braids perform the same on every reel. I think alot of it has to do with the makeup of the levelwind and the chararistics of that particular line and how well it makes it through. |
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Posts: 493
Location: midwest | 65 and 80lb on everything. 65 on smaller lowprofile reels such as a curado 300, toro 50, Calcutta te 300 and 80lb on larger reels like the 400te and LJV. |
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Posts: 245
| Small baits 50lb, all others 65lb
Tuf Line XP, testing PP Super 8 Slick in spring. |
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Posts: 1169
Location: New Hope MN | 65 light baits
80 general baits
110 on heavy stuff.
I favor tuff line.
My main concern is that I don't want the line snapping and costing me a lure. |
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Posts: 8772
| Started with 50#, lost too many baits. Tried 65# for small bucktails; seemed to work fine. Tried 130#, but it's like rope and you can't cast well with it at all. These days I use 80# all around, because I've never found a reason not to.
I prefer to use the same line on all my reels, so you can "flip" it to another reel and use the new end before you toss it. |
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Posts: 3240
Location: Racine, Wi | I use specific # test braid based on baits I'll be throwing, more or less to ensure I won't have any issues with line failure. I tend to use 65# with smaller minnowbaits and bucktails on smaller reels. Then 80# goes on most of my other reels for throwing pretty much everything else. I do go to 100# on my pounder rods which are spooled on 7000 sized reels. Never had 80# break on me even throwing pounders, but I figure 100# just gives the added insurance. Hopefully that gets at your questions.  |
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| I use 20lb mono for everything, stretches nice and floats. |
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Posts: 994
Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | 65 small stuff, not on clients reels though, has cost me too many baits.
80 & 100 are my std lines |
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Posts: 531
Location: Hugo, MN | 80# on most everything. Used 65# on my Curado 300DSV, but broke it once and switched to 80# Spiderwire Stealth Braid because it was the smallest diameter 80# braid I could find at the time. It works fine. I'll never throw 65 again, no need. I spooled up my Penn 975 with 100# for pounder duty, but don't use it for that anymore. This year I'll have 80# on all 5 reels in my rotation. |
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Posts: 147
Location: Chesterton, Indiana | 80 LB 832 Suffix on all of my rods except a 7' Heavy spinnging set up I have set up for people who don't like baitcasters. On that rod I run 30 LB fire line. When worked right a boat partner of mine landed a 49.5" ski this fall on the spinning set up using smaller lures too. |
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Posts: 338
| Cortland Spectron 80lb for everything. Just my opinion, best out there!!!! |
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Posts: 1710
Location: Mt. Zion, IL | 65 lb Sufix on small bait rods, 80 lb Sufix and 80 lb masterbraid for "normal size" baits, 130 Spectron for the 2x4's. |
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