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| I am getting a new musky reel and was wondering what is the best line. I have used stren super braid and had medium results. Is there a better line? Also what do you use as backing, # test and how many yards? |
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Location: South Portsmouth, KY | Cortland Masterbraid Bronzeback or Cortland Spectron. After using both i like spectron the best. |
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Posts: 413
Location: Madison WI | Cortland bronzeback is a good line until the late october and november if your fishing in any place where it tends to get below 40 in that part of the year, at this time the bronzeback soaks up way too much water in my opinion and thus creates cold hands much quicker. I am not one of those people that can fish with gloves that aren't fingerless. I have been using stealth and powerpro, both fit what I need them for but the stealth doesn't shed its protective coating as quickly as powerpro.
Edited by muskyhunter24 12/2/2008 7:43 PM
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Location: lansing, il | i have been trying a new braid this fall and have been really pleased with it. it is made by Hi Seas and is called Grand Slam Braid. i wanted to use it before offering it for sale and can say i am very pleased with it, and plan to carry it in 80 and 100#. if your interested in gimmie a shout or you can check it out on their website. http://www.hiseas.net
Edited by muskihntr 12/2/2008 9:48 PM
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Location: VA | Power Pro!!
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| You are going to get a bunch of different answers here. Make sure that you go with at least 80#. FWIW I use 80# Sufix and really like it. Your backing should be the same diameter as your braid. For me I believe it was 20# Trilene XT. |
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| cortland bronzeback or spiderwire stealth both in 80 lb are my favs....sucker rods spooled with 130 lb bronzeback |
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Location: Columbus, Georgia | Another vote for Cortland Bronzeback ... any pound test.
Edited by cjrich 12/2/2008 10:47 PM
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| The new FireLine Braid is the best line I have ever used bar none. It is an 8 carrier weave which means that it's rounder and a tighter weave than any other braid on the market. IMHO roundness deosn't really matter but tightnes of the weave makes a big difference. Much smoother through the guided and less noise. It als odoes not absorb water like many of the braids out there. Yes it still absorbs some but not like the wax coated lines that came out 15 years ago and are still sold by some companies. I really like the 80lb. in the Tracer color.
As for backing I use whatever mono I have laying around as it doesn't matter. |
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| I can't say about others because I have only used PowerPro for the last 8 yrs or so without any problems. Landed an 8" sturgeon that probably weighed 250 pounds last wknd on 100# PP.
Jed |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I have been using the Cortland Masterbraid Bronzeback the last two years and it has been working pretty well for me! Don't have anything bad to say about it. I don't think it picks up much water either. I don't notice my hands getting very wet with it. It will eventually freeze up if casting in temps much below freezing, but is there a line that doesn't? |
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Location: Chicago | I use Power Pro, so far so good. |
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| 100 lb. Spiderwire Stealth. |
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| 80 spiderwire ultracast,and by far
Edited by mota 12/3/2008 1:38 AM
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| PIKEMASTER - 12/3/2008 6:41 AM
BERKLEY TRACER BRAID, INVISI BRAID, STEALTH CODE RED.
Mrs. Santa? Who wouldn't? |
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Location: Dixon, IL | I like Power Pro moss green lines!
65 lbs for crankbaits, minnowtype lure like grandma, spinnerbait and average size bucktails.
80 lbs for jerkbaits, topwater, large crankbaits, large bucktails.
Fill up old line in reel then add 150 yards of power pro line. I buy 300 yards for two musky reels! |
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Location: New Hope MN | Here is a vote AGAINST Tuff line. I find that it frays very easily. |
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| Stren Superbraid is my favorite. Powerpro second. Feels like the stren has a thicker diameter. Get a lot more backlashes from the PowerPro...seems to twist on me a lot. Stren is smooth, casting just as far without twists.
I'm interested to try the Fireline. Been using that for years for bass rods. |
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| maybe it's me but a vote against power pro that i used for only two years...many backlashes vs. the ultracast that i totally switched to this past year. in my opinion, instead of power pro improving the quality of the line itself they chose to put it in a handy-dandy box with a line cutting thing! shame on them...lol
Edited by STUSHSKY 12/3/2008 11:53 AM
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Location: VA | Actually Stushsky,
Power Pro did improve/changed the dyes they used for the spectra lines, the "new" holds it's color much better (the handy dandy part was funny) 
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| dr,
i had no complaint on the color of pp, i used the three colors of the ultracast, yellow, green and white / invisibraid on my three setups and the muskies could care less! unless a rep from power pro steps up and states on this site they will give us all say a free 300 yard spool of it to switch / switch back. some may take the offer...not me...
Edited by STUSHSKY 12/3/2008 11:56 AM
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| Spiderwire Ultracast 80 and up. |
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | When it comes to respooling my reels, they will all be getting Cortland Masterbraid. I have been using this line for the past 2 years and have been very happy with it. It's possibly the driest braid I've ever used. When it comes to cold weather casting, my reels filled with Masterbraid are what I reach for first.
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| I use both Spiderwire Stealth and Cortland Spectron and have had no problems with either. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | ANother vote for the Hi Seas Grand Slam, very good line.
I just received a couple megaspools of Fireline braid and Stealth, reports to come next season. |
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Posts: 284
Location: Fishing the weeds | 80-100# Ultracast! |
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| I like Power Pro in the 80# test |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | I like Cortland Spectron lines or Cabela's Ripcord SI. I can not recommend Power Pro. Its seems every time I would get a backlash, i needed to get out the line pick, whereas the Cortland or Ripcord, I just need to yank on the line and the backlash pops out. |
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Location: Medford, WI | I don't have very much experience with different brands of line, but the two I have used quite a bit are PowerPro and TufLine. I prefer TufLine over PowerPro as I've never had the 80 or 100 lb. test snap; regardless of what I'm casting and how bad a backlash may be. PowerPro, I have had snap a few times. Also, I've found for beginners TufLine will backlash much less often than PowerPro when using the same lb test (I'm sure that has to do with diameter and whatnot).
Interested in trying the new HiSeas line also.
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Location: N.FIB | I used power pro for about 7 years and switched to cortland this past summer,I like the cortland much better except in very cold temps.Over the years I hardly ever got backlashes with power pro,but when I did I would have to cut the line out most of the time,with cortland the backlashes come out very easy.Cortland holds alot more water,as the line was coming in this fall it was coated with ice before it hit the spool,power pro never did that and I fished in below freezing temps with it alot over the years.So for me it is cortland in the summer and power pro in the fall.now if you can keep those darn eyelets from iceing up,that would be great. |
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