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canaljigger

03-09-2004 08:13 PM

Stren Braid

I am going to respool my reels this weekend and I saw the new stren braid, I chickened out and bought the ever-faithful power pro, does anyone have any experience with the stren or should i stick to the power pro:confused: :confused:

179	03-10-2004 08:49 AM

I'll let you know in a few weeks, I just respooled a Penn 4400 with it. I figured I would give braid one last shot after being completely dissapointed with power pro and fireline, in smaller reels.

mikecc

03-10-2004 09:00 AM

you might be disapointed again the penns were never designed to hold Braid., No Ball Bearing line Roller,and prehistoric spool design.
If you have a problem it's not the braid is the reel.

fishsmith

03-10-2004 09:06 AM

THanks Mike thats good to know. I love braid for ground fish, but last year on a penn 5500, a couple of days were ended early due to braid tangles from hell.

Moses

03-10-2004 11:19 AM

Penn & Braid

Quote:

Originally posted by mikecc
you might be disapointed again the penns were never designed to hold Braid., No Ball Bearing line Roller,and prehistoric spool design.
If you have a problem it's not the braid is the reel.

Interesting note mickecc

My brother and I use PP30 & 50 on quite a few Penn reels and have never had a problem. 4500 - 7500 and a couple of 704z.

What specific problems are you talking about?

mikecc

03-10-2004 12:55 PM

No ball bearing means more line twist and that can cause a lot of problems with braid.

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