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parker23 · 11-26-2006, 03:20 PM

I use conventional casting rods/reels 90% of the time. I have 3 Shimano Calcutta’s . In the spring/summer I used 50# Power Pro on all. One morning I was making a lot of short casts and before long all 3 had the nastiest rats nests. The only time I have this problem is w/ short casts.

So, I went home and ripped all the PP off the reels and replaced w/mono. Same issue, short casts resulted in rat nests galore. After a few weeks using mono, I switched 1 of the reels back to PP braid and realized how much I missed casting and fishing w/ braid.

I learned how to fish w/conventional gear as a kid and all we used was mono. Most of my fishing was done from the beach, so short casts were not a real issue. However, I took 18 years off to do the fly-fishing thing and now I am re-learning conventional gear.

Am I doing something wrong? Is PP a good braid? Is there a better braid for plugging? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Spring is just around the corner!

11-26-2006, 03:20 PM	#1
parker23 No Trolling allowed iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Kingstown, RI Posts: 414	Casting reels & braided lines I use conventional casting rods/reels 90% of the time. I have 3 Shimano Calcutta’s . In the spring/summer I used 50# Power Pro on all. One morning I was making a lot of short casts and before long all 3 had the nastiest rats nests. The only time I have this problem is w/ short casts. So, I went home and ripped all the PP off the reels and replaced w/mono. Same issue, short casts resulted in rat nests galore. After a few weeks using mono, I switched 1 of the reels back to PP braid and realized how much I missed casting and fishing w/ braid. I learned how to fish w/conventional gear as a kid and all we used was mono. Most of my fishing was done from the beach, so short casts were not a real issue. However, I took 18 years off to do the fly-fishing thing and now I am re-learning conventional gear. Am I doing something wrong? Is PP a good braid? Is there a better braid for plugging? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Spring is just around the corner!