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Fishpart · 10-05-2001, 07:31 AM

Mr. Sandman

I started out with Spiderwire Fusion on a spinner 30/17 I believe. I liked it, it fishes like mono with the feel of a braid. I have switched to conventionals and use Cortland Spectron and like it very much, but I wouldn't necessarily use it for spinning. The Fusion is a coated line and is a little stiff like mono, like you mentioned the coating does come off so you need to cut it back from time to time. I think where people experience trouble with braids on spinners is that they are limper than mono and knot up badly when they get some twist in them. I do know people who fish braids on spinners exclusively and love them, but as Slipknot said the roller seems to be the key.

10-05-2001, 07:31 AM	#2
Fishpart Keep The Change iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Road to Serfdom Posts: 3,275	Mr. Sandman I started out with Spiderwire Fusion on a spinner 30/17 I believe. I liked it, it fishes like mono with the feel of a braid. I have switched to conventionals and use Cortland Spectron and like it very much, but I wouldn't necessarily use it for spinning. The Fusion is a coated line and is a little stiff like mono, like you mentioned the coating does come off so you need to cut it back from time to time. I think where people experience trouble with braids on spinners is that they are limper than mono and knot up badly when they get some twist in them. I do know people who fish braids on spinners exclusively and love them, but as Slipknot said the roller seems to be the key.