Stren Braid

[canaljigger]

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

[179]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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