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10-24-2006, 11:27 AM
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woody
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Port St Lucie Fla.
Posts: 1,062
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wind and power pro
just like some advice on this stuff for a VS 300
and what knot would you use to tie the two togeather mono and power pro ? some guys I know have no problem and there are some that nothing but> any thoughts ?
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10-24-2006, 11:35 AM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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10-24-2006, 11:46 AM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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i bent my wookie
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10-24-2006, 11:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,692
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wood, come by my shop with your gear and i will show you a great leader to main line knot. you cna tie it with your eyes closed.
The key to avoiding wind knots is to make sure you take up all the slack in your line as soon as you put the line on the roller. I do that by lifting up the tip of my pole and reeling in a few cranks. Then i look down and look for the dreaded loop hanging out off the spool. If you do that on every cast, you should be able to avoid wind knots all together.
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10-24-2006, 12:40 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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knots
Uni or an albright knot works great on my sustains. Cant be to different than your VS
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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10-24-2006, 10:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
Posts: 2,290
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Alberto knot works great. No tag end to cut your finger and I have never had that knot fail.
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low & slow 37
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10-25-2006, 07:52 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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There are so many braids on the market now that are better than Power Blows, that it makes no sense to use it if it's giving you problems.
Try Sufix, Big Game braid or Stren Superbraid. Or even better for a VS, Fireline. Fireline works without headaches on almost any spinning reel, and it's mucho more abrasion resistant than Power Pro.
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10-25-2006, 08:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 374
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This is a pic from this weekend of sufix 65# that had a pretty bad cut in it. I used my scale to see what was left, and was pleasantly surprised that it broke at 31#. Considering the damage, I was impressed.
So far Sufix is working well for me on my 7000s. I just kicked a big spool of PP 50#, and may switch to Sufix for that as well.
The line actually looked worse that it does in the picture.
-Ty
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