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Old 03-21-2006, 08:38 AM   #20
Mr. Sandman
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I like PP because of the small dia. The advantages in the wind get me more fish then the few I loose on a rock. It will outcast any line and I tried many of them head to head during the day with the same rod/reel/lure. On a relative basis, fireline is super thick and is like wire. Because of this feature, it is the only braid that is even possible to cast on a penn. Anything else will be a nightmare. If you have a penn and want to fish braid, fireline is your only choice. (and even then you will have problems)
PP rubbing on the rocks is not great. If your fishing line is in contact with lots of rocks all the time you're better off with mono IMO. Do the test. Go into a tackle shop and ask for 3' of every line brand in the same test. Take a length of line put good tension on it and rub it against a big rough rock, count how many passes until it fails. Mono will outlast any braid. If you fish like that, where you are constantly scraping rocks braid it bad news.

That said, I fish 95% braid. (PP) I fish near rocks and try to avoid hard core scraping of line on the rock itself. Sometimes it can not be avoided, I know, but IMO, the benifits outweigh the drawbacks. It allows me to get to fish that I could not get to with any other line. Not to mention the hookset, and fight is far better the braid.
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