New braid - Berkley Big Game

[mikecc]

The rep for pure fishing is a great guy . I think he is a little fed up with the company.
They want him to keep the same $$ amount in his territory but shops are shutting down. #^&#^&#^&#^&s Sports ,Bass Pro and others are opening up which does not count for his $$ totals. The company is not what it use to be, along with many others.

[Bob Thomas]

Mike,

It was the actual Berkley rep at that show....so the display said. I've had nothing but great success with pure fishing...great people!

[NIB]

Never under stood this love affar with whiplash.i tried it i found it to have half the abrasion resistence of fire line in fact it has a bout the same reisitence as power pro which i never considered very good Either.Seems Power Pro Is the line of choice cause it is so readily available.Like Pete G i live in fear the will do away with fireline.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by NIB

Never under stood this love affar with whiplash.i tried it i found it to have half the abrasion resistence of fire line in fact it has a bout the same reisitence as power pro which i never considered very good Either.Seems Power Pro Is the line of choice cause it is so readily available.Like Pete G i live in fear the will do away with fireline.

I'm going back to 30# Fireline in the surf this year for all the reasons I love 14# on my light tackle gear in the boat. It's just ridiculously strong, tough, and well behaved. I think it's the layout of the fibers. On Power Pro and many others it's clearly a braid, with Fireline the fibers run lengthwise and I think that's where the abrasion resistance comes from. I heard at some point that Fireline is in fact extruded, but I can't remember where.

I'll also second the idea the Power Pro is a favorite mostly due to availability. It's rare to find a shop that carries all 3 Firelines if they carry it at all.

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

I'm going back to 30# Fireline in the surf this year for all the reasons I love 14# on my light tackle gear in the boat. It's just ridiculously strong, tough, and well behaved. I think it's the layout of the fibers. On Power Pro and many others it's clearly a braid, with Fireline the fibers run lengthwise and I think that's where the abrasion resistance comes from. I heard at some point that Fireline is in fact extruded, but I can't remember where.

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Will you fish Fireline in the rocks? I lost confidence in braid in the rocks last year.

[NIB]

I had a fish only 20 lbs on time sub my lure right in the curl of the last wave on the other side of o rock.I loosened my drag an fought the fish the whole time with the line rapped around the rock.At the very last minute i was able to get the line free an beach the fish.I remember this for 2 reasons one the obvious an 2 when I slid the fish up on the beach an dropped the rod the plug ploinked right out of him.
Now it was only 20lbs not 40 some say that size fight better.this one had some spunk.No fishing line is rock proof.U just put minimal pressure wit ur hand on some barnacles an u can get bloody.There has to have been 20 different braids introduced since I been usin fireline.Its still the only line for me.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by JFigliuolo

Will you fish Fireline in the rocks? I lost confidence in braid in the rocks last year.

The reason I'm moving back to Fireline is I finally gave up on Power Pro in the rocks.

We were actually discussing this on another board too. General consensus was that Fireline is much better then Power Pro in the rocks and one member felt it was even better the Berkley Big Game in the rocks.

[Slipknot]

well Tony, I can't get any where near the distance casting jigs with 30 lb fireline as I can with the 65 lb whiplash.
I love fireline, been using it since it came out. it's a polymer not a braid.
I still have about 8 years worth of whiplash.

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

The reason I'm moving back to Fireline is I finally gave up on Power Pro in the rocks.

We were actually discussing this on another board too. General consensus was that Fireline is much better then Power Pro in the rocks and one member felt it was even better the Berkley Big Game in the rocks.

PP couldn't suck more in the rocks. Spider Wire stealth is marginally better but I had a number of fish rub against a rock and twang... nothing.

Where's that discussion at?

[In The Surf]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

The reason I'm moving back to Fireline is I finally gave up on Power Pro in the rocks.

We were actually discussing this on another board too. General consensus was that Fireline is much better then Power Pro in the rocks and one member felt it was even better the Berkley Big Game in the rocks.

I'll explain it a little more. There's a spot in Westerly and in Charlestown where I lost some nice fish in the rocks. This was with Power Pro and Big Game. I stepped it up to 25# Big Game and gave up some distance which isn't that big a deal because I didn't need to get it out that far just wanted my line to handle going through a boulder field and around rocks while under some tension. I could feel the line twanging like a piano string sometimes and wonder how bad it just got nicked and if I'd lose another fish and at times another $20 plus plug. Even when I didn't hook up I was still cutting back a good amount of line from the abrasions. I be respooling too often. I was fishing with Tony O and Redlite and mentioned my disgust with Power Pro and some other lines in the rocks. Mike suggested I try the 30# Fireline that it performs and holds up well in the rocks. Glad I did, I was thouroghly impressed with its performance and how well it held up in the boney spots I fished. It may be somewhat stiff when first spooled on but breaks in nicely and casts well after a good outing or two. I have three spools for my mostly used set ups, the 30# fireline is used the most because most of my fishing is in and around the rocks, 30# Power Pro for open, clean water and Big Game for some deeper water places I like to use poppers because of its bouyancy.