braid whats the preferrence

[Mike P]

I've been putting two brands I've never tried before thru their paces in the Canal the last few weeks---Stren Super Braid and the new Berkley Big Game Braid.

The Stren is a little thicker and more wiry. It feels like it has some kind of coating on it. I've gone thru quite a few leaders, but the line itself hasn't chafed or abraded. It casts very smoothly. I'm running that on an Abu BG 7000 CL. Even tho the label "claims" that it has the same diameter as 15# mono, there was still a whole crapload of line left on the 300 yard spool after the reel was filled as high as I dared. Like most braids, it's "mono equivalency" is pie in the sky Since I'm using it on a level wind, I don't know how "thumb friendly" it is for reels without a level wind

Last couple of days I switched over to my Penn 525 Mag that's spooled with 65# Big Game Braid. I really like this line. It's a little thinner than Stren--the smaller 525 has about the same amount of line on it as the Abu does. Casts like a dream. I've been backlash free for several hundred casts on a very hot reel. It hasn't grooved my thumb, and it holds its color very well. After that many casts with Power Pro, my thumb would have been green and the line would be white. It's still not as thin as Whiplash, but it's the best braid I've used since they discontinued Whiplash.

[NIB]

I checked out the big game braid at the rissa show an got a spool of 50 seemed to appear slightly thinner than the fireline 30#.I gave it a shot even though it seemed thinner it took more weight for me to get my jigs down.It fished thicker even tough it had this nice silky smooth feel to it. it also broke before 40 lb leaders which scared me. so I took it off.I am a fireline guy.i had the nightmares with some other braids an I will never switch.

[jim sylvester]

Originally Posted by NIB

I checked out the big game braid at the rissa show an got a spool of 50 seemed to appear slightly thinner than the fireline 30#.I gave it a shot even though it seemed thinner it took more weight for me to get my jigs down.It fished thicker even tough it had this nice silky smooth feel to it. it also broke before 40 lb leaders which scared me. so I took it off.I am a fireline guy.i had the nightmares with some other braids an I will never switch.

tony

fireline over powerpro, right

nightmares with powerpro
thanks

jim

[NIB]

Ive gone as light as 14 lb fireline on beaches wit small plugs.20 lb on for lures 1-1.5 onces an 30lb For most everything else an rocky area's.the only other braid I use is 80lb Hercules kite string which I can't seem to get the same stuff anymore.It goes on my bridge rod a 1209.I buy the fireline in 1000 yd spools.i put 250 yds on an flip it when it gets tired.I change line often.

[Mike P]

I hung the 65# last night. The 40# leader broke first.