Braid Tips

[ilovetwofish]

I use power pro line 30lbs test I use it on all my saltwater stuff light and heavy.I WILL NEVER USE MONO AGAIN! Make sure the spool is not to full,use dacron for backing, and a swivel with about 60 lb mono liter.As far as the knots once the line has been used alot its time to change respool. I change my line 3 times through out the year.You can't beet the casting distance of this type of braid well worth the money.

[MarshCappa]

Thanks everyone. Mike P, My reel is a shakespeare live bait runner. I had the line put on at a bait shop in Green Harbor and it dosn't look like like he over spooled it. I must have taken off 15 yards by now though. I'll keep it on and keep it tight on the cast. I must not be casting it right though because I'm not seeing that distance you all keep talking about. I was out there this afternoon in my skiff and the wind picked up big time from the south and I didn't even take one cast with it. Oh well, next time out. I didn't catch anything either.

[Saltheart]

What kind of reel? Braid works better on reels with tapered spools. Old penns etc can have problems.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

What kind of reel? Braid works better on reels with tapered spools. Old penns etc can have problems.

He mentioned some kind of Shakespeare model that I'm not familiar with somewhere above, Mike

I say this again, for anyone who's having problems with braid--before you write it off entirely and go back to mono, you owe it to yourself to at least try Fireline. It's stiffer and has a little more memory and thus more "spring" on the spool than the softer spun braids, especially when new. It works fine on reels like the older Penns and the Daiwa BG series that give users of other braids fits.