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Old 02-11-2009, 09:00 AM   #11
Back Beach
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You know thats funy I have recently learned that braid has a breaking point also.Not so much a snap off thing.Though it can be comprimised while appearing to be just fine.I do quite a bit of jigging.I use the same set up at home for jigging as I do everything else.One thing I have found,when you get hung down your basically taking the line almost to the breaking point.After a while of this the amount of pressure it takes to bust off a leader of lesser material will deminish..When New 20 lb fireline will bust off 40 lb leader.After a few trips it will no longer break the 40 lb leader material. It will break in a spot I have no control over.So I pretty much use 30 for most of my applications.Till later in the spring when I move to surf only..
Some of my experience likely has to do with the fact I fish a sissy drag. Some of the best fish I've taken in recent years have been on account of me opening the bail once the fish gets hung up as opposed to horsing it out of the rocks and compromising the line.

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