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06-04-2008, 08:23 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,408
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20lb Ande Backcountry on a VS250  screw braid...
I have been digging the 65lb Cortland on my Newell 229 for jigging though.... |
Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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06-04-2008, 08:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Norwich Ct
Posts: 276
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20# Backcountry on a VS200. Ah hell,whats it matter.Never catch anything anyway.
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06-06-2008, 01:33 AM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joe the plumber
20# Backcountry on a VS200. Ah hell,whats it matter.Never catch anything anyway.
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Joe at least your not sitting in the freakin desert dreaming of fishing,, oh well it is only 110-115+ this time of year,,,,,,  |
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06-06-2008, 04:59 AM
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woody
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Port St Lucie Fla.
Posts: 1,062
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Cortland Masterbraid 65#  |
You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a
Clipboard.
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06-06-2008, 07:52 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 373
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I have been using fireline crystal 20 lb this season in saltwater and really like it. Casts beautifully and no wind knots. Seems resistant to fraying up too.
I have been thinking though that wind knots may have more to do with spool design of the reel than with the line type. I have been using an old Zebo Cardinal 6x which if you haven't seen one is similar in design to a penn 710. I have good luck with the penn 710 too, but have had a few knots with suffix. It does not have a skirted spool and it sits in the top of the reel with the reel body around it. Anyway, I have never had a wind knot on that reel. I have used spiderwire fusion, original spiderwire, mono, and now the fireline crystal. I can throw a plug as hard as I can with this reel and have been fine so far. With my other reels that I have wind knot issues, I find if I really throw it with a lot of strength, you are more likely to get a tangle, compared to an easy lob type of cast.
I have been using spiderwire ultracast invisibraid in freswater this year and really like it. very supple, casts a mile and strong.
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06-06-2008, 08:32 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,277
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Until I find something better, FIRELINE has been my Go - To line.
I used to be a big P-Pro fan, but those phantom break-offs have stopped me from using it. Although P-Pro is a softer line from day 1, Fireline will also soften in time, and the strength seems superior (iffin' that makes any cents) 
....and yes, I always have something spooled w/BigGame - I'll never forget ol' faithful. |
 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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06-06-2008, 12:29 PM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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i used 30#Fireline last year to NO problems, and many fish!!!
that is the best, imho and my limited experience..................
that's why this year i'm giving Sufix a whirl,
55# to 65#, paired with a 704Z and tied to
60# to 80# BGame mono shock, or Ande IGFA mono.
still loving the Ande BCountry for my mono set-up,
for the bait and sluggos rod.................that stuff is
SHWEEEEET! been very very good to me, sure hope
the Sufix does me right this year and if not; i am prepared to
try the BGame braid, it looks very similar to the Fireline?
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"The first condition of happiness is that the connection
between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Tight Lines, and
Happy Hunting to ALL!
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06-06-2008, 02:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: N. H. Seacoast
Posts: 368
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50# Sufix Performance on Penn Slammer 560. Do not remember the last time I've had an issue with a wind knot or line twisting. Have never suffered from a surprise breakoff either.
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06-06-2008, 04:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 677
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When I first started using braid with a spinning reel, I would get "wind" knots. As I studied the situation, what was actually happening was that at the end of the cast and the onset of reeling, there was a tendancy for the line to hop up onto the top of the spool then get pulled back into the spool with subsequent reeling. This would result in a "wind" knot on a subsequent cast. Now I always pull some line at the end of the cast, prior to beginning to reel. No more "wind" knots.
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06-06-2008, 07:23 PM
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Southsider
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Bass River, Mass.
Posts: 1,226
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I used Fireline recently and had it part many many times over a four day stretch, lost a ton of plugs, was it a knot issue or was I all balled up?
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06-06-2008, 07:37 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,426
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooper
I used Fireline recently and had it part many many times over a four day stretch, lost a ton of plugs, was it a knot issue or was I all balled up?
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