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Offline sfd4

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Easy to use braided line
« on: March 01, 2012, 08:42:08 PM »
I am an old monofilament line user. I am thinking of trying braided line on a few reels for fluke etc. I have been making same mono knots for 50 years. IS there a braided line 20-30 lb test which is easy knot tying to mono line and swivels
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2012, 09:08:34 PM »
 wa  Once you use braid.. you will never know how you fished with out it  t^
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 09:10:49 PM »
I think you will like braided for fluking. you can get away with less lead. As for knots I have used the same ones that I use with mono. On some of my rods with braid I also like to put a short piece of mono to give me a little stretch. I use a Uni to Uni knot for that. Also welcome this is a nice place with good people. George
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2012, 09:21:58 PM »
power pro t^
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2012, 09:26:00 PM »
The best braid i have used is 40 lb power pro super slick... So easy to work with. And you dont really need to stay 20lb its so thin go a heavier weight why not
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2012, 08:04:22 AM »
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2012, 08:18:47 AM »
braid is great on smaller gear as well...

i placed twenty pound power pro on a light tackle rig: 5.5 ugly light action rod paired with a small shakespeare spinning reel for my 8yo son.  last year he hooked into a 22 inch fluke by the tip of the navy pier...what a memory of him trying to pull that thing in on his own.  the braid did great...i tied the braid direct to a three-way and then placed the sinker via mono and a fluke rig on the other ring with mono.
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2012, 12:39:00 AM »
Just be careful with braid as it will cut through your skin before you know it.  Like every one before me said, once you use it you will never go back.  It is so much sensitive you can even feel the fihs playing with the bait at times.

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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2012, 06:04:17 AM »
Oh yeah that part. and also make sure you have sharp scissors because you wont be biting through it. And if or going to be casting continuously where a glove or finger guard.
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2012, 01:11:22 PM »
Quote from: BigAl13 on March 03, 2012, 06:04:17 AM
And if or going to be casting continuously where a glove or finger guard.

one of my first jobs when i was younger was working for a carpenter.....sanding by hand.  my fingers were raw within the first hour...i remember the guy i worked with threw me a roll of duct tape...looked at him with the deer in the head lights looked...he yelled at me to wrap my fingers.  its the little things that go a long way, works for fishing as well.  just wrap the protion of your finger that is always in contact with the line.
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2012, 01:15:45 PM »
will work just dont get attached to the hair on you knuckles
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2012, 01:40:07 PM »
Quote from: BigAl13 on March 03, 2012, 01:15:45 PM
will work just dont get attached to the hair on you knuckles

Or palms.... (Rod needs a vomit emoticon)
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2012, 01:51:34 PM »
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2012, 01:56:13 PM »
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2012, 01:57:53 PM »
did that just puke up a rubber chicken ???
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2012, 10:41:58 PM »
What I have used for a number of years now is the cloth Curad band aids.  If you put it on before you get your hands wet it will last all day even wet.  In fact I usually have to cut the booger off when I am done.

Happy Catching

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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2012, 06:29:02 AM »
Quote from: BigAl13 on March 03, 2012, 01:57:53 PM
did that just puke up a rubber chicken ???

YEP!
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2012, 06:41:10 AM »
Why a rubber chicken :headscra:
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2012, 06:46:32 AM »
Quote from: BigAl13 on March 04, 2012, 06:41:10 AM
Why a rubber chicken :headscra:

I haven't a clue but, it is damn funny....  rofla
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Re: Easy to use braided line
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2012, 08:48:28 AM »
No reason on my part for the rubber chicken. That's what was on the all ready made emoticon.  TT^
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