Done with light weight mono!

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Originally Posted by danieldelarosa

What size do you use?

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I use 15/4 hi vis yellow, but After reading Odie's post, I may move up to 20/6. If there is a fault to the Power Pro, it is only that the color will fade over time

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Originally Posted by meatdragger

Can you cut any of those specialty lines with your teeth? I like the fact that I can just bite my mono line to cut it.

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And so can the fish given enough bites.

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Originally Posted by deerhunterodie

Robert, no you can't cut PP or Spiderwire with your teeth but I carry a pair of cutters. Your dentist would cringe at that thought. LOL!!

For those of you who are wondering, I don't own any stock in PP or Spiderwire.:D:D:D

With that said I just don't think you can go wrong with either one. Let me give you several reasons.

1. You only have to use a small amount of braid. Spool your reel 2/3 to 3/4 full with a CHEAP mono then spool on 20/6 braid. I am on my 3rd spool of braid in 5 years and I fish a lot.

2. You will rarely lose any jigs. The hooks will straighten before the line breaks. Plus I have less snagging on structure because I can determine structure from a bite with the braid. You will more than make up the cost of the braid by the amount of jigs and bodies saved.

3. You can feel the fish BREATH on your jig. My hook-up rate has gone way up since I started using braid.

4. You get to fish more. The more time you spend re-tying the less time to fish. As much as I like my buddies I don't stop fishing while they are re-tying.:D

Odie

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What Odie said.

A well tied Palomar knot holds very well. I don't know if they still do, but Power Pro used to put an insert in every package that showed knots that worked well. the knot they showed were pretty complicated to me, and you can tie a Palomar with your eyes closed. I have scaled tested its strength to 4x test strength on a dead pul and it didn't break.

Don't try to skip the mono backing on your reel though. The whole spool of line will spin on your spool like a broken drag if you do. You have to at least put a few wraps of mono under it. Ask me how I know this :o

SmokyOkie, I just checked out the Power Pro website and they said to put a piece of Electrical tape on your spool before spooling to prevent slippage.

I may get a little of it and try it out. I've used the original spiderwire and hate it but this seems different. Now, if I could just find those clippers;)

Does 6/20 mean 20lb test and 6lb test diameter? I just went to walmart and got a box of PP 20lb. It says that it is 6lb diameter. $13.96 a box, hope its good!

Does a loop not work well with the Power Pro or other braids?

Daniel thats the stuff. Be sure and leave a few wraps of mono on the spool as the braid will slip if you dont. I splice mi e together with a blood knot. You cant bet pp line. It will last for years i have some on my catfish reels thats at least 8 years old and still strong as the day i put it on. The only thing i can say bad about it is dont set the hook like you did with mono. If you hook one in the bottom or side of the mouth it will jerk the hook out. Braid will not stretch like mono is why.

Slab it will work just be sure and tie a knot in the tag line as close the other knot as possible

20 lb power pro has 6lb diameter. works great for me.

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Originally Posted by SlabHungry

Does a loop not work well with the Power Pro or other braids?

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What kind of loop knot do you tie? If you use the one htat is like an improved clinchknot, it will slip.

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Originally Posted by meatdragger

SmokyOkie, I just checked out the Power Pro website and they said to put a piece of Electrical tape on your spool before spooling to prevent slippage.

I may get a little of it and try it out. I've used the original spiderwire and hate it but this seems different. Now, if I could just find those clippers;)

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You can use electrical tape as they say, but if you fill up the spool with mono followed by only 75 yds or so of Power Pro, you will save a lot of $ on line.

Any kind of small sharp scissors seems to work well for me. I like to use fly tying scissors, or else even lay the line down on something plastic and cut it with a pocket knife.

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Originally Posted by kdlong

Daniel thats the stuff. Be sure and leave a few wraps of mono on the spool as the braid will slip if you dont. I splice mi e together with a blood knot. You cant bet pp line. It will last for years i have some on my catfish reels thats at least 8 years old and still strong as the day i put it on. The only thing i can say bad about it is dont set the hook like you did with mono. If you hook one in the bottom or side of the mouth it will jerk the hook out. Braid will not stretch like mono is why.

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I learned a real easy to tie alternative to the blood knot. I never could tie a blood knot worth a $hit. Seems like I need another set of hands. If anybody is interested, I'll see if I can describe how to tie it.

The loop knot I use is like the one shipahoy shows on the main forum. That sticky about knots and rigs was very helpful to me.

Looks like it would hold, but you could always tie on a swivel, hook it to somehting and pull to see.