Thread: New combo

Originally Posted by Techno2000

I just got a Pfluger president model 20 it's smaller than a size 1000 reel.It cast Fireline Crystal 2 lb braid very well,I'm happy with it for this line.Being that it's so small I would only use it with very small diameter line.

Thanks for the input. I have tried lightweight braid in the past with out much luck. It always seems to wrap around my pole and knot up like crazy. If I get a snag or something and my jig comes flying back at me it just gets in such a tangled mess I can’t even sort it out I just have to cut the whole mess off and start over. Unless It’s just me.

Originally Posted by Tb88

Thanks for the input. I have tried lightweight braid in the past with out much luck. It always seems to wrap around my pole and knot up like crazy. If I get a snag or something and my jig comes flying back at me it just gets in such a tangled mess I can’t even sort it out I just have to cut the whole mess off and start over. Unless It’s just me.

it aint just you bro , braid is not a good thing to use no matter what your told .
i know this will start a war but to sure fact and fiction are totally different animals .
every problem you mentioned grows drastically when the heat is on as well .
wind and fish biting and braid becomes a fisher persons worst nightmare
and it cuts like a knife deep and hard ....you forgot that little gem

Originally Posted by Ketchn

it aint just you bro , braid is not a good thing to use no matter what your told .
i know this will start a war but to sure fact and fiction are totally different animals .
every problem you mentioned grows drastically when the heat is on as well .
wind and fish biting and braid becomes a fisher persons worst nightmare
and it cuts like a knife deep and hard ....you forgot that little gem

glad I’m not the only one lol. It’s great when it’s great but for me at least it’s not worth the headache.

Originally Posted by Tb88

Thanks for the input. I have tried lightweight braid in the past with out much luck. It always seems to wrap around my pole and knot up like crazy. If I get a snag or something and my jig comes flying back at me it just gets in such a tangled mess I can’t even sort it out I just have to cut the whole mess off and start over. Unless It’s just me.

I anticipate those problems ahead of time, and try to prevent them the best I can. All for the advantages of extreme casting distance,sensitivity and strength.

Originally Posted by Techno2000

I anticipate those problems ahead of time, and try to prevent them the best I can. All for the advantages of extreme casting distance,sensitivity and strength.

More power to you man it just isn’t for me, or I’m not for it how ever you want to look at it.

Originally Posted by Tb88

More power to you man it just isn’t for me, or I’m not for it how ever you want to look at it.

I stand by you too. I have wasted too much money and time to find the benefit of a braid line. too bad, they are really not for UL or fast action rods.

Originally Posted by hangout

I stand by you too. I have wasted too much money and time to find the benefit of a braid line. too bad, they are really not for UL or fast action rods.

Do a search on Japanese PE "braid" line ultralight on this forum.