Braided Lines For Spinning

[Freeman]

Since the day we started this topic I spooled a daiwa reel (not an expensive one) with .18 braided (grauvell) I didn't bother to start with mono and than continue braided, I just went all out with the braid. This was like some month ago, didnt go much spinning but still lifted 3 cudas, removed the lure and set them back. so from my experiance it works wonders. Must say that i didn't see any damage to the rod, tough not sure about the spool. Would have never attempted lifting a fish with a .22 mono.

[SPITEC]

but are you using the braided direct to the lure freeman or you are using mono at the end?

[Freeman]

I think that would defy the my whole point of using the braid, but no, braided ->swivel -> lure, when i catch the fish I just bring it to shore and lift it from the line. It's less fun to fish with a line that can witstand some 12kg :O there's no real challange in bringing the fish in, but like this I can practice c&r rather than killing a fish for nothing since when I use the braid usually I'm fishing in what looks like a petrol reservoir. Last week I had a cigarette in my mouth and it fell in the sea, I seriously tought that was the end of me

[SPITEC]

That's what I call fishing at ras hanzir!?!

[Freeman]

Idd mate

[SPITEC]

Have you caught from there lately I would like to go try it again because last time I went 2/3 weeks ago I didn't see any.

[Freeman]

yep still there, and thinking about it, there's no real good reason for them to leave, seeing all the lacci running around.

[gzarb]

what nis a braided line?

[skip]

Spectra, or Dynemma, often called Superfilaments.

Brands like PowerPro, Suffix etc are all braided lines

[maltembu]

what nis a braided line?

From wikipedia :

Braided line is one of the strongest types of fishing line in relation to its diameter. Braids are made by braiding or weaving fibers of a man-made material like Spectra or micro-dyneema into a strand of line.

more info :
http://www.ockert.net/main/index.php?id=638,0,0,1,0,0

[caldaland]

very good info maltembu. thanks

[Reelin]

spitec once i start spining with braid i never loked back...my favourite is berkley's whiplash, the diameter is quite thin and it's almost transparent

[jean]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried the "SPIDERWIRE ULTRACAST INVISI-BRAID" ?

 http://www.spiderwire.com/prod.php?k=267831&sk=50687&u=SUIB-125

Im thinking of getting a new reel and would like to find a good line to spool it.

[clutch_kick]

it looks good to me.  Spiderwire has a good name in the USA, so i guess it should work.  Why don't you try it out and then open a thread about it and give us your opinions on it after a few fishing sessions?

[malvizzu]

Check out this link for fishing knots. The Albright Special seems ideal when tying braid to mono lines.