Posted: 10/9/2009 2:40:11 PM EDT
| Does anybody like/use SpiderWire fishing line, are there any advantages? |
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I use power pro on my bait casters for bass fishing. You will have to learn some new knots. The knots you use on mono will not work. I usually also use alittle (maybe 5 feet) of mono as a backer on the spool to keep the braid from slipping on the spool.
Any on my spinners I use mono still. J- |
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Quoted: Power Pro braid. For bream all the way to sharks. On all my spinning, baitcasting and salt water rods. + 1 . I use power pro on all my reels. Super strong. The palomar knot is the simplest and quickest knot there is. From pulling hooks off oyster beds while red hunting to horse'n a bass through the lillies... it is the strongest stuff you need and worth every penny. |
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I've tried it in the past. It does cast nice. It does slip on the spool, especially a baitcast spool. It's strong, but has little "impact strength?" I once lifted a HUGE log from the bottom of a lake with a musky bait, probably weighed over 100 pounds.....on the 40lb spider wire. But I've also busted the line just setting the hook on a bass....too many times to count. I ditched the stuff, to pricey for something that breaks like that.
I went back to plain old fashioned black braided dacron for all my fishing. 35lb I think. Fishing line doesn't need to be expensive or tactical. |
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Quoted: It does slip on the spool, especially a baitcast spool. You should always put a mono backer on the spool first when using any sort of "superline", or even flourocarbon. I always put at least 12-15 cranks of a similar diameter monfilament line on and then join it to the braided/fused/flourocarbon line with a blood knot. That keeps the line from slipping on the spool, and you also end up using less of your expensive line to finish filling the spool. |
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I've tried it in the past. It does cast nice. It does slip on the spool, especially a baitcast spool. It's strong, but has little "impact strength?" I once lifted a HUGE log from the bottom of a lake with a musky bait, probably weighed over 100 pounds.....on the 40lb spider wire. But I've also busted the line just setting the hook on a bass....too many times to count. I ditched the stuff, to pricey for something that breaks like that. I went back to plain old fashioned black braided dacron for all my fishing. 35lb I think. Fishing line doesn't need to be expensive or tactical. Yeah, I like Cortland Camo stuff, but i guess they don't make it anymore- |
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I've tried it in the past. It does cast nice. It does slip on the spool, especially a baitcast spool. It's strong, but has little "impact strength?" I once lifted a HUGE log from the bottom of a lake with a musky bait, probably weighed over 100 pounds.....on the 40lb spider wire. But I've also busted the line just setting the hook on a bass....too many times to count. I ditched the stuff, to pricey for something that breaks like that. I went back to plain old fashioned black braided dacron for all my fishing. 35lb I think. Fishing line doesn't need to be expensive or tactical. Yeah, I like Cortland Camo stuff, but i guess they don't make it anymore- They have it online at the Cortland Store |
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It does slip on the spool, especially a baitcast spool. You should always put a mono backer on the spool first when using any sort of "superline", or even flourocarbon. I always put at least 12-15 cranks of a similar diameter monfilament line on and then join it to the braided/fused/flourocarbon line with a blood knot. That keeps the line from slipping on the spool, and you also end up using less of your expensive line to finish filling the spool. I drilled an little tiny hole in the spool to pass the line through and tie a knot, no problems since. |
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I like it on bait casters with a Fluoro leader . It doesn't seem to birds nest as badly when I screw up a cast .
I also keep a roll of the 80lb test green braid in my BOB , the stuff is incredibly strong and makes great heavy duty thread for repairs . As well as some more creative uses 
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