Braid never again for me .
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Braid never again for me .
I had a reel with half of a spool with braid given to me, so I did not want it waste it ,and I did a blood knot went fishing rod got hit ,line was cut like a knife ,when you tie mono to braid da braid have to be double with the mono line ,for the ones that don't know ,just an advice me never again done with braid. my son was laughing at me.
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Re: Braid never again for me .
i dont blame him for laughing
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Re: Braid never again for me .
Either the braid was super old or you didn't tie a good knot. I never double the braid before I tie an Albright to my leader and that knot has NEVER failed on me. Just sayin
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Re: Braid never again for me .
I never had a braid to mono or fluro knot part, and always use uni to uni at the backing mono and the fluro or mono leader.
Most times however I do double the line at the leader end with about a 6' Bimini Twist.
Most times however I do double the line at the leader end with about a 6' Bimini Twist.
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Re: Braid never again for me .
I think you are right ,braid was old but the knot was done right with the same reel I caught a nice mutton with Joe,so yes either line or braid was old ,btw I put new mono to all the reels I will be using .Poseidon10/31 wrote:Either the braid was super old or you didn't tie a good knot. I never double the braid before I tie an Albright to my leader and that knot has NEVER failed on me. Just sayin
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JP its cool meng you sound too happy cant show new tricks to an old dog lol but I know plentyjettypark28 wrote:I laugh just reading that .... Get with the program Old man!!! Braid is here
to stay.... You know i'm just messing with you
Braid isn't for everybody> Can't tell you how many guys I know who have given me
their brand new braid line... because they just couldn't deal with learning new things..
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Re: Braid never again for me .
krash wrote:I never had a braid to mono or fluro knot part, and always use uni to uni at the backing mono and the fluro or mono leader.
Most times however I do double the line at the leader end with about a 6' Bimini Twist.
Well the bimini its like a shock so impact its not too violent ,im too slow to do bimini's in da heat of the moment
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Re: Braid never again for me .
Like krash said uni to uni. It has not failed me. I do 12 turns on the braid side.
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Re: Braid never again for me .
I have also found make more turns on the braid improves the knot. I also double the braid and it is still much smaller in diameter to the mono.cudaman wrote:Like krash said uni to uni. It has not failed me. I do 12 turns on the braid side.
Not on my bridge permit rods. I lose enough fishing straight mono.
Now on Mac rod I say yell yes
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Re: Braid never again for me .
Bimini just doubles the line same as a spider hitch. Since braid doesn't stretch it'll do nothing for shock absorption. It just makes a loop.permitchaser wrote:krash wrote:I never had a braid to mono or fluro knot part, and always use uni to uni at the backing mono and the fluro or mono leader.
Most times however I do double the line at the leader end with about a 6' Bimini Twist.
Well the bimini its like a shock so impact its not too violent ,im too slow to do bimini's in da heat of the moment
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Re: Braid never again for me .
you also have to remember that with braid you cant go all Kevin Van Dam on the hook set or it will snap !
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My buddy refuses to use circle hooks cause he always sets the hook like that and with braid you'll miss the fish every time.diggin4grouper wrote:you also have to remember that with braid you cant go all Kevin Van Dam on the hook set or it will snap !
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Re: Braid never again for me .
ive always said circles hooks are for people who dont know how to fish
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No circle hooks for me either ,I just bought a Fin Nor reel at a price I could not refuse ,Spinfisher 80 the drag its amazing on that thing full of New Braid #50Lb,da braid to da garbage only braid I got its on a bait rod .
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gruntking wrote:ive always said circles hooks are for people who dont know how to fish
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i use a 7/0 circle hook on my big rod
big rod + 100 lb braid with 80 lb flouro leader
but i have it out while it bungee corded to a rail and set on strike so the fish hooks its self
big rod + 100 lb braid with 80 lb flouro leader
but i have it out while it bungee corded to a rail and set on strike so the fish hooks its self
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I do too still learning ,JP be carefull with new things in da heat of the momentjettypark28 wrote:permitchaser> I'm old but never too old to learn new things...