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carp silk

Graham Billingham

Graham Billingham

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In the tackle shop the other day after some Drennan sink braid and came accross some drennan carp silk. It looks just like the braid and just as supple does anyone know the difference and is there a dissadvatage using it over braid.:confused:
 
I think also that carp silk was buoyant..
 
Hi Nic,

I remember using it many years ago back in my carping days and a short hooklink would arch up from the bottom, had to use a couple of mouse dropping size pieces of putty to sink it.....Soon went onto the super nova...
 
John Cook said:
Hi Nic,

I remember using it many years ago back in my carping days and a short hooklink would arch up from the bottom, had to use a couple of mouse dropping size pieces of putty to sink it.....Soon went onto the super nova...
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i always used silkworm john, doesn't really get mentioned these days.
 
Hiya Dave,

no silkworm and merlin seem to have fallen out of favour, it seems to be the coated braids that are in favour now.
 
Most braid that is on the Market now in the uk is a big rip off as you get 20 or 25 meters for silly money go on line to American sites and get braid from there half the price for a top brand name and yet you get 100 meters plus :)
Do the sums and yet been using stren as my hook link and mainline now for 5 years plus and no probs there cheap cheap it's only fishing not fashion lol
 
Dont shoot me down but didnt the owner of KRYSTON say that there was a difference between braid for reels/mainline and braided hooklink materials,im sure it was in relation to the use of Powerpro and WE shouldnt be using mainline braid as hooklink material.

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MH
 
Think you are right there Mick...Think it was to do with the cheesewire effect on the fishes mouths...

Agree John, i used stren fluoro for many years as a hooklink material and caught a few aswell...
 
Hi John I'm on super stren which is a braid so thin and yet so strong best braid I've come across and when on the river or lake bed it sinks flat and yet just blends in £12 for 125m so it last me a few years :)
 
John,

Is that the stren micro braid sinking version? the one in the blue box? is that meant to be a mainline braid?
 
That's the one John try it I assure you it's good stuff no regrets 5 years plus now for all my fishing best braid on the Market I would say for what I need
 
Mick Harris said:
Dont shoot me down but didnt the owner of KRYSTON say that there was a difference between braid for reels/mainline and braided hooklink materials,im sure it was in relation to the use of Powerpro and WE shouldnt be using mainline braid as hooklink material.

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MH
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You shouldn't take too much notice of tackle company directors when they tell you things like that Mick. Like everyone else they are out to make as much money as possible in the shortest time possible. If that means conning the angler into buying stuff they don't really need....well, that's the name of the game, and Dave Chilton is no exception.

Just consider the fact that virtually ALL these braids we use in angling are existing products designed and produced for the upholstery and/or shoe making industries. They were not designed for use in angling at all (though some may now be slightly modified)

With that in mind, you may well decide that Chilts is stretching credulity a little when he tells folk that they shouldn't be using a braid designed as a reel line when making up hook links, but should in fact go out and spend shed loads more money on a braid designed specifically for that purpose. It also makes good business sense to play on folks consciences by throwing in the 'It's kinder on the fish' bit :p

A man has to make ends meet ya know :D:D

Cheers, Dave.
 
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your right dave, what's wrong with something like powerpro for a hooklink.
 
Not a lot Dave i know people who do ok on it...:)
 
You wouldn't mind if these guys spent a lot of money on R&D and needed to recoup that when their brainchild went on sale. But it wasn't like that....the fact is that a search was made for alternatives to the original Dacron that everyone and their uncle were using, and it was discovered that there were a multitude of ready made braided materials out there, if you knew where to look. Huge amounts of it were bought (for not a lot), it was re-packaged, plonked into brightly labelled, eye catching tubs, on soppy little spools and with even soppier claims....and a fortune or two was made :p

Can't really blame them for finding a niche and taking advantage of it I suppose :(. But...(and I guess I will get jumped all over for being naive again)....wouldn't it be nice if just once, just one lonely little time, someone decided that making a damned good living by selling an off the shelf product was good enough. That actually, cynically ripping everyone off yet again was not REALLY necessary :rolleyes:

Doh, there I go, dreaming again. It's never going to happen is it?

Cheers, Dave.
 
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