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Powerpro super 8 slick

Yes. Its a country mile better than the old PP. Smoother, rounder, lasts twice as long, doesnt open in the flow, knots better etc. Colurs a bit Garish but timber brown is the best. I use 30lb and buy from ebay USA.
 
Mmm i will have to switch over though have been well satisfied with the old power pro for many years...Will have a look see.
Anyone have a link to the best price deals in this country?
 
John,
If it ain't broke don't fix it !!!
Good to hear your positive comments about the old line though, I'm thinking of using braid this winter (not used it before) so will be watching this thread for some good advice
regards
Bill W
 
I have used the original PP in green and well pleased, but then got "advised" by a renowned barbel guide that he thought it too visible, certainly it fades with use. Suitably reprimanded I changed to Berkley Firefox which comes in dark grey (also fades) and I now prefer as it is slightly stiffer, more robust and I think less prone to a casting tangle. Even so I am happy with either.
 
Well that is a good point Bill but Bob knows his braid he first put me onto fireline braid then through to power pro so if Bob thinks this new braid a superier product then i have to listen...
 
As a rule i firmly believe braid mainline should be used with a leader material. Just for its abrasion properties and braids lack of abrasion properties.
 
This might be a silly questions, but i have only used braid on the rare occasion i have been Pike fishing in colder months. If i was using braid for Barbel why would i have to go beyond 20lb B/S (or less), and would you use a backing line to fill the reel spool, as 150 yds seems more than enough but might look as if there is not enough line on the spool?

Thanks
Stephen

Not exactly on thread and apologies to Chris
 
The maximum I use is 20lb but you can go stronger as it is thin, I think mine is 14lb and only very rarely get main line breakage which tends to be a snaggy area on the Trent. I would put a backing line on the spool and use maybe only about 150 yds of braid. This is because I'm mean and think it's an expensive waste to fill the spool with line which will never be used.
PS. I never use a mono as main line but would use a flouro hook length in certain circumstances.
 
Bryce do you go with a braided hooklink material then?
 
On the Trent I use 6 foot of 25lb black amnesia. Most of you may be shocked by the BS and colour. After using this for a few years i find it no detriment to my fishing. Only the other day I had a bakers dozen of Barbel from a low and clear Trent using maggot feeder. If im fishing my local and smaller rivers I sometimes use a lighter mono of the same length. All i know is the leader serves its purpose extremely well and because the leader is black and the fish can see it, my rod still gets dragged over. I use a 6ln fishyec luresaver which if i get snagged a good lift on the rod and the feeder breaks free. Of late I have been using a type of helicopter rig which makes it ultra safe in my mind.
 
I have used both the original PP and Slick 8 for my lure fishing in Florida, Slick 8 certainly casts better but I have found both are prone to tangles when casting. Just started using Berkeley Nanofil, this casts just as well but seems to avoid the tangles problem.
Always use a fluoro leader so visibility of the main line is not a problem.
 
John, by and large yes, one of the coated camouflage type, currently using Suffix. My hook length for the Yorkshire rivers tends to be about 18" long but on the Trent certainly in daylight will be much longer in flouro, I don't think it matters once it comes dark but tend to change back to the braid as I think it more durable. I have swapped and changed over the years but have now settled on this approach.
 
Bryce Henderson said:
The maximum I use is 20lb but you can go stronger as it is thin, I think mine is 14lb and only very rarely get main line breakage which tends to be a snaggy area on the Trent. I would put a backing line on the spool and use maybe only about 150 yds of braid. This is because I'm mean and think it's an expensive waste to fill the spool with line which will never be used.
PS. I never use a mono as main line but would use a flouro hook length in certain circumstances.
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Thanks Bryce, that was my thinking too. I don't see the point of filling a spool with an extra £20 worth of line that will never get used, when i have already spent £20 on 150yds that is more than enough already.

Stephen
 
Morning folks . What I don't understand is why a braid leader of a b.s . of 20lb or 30 lb is required ? What breaking strain main lines are people using ?
 
Mike Hodgkiss said:
Morning folks . What I don't understand is why a braid leader of a b.s . of 20lb or 30 lb is required ? What breaking strain main lines are people using ?
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That is one of the anomalies of angling Mike. The braids used for hook links are chosen for their properties, how the act in water,rather than for their stated breaking strain. In truth, braids are dreadful in terms of abrasion resistance, so in order to have a material of the required suppleness, but which won't part if you so much as give it a sharp look...the B/S needs to be far higher than would seem necessary at first look.

It often raises a few eyebrows because this is one of the few circumstances where the hook link is probably higher than the main line in use, some wire traces for predator fishing being another. The extremely poor abrasion resistance of braid is the main reason why the breaking strain of braided main lines in common use are way higher than those of the mono equivalents.

The only braids I know of that have good abrasion resisting qualities are the likes of Kryston Quicksilver, and the very similar braids from other sellers that have appeared since then. However, they are very different, and even they are commonly used in extremely high breaking strains to do the job they are intended for. I am afraid you have to blame those wretched carp fishing types for these materials, and while you are beating them up for that, give them a good kicking for an extremely high percentage of all the other materials, baits and equipment in use today, without which angling would be much the poorer :D

Cheers, Dave.
 
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