Need new braided line

[recar]

Suffix 832 just about all I use

same here

[Capt Glenn]

with my very limited inshore experience, I liked my kastking braid.

for ones who you leaders - double uni when attaching to main line?

Uni to uni works fine. I like the crazy alberto better.

[Capt Glenn]

Learn the FG knot, it sucks to learn but bar none best knot out there

I disagree. It is popular and it's slim but it's not as dependable as some.

[MadHatter]

I disagree. It is popular and it's slim but it's not as dependable as some.

If you finish it right, it's just as dependable as any of them imo.

Here is some good reading on different lines. The most comprehensive test you'll find on them for sure.
He breaks it all down, from the marketing hype to the manufacturers.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160313014228/http://paulusjustfishing.com/4linetesting.htm

[JES]

Uni to uni works fine. I like the crazy alberto better.

I’ve used the uniuni knot for years, but have trouble occasionally with it going through my guides, poorly tied obviously. I just watched a video on this crazy alberto knot and that looks like a better knot, will be giving it a try. Thanks for posting.

[Capt Glenn]

For my baitcasters I use regular old green 20# Power Pro. You may find that 30# handles better for you. I've used 20# Power Pro since it came out. It was the first braid I ever really liked and it's still good today. I have tried tons of braid and I always go back to Power Pro. There are other good ones on the market but PP has not given me a reason to stop using it. Good value too.

I use 30# braid on my spinning reels. 30-40# braid on spinners will cut down wind knots a whole bunch. Windtamer is good for spinners as well. If you are throwing light lures on small spinners then you may want smaller braid. I use spinning reels for live bait fishing and mainly lobbing 3/4 oz corks. My main issue is wind knots and the heavier braid really cuts down on that.

I'll let y'all in on a little secret, there is a ton of really good off name braid out there imported from China. It's made in the same factories as the name brand stuff and it's dirt cheap. I do not use it on my baitcasters but I do use it on my spinners. After 5 years of hard use on many spinners with many, many customers and thousands upon thousands of fish I am here to tell you it is as good as anything else you can buy for the purposes I use it for. You can find it on Ebay and Amazon under a variety of names and in every color you can think of. The bright more vibrant colors will fade quickly but the line does not weaken. The more muted colors don't fade as bad. It'll last a long time and when I have to cut out tangles and wind knots I don't cry near as much. I think I usually pay about $20 for 1100 yards of line. They have 4 strand braids and 8 strand braids so pay attention and make sure you are getting what you want. I just use 4 strand braids for my spinners. If you want a specific brand to look at I have been using Hercules off Amazon lately and it's good line. There are several otherbrand names as well. The names change but it's the same line. You'll see what I mean over time. The labels will look the same but the names change. Hercules 4 strand is what I am using right now.

For leaders I use clear 20# Trilene Big Game for lures and clear 30# Trilene Big Game for live bait. I used flouro for many years and honestly other than being a stiffer harder leader that sinks I don't see much difference. I don't like flouro with topwaters and I don't notice any difference in fish catching whatsoever with soft plastics. So I buy 1/4# spools of both and you get a whole lot of leaders for $7 per 1/4# spool.

[Capt Glenn]

I’ve used the uniuni knot for years, but have trouble occasionally with it going through my guides, poorly tied obviously. I just watched a video on this crazy alberto knot and that looks like a better knot, will be giving it a try. Thanks for posting.

It's a little slimmer for sure. I used a uni to uni for a long time back when our rods all had #8 running guides and you could shoot a big knot thru them with no problem. The smaller guides we use now need a slimmer knot if you are going to get them to shoot thru the guides. The crazy alberto has been good to me. It's quick and easy to tie and I have not had any issues at all with it.

[Capt Glenn]

If you finish it right, it's just as dependable as any of them imo.

Here is some good reading on different lines. The most comprehensive test you'll find on them for sure.
He breaks it all down, from the marketing hype to the manufacturers.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160313...inetesting.htm

I can only tell you what I see personally. I can tie it with no problem but I do not like the knot. I don't like the idea of how it holds onto the leader. You are counting on that braid biting down into the leader material to hold. And that's it. I just see tons of guys who get on my boat with them and they have watched tons of videos and practiced and practiced and practiced tying it and then when they fish they throw their whole leader and lure off over and over and it takes them some time to tie on another leader. I can teach them the crazy alberto in 2 min and they don't have another problem. When they are belly to chest deep wading with waves bumping into them and have to hold their rod in their teeth while they tie on a new leader that sucker gets alot more challenging to tie. For many reasons I just like the crazy alberto better.

I'm not telling anyone not to use a FG. Use what you like. if it works for you, great. I am just telling you what I find works better for me. Everyone should try both and use what they like. Throw a uni to uni in there too. Some folks like it better and it is a dependable knot.

[Hockley]

Suffix 832 just about all I use

x2 for me. I buy it in the big rolls off the internet. Much more economical and efficient that way.

[bboswell]

Need new braided line

I disagree. It is popular and it's slim but it's not as dependable as some.

NM, you posted while I was typing.

And you are correct about being a challenge to tie if your out very deep. Luckily I haven’t had to.

[TxBowHntr]

x2 for me. I buy it in the big rolls off the internet. Much more economical and efficient that way.

x3 here. All I use

[muzzlebrake]

I don't fish for green trash fish so I just use power pro hi vis yellow 30 lb test 500yd spools. Cheap and I can re-spool every year. Channel cats don't care and they can't break it. I wish they made it in red color. I use to use Cabela's Ripcord yellow but they don't have it anymore.

[Jon-Paul]

I have been using Power Pro 40# but this year I switch to HookSpit braid 40#.

[kyle1974]

I put 30 on my baitcasters and 20 on spinning. the 20 seems to backlash way easier than 30 on my baitcasters. still plenty of line on them with 30lb.

I usually just buy whatever bulk spool of 1500-3000 yard line is on sale. doesn't really make that big of a difference as all the big name common brands are fairly close to one another.

[JeffJ]

Windtamer Pink 20lb for us. Helps the kids see when they have too much slack.