Questions about braided fishing line

[Goodfellah]

Power Pro can be hit or miss, I personally prefer suffix 832.

[Txnative78]

Another vote for suffix. Its always been consistent for me. I have had several bad spools of power pro over the years. Swore off of it.

[billfromtx]

I love Braid and use it for everything except for top water baits.
You HAVE to use a palomar knot with braid or it will slip.
I use 30# power pro on on all my rods except my heavy flipping stick. I use 65 on that and it will drag in logs and not break.

[Muygrande]

I have had decent luck with power pro but prefer suffix as well. I would be worried about counterfeit line on Amazon.

[MadHatter]

I love Braid and use it for everything except for top water baits.
You HAVE to use a palomar knot with braid or it will slip.
I use 30# power pro on on all my rods except my heavy flipping stick. I use 65 on that and it will drag in logs and not break.

You do not have to use a palomar....you just have to understand braid.
There are many knots that will work.

[Big Ace]

You do not have to use a palomar....you just have to understand braid.
There are many knots that will work.

Many knots work on braid. They usually require more wraps or a slight variation from the mono knot for slippage.

[MadHatter]

Many knots work on braid. They usually require more wraps or a slight variation from the mono knot for slippage.

Definitely

[SC-001]

Could be the knot your using, I only use double palomar with braid. If not send it back to power pro they will sent a new spool.

[SC-001]

I love Braid and use it for everything except for top water baits.
You HAVE to use a palomar knot with braid or it will slip.
I use 30# power pro on on all my rods except my heavy flipping stick. I use 65 on that and it will drag in logs and not break.

Actually you have to use a double palomar, a single will slip

[BrandonA]

A lot of people say power pro is good stuff but I’ve personally had the most issues with it over any other brand. spiderwire is by far the best and most consistent I have used/use. Surprisingly the bass pro brand braid isn’t too bad, better than power pro in my experience.

Cant stand power pro. I really like Suffix 832 camo braid

[Anteloper]

https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/palomar-uni-knot-braided-line-strength-test/

This dude tested them both and says the uni knot is better for braid even though there wasnt that much difference

[Bucknaked]

Braid sucks.

I recently went to braid and I totally agree!

[mooch]

That’s interesting. I’ve used a uni knot with braid for many years and many different brands and have had zero issues with it. I also use a double uni to connect braid to fluorocarbon leader and have had zero issues. I usually only use 5-6 loops for each knot.


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[smithnwesson]

Love braided for saltwater.... I use the uni knot.

[bboswell]

Braid sucks.

Yep, its terrible that it is stronger, more sensitive, longer lasting and is easier to pick out in the case of a backlash!