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We can disagree but you will still be wrong. You're just blinded by trying to rationalize your point. What dont you understand about wasting the amount of line once you throw out to where the connection knot interferes with the cast. Whatever that amount of line is it is doubled by splitting the spool in half. 75 yards on one reel 75 yards on another reel once you get to the connection knot on a cast your cast will be hindered. This amount of line will then be wasted twice instead of just once if you had put on a full spool of line. In all three reels you will be backfilling to keep the spool at /near a full level as the braid gets used up. It will take longer to use the spool full of braid of course but you still will use it up to the same point as the 1/2 full spools of braid. You will use all but the amount of line that the knot starts hindering the cast which is the same amount as one of 75yard spools. But as you used 2 half spools you get double the waste as in prior examples 100' + 100' = 200' of wasted line vs just 100' from the single full spool. On the fully spooled reel you will get to use 350' of the 450' spool. On the two 75yd spools you will only get to use 250' of the line. You get 100 more feet of usable line out of the fully spooled reel.

Correct Your mind is wrong. You are not wasting what is in the middle you will eventually use that line as you have break offs tie knots and such. You are leaving out the piece you throw away once you get to the connection knot. Say 100 feet or so. You dont want to let the connection knot cast out so you put on new line and waste 100 feet of line. If you do this for 2 75yd top shot reels you waste 200 feet of line vs just 100 feet on the reel you fully filled.

Telling ya you are wasting line using just 75yds instead of filling it completely with 150yds if the reel holds 150yds, simple math. IMO Smackdown is a foolish purchase overpriced for what you get. There are other lines that are quieter, stronger vs dia, yet cost less or get more per spool.

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Wasting 2 pieces of line is twice as much waste as 1 piece of line.

Thats incorrect. Less line is wasted if a spool is fully filled with braid from the start.

Super 8 Slick had been my favorite for some time but its been dethroned by YGK G-soul x8. This might not last long going to try S8S v2. Least favorite Kanzen. Most overrated smackdown. Surprize performer Trilene Pro.

2.8" Keitech swing impact fat with 1/8 jighead. If smaller is wanted go to 2" s-i-f with 1/32 jighead.

I was in similiar position only I bought a 70 then Chronarch MGL. Fishing them side by side the performance for price difference just wasnt showing up. I wound up returning the Chro MGL and getting another 70.

Topwater frogs

3.8" fats mostly with 1/4oz swimbait head. 1/4oz Trokar Boxer jig sharpest hook out there very stout hook as well no flex like my owners inshore swimbait hooks.

Nothing really compares to the Keitechs they are at the top. Tried all listed so far and more. Wait for sales and buy the best in the paddle tail category.

Not necessarily. If the spools are the same o.d. and width just one shallower than the other and both throw the same distance say 140 feet with .010" line the IPT wont change between deep or shallow spool. Even if the max line capacity is 140 on the shallow vs 250 on the deep. For casting reels Ill add there may be a change in casting characterics being the shallow spool might be lighter than the deep, but IPT no change.

Ill take micros on all future rod purchases if possible. Less line slap hardly ever get a wrapped guide. I dont seem to bend a guide or get the guides stuck putting them into vehicle like I do on my "regular" sized guides. Quantum Smoke rod was available in both micro and standard size. Ordered a 7' M/F got sent a standard size guide smoke rod and the difference in weight/balance to my 7' M/F micro smoke rod was quite noticeable. Sent the standard one back.

Yes new svs infinity brakes on curados and chronarch mgl dial usually at 4. Same with VBS on e series 50 reels and with lighter clear/smoke brake tab abec 7 bearings. Fat Ikas soar. Using braid helps as well much better spool control over FC line.

All lures--One brake inside, spool tension at minimum dont adjust, will use dial on outside as needed.

Yeah in the chart berkley knot better with FC not as good with braid mono. I use mostly braid and mono only for backing so good for me.

Those are knot wars numbers. Maybe the actual strength of the line is greater than rated strength.

FishnFool a little better though on all three lines and uses less line to tie. Ease of tying well if quite a few people have issues maybe its not all that easy to tie correctly. A person having tied it for years it should be easy. Both knots are very easy for me to tie but the FnF knot has tested stronger for me than the palomar with all my lines. I use light line often nanofil 6-8# so using a knot that gives me 3-4 pounds 50% more strength is quite significant. Here another chart 15 pound test mono 14 pound test braid 15 pound fluoro

2) Definitive-- No But there is KNOT WARS that tests knots head to head using mono FC and Braid Example FISHnFOOL knot tested head to head against Miller knot --Grinner Knot-- and Palomar knot

All you guys are wrong. Analytically speaking Filling a spool up all the way with braid will use less braid in the long run. If a reel holds 100 yards of braid for a full spool thats 300feet you use the line til it gets low on the spool then backfill with mono as line gets used you get to about 100' and the connection knot so time to replace, you waste only 100'. Now if you start with 150' of braid with filler mono and line gets used and you replace at same 100' mark you will do this twice per 300' 100yrd spool. Wasting in total 200' feet of braid in the long run.

Little bit different presentation but I use 16# FC and jerkbait for this stocked trout.

Yeah saves $60 put that towards some Tatsu.

Of the Croix rods I have the LTB casting rod I like the least. Id save and get an Avid.

Give them a go use the lightest oil you can like REM oil anything thicker will pretty much take any advantage away.. I have SS7's in a Shimano Core50mg7 work very nicely.