dodgeguy

i have this mental block in my head that keeps trying to tell me that i would catch more fish on flouro. as a result every year i put it on a few rods. i cant say that on a slow day with braid that the flouro made any difference but that little devil keeps popping up on my shoulder and wispering in my ear. i have yet to find a way to kill him . as far as which braid i use its vicious no fade braid. the stuff is amazing and does everything i want it to do and dont need to color it.

they are fantastic reels at that price point. i definately put them up against reels costing 3 times as much. rarely backlash and are smooth on retrieve. i had 4 first gen that 8 sold after 8 hard years and replaced with second gen. al 4 are still going stong after 3 more years.

What he said.

almost any reel can be set up to be mostly backlash proof. IMHO lews 27 point brakes is the best. It can be set so the only place u need to thumb it is on splashdown.preety much the only way to backlash is on the back cast if u hook something behind u. No need for DC IMHO.

I'm surprised it took so long. You learned on braid and your used to it. Flouro carbon requires more brake as it has memory where braid has none. Two totally different animals.

Great stuff

Lews Custom Lite

Is the side over on right ? Is the spool all the way seated?

I'm KNOT !!!! Catt has it right.

All rod makers have u pay shipping

I hate faded braid. Also you don't have to color it with a marker. If you use high vis and it fades it's not as visible 6 before it faded.

It still works but there are others that are far superior and don't fade .Vicious no Fade Braid is one of them.

Lol

Would have paid $199 with alconite. I don't doubt it. Same with bps.

Probably figure it's better to keep price down. I can understand that on a rod under $200 but not over $200. BPS should have made them 189 with the alconite guides.

Not when they slide by cheap guides. I rather pay more. They arent fooling me. St Croix is doing the same thing on some of their rods. So are other manufacturers.

The guides being downgraded is what stopped me from buying another. The sierra is lifetime warranty and a nice rod in that range. O just bought a halo HFX to try out.

they were better last year when they had fuji alconites. now they are aluminum oxide which is a downgrade. a lot of rods in the 250 range have done this.the blanks are awesome. buy a dobyns sierra microguide instead.

Yes no dig.

This is true but as the fight goes on the longer rod works against you. 1 lb at the end of 10 ft is 10 ft lbs at your wrist. 1 lb at 12ft is 12 ft lbs. Put 6 lbs on and it becomes 60 lbs ft of torque. At 12 feet it would be 72. This is why 1 use 7-3

And your labor is worth nothing ?

Your first mistake is saying thicker lines are denser.IMHO thinner braid gets lures that get returned down the fastest.next is mono. Thicker mono is resistance to depth. There is not enough density to make mono sink. Thinner flourocarbon goes deeper. Flourocarbon is denser so that also helps.

Seguar BASIX good on casting reels and fairly inexpensive

Quote And this is why he quit.He doesn't know the difference between reel drag and brakes .

Definitely vicious No Fade Braid in 50.