Whats The Actual Breaking Strength Of Braided Line?

[OhioBassNewcomer]

I haven't been using braid for that long so I wanted to know what the actual breaking strength of braid is. Is it the # braid or the diameter or is it stronger than what its rated? If this question has already been answered please give me a link, I have been through 10 pages of this forum topic and haven't seen it asked. Thanks again.

[Diggy]

Each manufacturer has specifics. I think daiwa samurai is almost true to advertised rating from what I remember reading. Some companies are double. Answer, it varies.

[rockchalk06]

40 pound you get your jig back. 65 you get the tree! I have yet to break 40# PP.

[OhioBassNewcomer]

Yeah all I use is power pro. I have 25 40 and 65. You think 65 is to much for any application?

[MarkH024]

Just remember if you're hung up to point the tip of your rod at the snag and pull back. A bad snag with braid can turn out to be a broken rod if you're not careful.

[flyfisher]

To me using braid isn't about the breaking strength per se as much as it is about how it lays on the spool.  I use 8lb diameter PP Super slick on my cranking set up and usually 10-12lb diameter on my other casting rods and for spinning rods i usually use the 6lb diameter.

 

I have no worries of breaking the line while fishing and have bent open snagged EWG hooks on weightles plastics using the 6lb diameter PP on more than one occasion.

[Felix77]

Just remember if you're hung up to point the tip of your rod at the snag and pull back. A bad snag with braid can turn out to be a broken rod if you're not careful.

 

Good advice ... When you are in the heat of the moment it can be easy to forget.  Hard to resist setting the hook hard when you get a sudden snag on a submerged log or rocks.  

[OkobojiEagle]

http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4linetesting.htm

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[SirSnookalot]

Not all brands break at the same point.  

 

I could't agree more about how the line lays on the spool, since I only use spinning 15# is my max size for bass fishing, lighter in open water.

[dodgeguy]

when using braid you should have a 1 inch diameter wood dowel to wrap your braid around and pull when snagged.no broken rods or reels or cut hands that way.

[LgMouthGambler]

Just remember if you're hung up to point the tip of your rod at the snag and pull back. A bad snag with braid can turn out to be a broken rod if you're not careful.

 

A good way to end up with a bent spool shaft if you are not careful.

[A-Jay]

I've used 10-20 on spinning gear and 10-80lb on assorted casting gear and I have Never parted the Braid - EVER. That's with or without a leader.

In general - The listed breaking strength is lower than the actual point at which the line will part.

   In the limited real world testing that I've done has indicated that my leader knot will fail WAY before the Braid even comes close to parting; providing the braid is not frayed or other wise compromised .

 

   I have had my leader knot fail a few times but that's a whole different ball of wax right there.

 

A-Jay

[Kevin22]

Like others have said, its different with every brand/model. 

 

I have tested a couple. An easy way to test is to tie off the braid to a stationary object like a fence post and then tie the other end to a digital scale. Pull on the scale until the line breaks, not the knot but the line. 

 

Power pro 4# red broke at 6.9# average

Power pro 10# yellow broke at 14# average
Power pro 30# green broke at 43# average

Power pro 50# red broke at 62# average 

Stren super braid 8# yellow broke at 9# average

 

 

That is all the braid I had on hand to test, I did 3 tests for each one.. on all the tests the poundage was about the same so there was not much averaging to do. 

[Marty]

I use 15# Power Pro and have never broke it. One of the linked-to articles said 20# broke at 36 and using the same proportion, 15 would break at 27. I've always had the feeling that I was fishing line much stronger than 15#.

[hooah212002]

I've straightened hooks with 10# PP.

[OhioBassNewcomer]

Alrights thanks for the help. I have one more question, like flyfisher said about the # test he uses for cranking. What would you guys recommend for cranking? I'm trying to get my cranking rod set up.

[A-Jay]

 For mid & deep cranking 20lb works well - 10lb works better.

 

 For square bill or lipless baits I use what I use for a spinnerbait - 20 or 30.

 

A-Jay

[OhioBassNewcomer]

 For mid & deep cranking 20lb works well - 10lb works better.

 

 For square bill or lipless baits I use what I use for a spinnerbait - 20 or 30.

 

A-Jay

That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks again. 

[SirSnookalot]

My opinion anyway.  Just because these lines break at some very high numbers I don't set my drag in accordance with their breaking strength, it's still about the fish on the end of the line.  Much of my fishing is done with 15 or 20# braid, I do hook fish  that can and do pull out as much drag as my reel allows, the beauty in the braid is that most of the time the line won't break.  Hardly a day goes by that I don't adjust my drag once I have a fish on.