Braid Problems

[travis23]

Year old braid. Hardly used. I go fishing today and all of a sudden I'm breaking off on the hook set?? Weird because I've never had this problem. Checked line and everything. Suggestions please!

[aavery2]

Check your guides

[Catch and Grease]

Maybe your hooking into gar or pickerel. Sometimes I'll set the hook on a gar or pickerel and never even feel the weight of the fish before their teeth cut my line.

[travis23]

Neither of those in the water I fish. Just a pond. I always check my guides but ill check again.

[rippin-lips]

If you don't cinch the knot really good and cut the tag end too short it could be slipping.

[Chris at Tech]

Check the end of the line to verify whether line is breaking, or if knot is simply slipping free.

[Darren.]

Year old, hardly used - I agree with potential knot slippage. The braid will still have a slick coating (depending on the brand and type), which could be at issue.

 

Also, are you talking 10, 20, 30 pound test (or higher)? Or the even thinner 5-8 pound test braid? I'm going to assume the former as I don't know many who use under 10 lb test braid. Reason I ask is whether or not you have a massive hookset or not.

 

I tried 6 lb braid once. Broke on me all the time, LOL.

[travis23]

I have 10lb PP. I almost always use a Palomar and have absolutely no problems like this what so ever. I tried a uni and did the same. As far as the hook set, nothing crazy lol just my same old hook set.

[travis23]

One time I noticed the knot was still at the end of the line after breaking off.

[Chris at Tech]

Hmmm...see if it breaks with manual pressure.  Alternatively, try a double palomar and see if that helps.

[Fish Murderer 71]

Reel Magic line conditioner for all my reels if they are going to sit for a while.  Heat is not a lines best friend.  You might have gotten a bad spool of line.  Your knot may be slipping into that groove on the eye of the hook.  Can't say as I have ever broke off any of my braid on a hook set.  Most of the time I'll straighten a hook out before I break line.  If it were me, I would put a fresh spool of new braid on and throw that old one away...