What lb braid?

[RedHeadAngler]

I got some 50 lb braid for my flipping rod and I'm trying to decide what lb line I should put on my 7' MH setup. Would 50 lb with a leader be ok for it too or should I go with something lighter.

[pwahmy]

5 minutes ago, RedHeadAngler said:

I got some 50 lb braid for my flipping rod and I'm trying to decide what lb line I should put on my 7' MH setup. Would 50 lb with a leader be ok for it too or should I go with something lighter.

Depends what you're using the MH Rod for but for me personally 50 lb is a little overkill. If you want to use braid I would use 30 lb or I would us 17 lb co poly. 

 

 

-Payton

[tomb0_]

30 lb oughtta be enough. If you're worried about a lower # test "digging in", try Spiderwire stealth braid. It has a color-holding coating that increases the line diameter very slightly and provides a little insurance from digging in.

[SMITTY0045]

1 hour ago, pwahmy said:

Depends what you're using the MH Rod for but for me personally 50 lb is a little overkill. If you want to use braid I would use 30 lb or I would us 17 lb co poly. 

 

 

-Payton

I agree, I typically only throw 50lb on a heavy rod. You may be able to get away with it, but on a MH rod I typically try to keep it around 30lb test if I'm using braid

[ww2farmer]

I use 50 on my flipping and frog rods, 30 on my MH's, and 10 on spinning. K.I.S.S.

[Cgolf]

I mostly have thrown 50lb PP on my medium heavy setups, especially when cranking through reeds and other heavy cover. For deep divers I tend to throw 30lb 832, but not having a lot of good sticks or deck space I have also used the 50lb PP with deep divers with no issues. 

Like farmer though I throw 10 lb fireline on my spinning rods, and that is what I use for most of my plastic fishing. Swim jigs are MH with the 50lb braid. 

[BrianinMD]

The 50 will work just fine, no need to go out and buy more line if you don't really need to.

[Mike L]

Don't know what kind of water you normally flip in but 50# would concern me a little If you were flipping into heavy matted areas, for that it's 65# min. I have friends who won't go below 80# but that's them, I'm me and you're you.

IMHO Let your water be your guide. ..Heavy, thick matted weeds and debri...65# min / scattered heavy vegetation with pockets of open water...50# min / submerged emergent grass...30# min. Spinning reel 20# max. 

 

Mike