Cortland Line

[Quarry Man]

Lots of my reels are starting to need new line. I ball out on the reels and don't have money to keep respelling them each season, I save my braid and reuse it and I respell everything backwards. It has finally caught up to me. I think im gonna need to respell all my reels for the most part. I am considering switching to Cortland as my buddies all fish it and swear by it. I am a big fan of Seaguar for floro, and use power pro braid, along with other random models. I will likelycontinue to use seaguar florocarbon.

[Kidflex]

Cortland masterbraid and the 16 strand braid are excellent lines. I’ve used them for years fishing in saltwater(inshore/offshore). Great quality and strong.

[Quarry Man]

6 hours ago, Kidflex said:

Cortland masterbraid and the 16 strand braid are excellent lines. I’ve used them for years fishing in saltwater(inshore/offshore). Great quality and strong.

gonna use the 65lb silent flip on my flipping rods, then 30 and 50 lb master braid on some of my casting

[STBen1215]

On 4/8/2020 at 9:44 PM, Quarry Man said:

Lots of my reels are starting to need new line. I ball out on the reels and don't have money to keep respelling them each season, I save my braid and reuse it and I respell everything backwards. It has finally caught up to me. I think im gonna need to respell all my reels for the most part. I am considering switching to Cortland as my buddies all fish it and swear by it. I am a big fan of Seaguar for floro, and use power pro braid, along with other random models. I will likelycontinue to use seaguar florocarbon.

Never heard of Cortland braid. How does it compare to Powerpro?

[Quarry Man]

1 hour ago, STBen1215 said:

Never heard of Cortland braid. How does it compare to Powerpro?

thats the point of this thread  

[Basswhippa]

The musky guys say it blows Power Pro away.   It frays less, stays rounder, holds its color longer, is available in many sizes and colors, and doesn’t snap off large baits on long casts like Power a Pro does.   It seems to cost a bit more.  Apparently Courtland has 100 years of experience with braided lines and they are very good at them.  I’ve always used pp. 

[tkunk]

PowerPro is great up to 50 lb test. I use it on all of my bass rods and wouldn't switch to anything else.

 

But once you get heavier than that, Cortland is much, much better. When I first started musky fishing, I had multiple break-offs with 80 lb PowerPro, and I switched to Cortland. In the 3-4 years since then, I've never had a break off.

[Basswhippa]

I think pp had 8 wraps and Courtland has 12.  Must make it tougher.

[Ogandrews]

I use maxcuatro on almost all my rods, but I have a 9ft h st croix legend tournament musky rod with a Calcutta 400d with 80lbs masterbraid on it and it is absolutely incredible line. It’s a lot thicker than the maxcuatro I usually use and way smoother. It works super well for the really heavy baits I’m using while musky fishing. I bunch of the time I’m throwing this stuff around some really jagged rocks that would eat up most braids but the masterbraid seems to be quite abrasion resistant. It is quite a thick line but that is in no way a bad thing in this application as I am already using a big reel, and the thickness makes it super manageable. Also I’m going on the 3rd season with the same spook and there’s no signs of me needing to replace it, and I fish hard. Give it a try you’ll be happy.

[Quarry Man]

I am excited to try this line out.

[WRB]

The Cortland and Ashaway Dacron braid line was very popular in the 50'-70' before spectra super braid materials became popular. Cortland is a big cordage company who makes fly line and braids for several private label, good to see they decided to make a super braid with their own label. I believe Cortland is in NY, American owned company.

I am a FINS braid fan because they are a American owned and operated manufacturer.

Tom