Review's on Pfleuger Reels/Dobyns Sierra Rod/Sufix 832 Braid.

[Tatsu Dave]

Will do it as concise and short as possible, Pfleuger president XT SP30 asked about them and got a mixed bag of response's so here's my experience so far. Both reels silky smooth with no tight spots or binding at all, smooth sealed drag, faster gear ratio for burning lures on top and line recovery. Cork handle a nice touch but to prevent the knob falling off as several reviews stated, remove the dust cover and remove the screw that holds bearings and knob to handle. Put a drop of blue loctite on it and tighten, then a drop on dust cover so it doesn't come off. Now you can take apart to lube bearings in handle and not be dealing w/glue. Have used both and in fact used one a few minutes ago, they are solid when you hook fish and show no signs of any issues at all. Super light weighed in at 7.6oz. with carbon handle. Will report any problems if encountered but right now am very impressed with them for the money spent, winner in my book.

 

Dobyns Sierra 7' M/F w/micro guides, very light and casts a mile it seems. Had to recalibrate my cast's a little it had that much more distance. The FC already gives me good sensitivity but w/this rod it's beyond what I expected, you can feel slight touches and bumps on lure and the bottom very easy to tell when you hit or go over something. Still getting used to that, fought a big largemouth the other night and pulled him out of grass and landed him without any strain. Like I've said its the first of several more to come very impressed and happy.

 

We used Sufix 832 braid in camo on my sons spinning set-up in 30#, he read the seaguar smackdown review's and opted to the sufix. It spooled easy and he used it non stop last two all day on the water trips, He was bit off once in 16 pickerel and that is better than FC in my book. He landed 2 big LM over 4# and a 3lb SM with no problems and some pretty big pickerel as well. I fished w/it for a while too and have decided to also spool up a braid rig. He's not using a leader of any kind, hard to see the camo in the water past about 2ft. He loves it and plans to change another reel over to braid now so its a winner also.  All good reviews so far.........and I'm not usually easy to please. I do think that telling others your experiences good or bad can help them as well.   Dave

[Fishingmickey]

Good to hear you like the Sierra! 

FM

 

Two week countdown until China Lake! I am pumped.

[Tatsu Dave]

Hey FM how goes it! China lake should be awesome when you get here, enough rain to keep levels up but helps keep water temps lower and bass shallow. Not the usual Aug pattern at all............active shallow fish. Good Fishing   Dave

[T-Billy]

Thanks for the reviews Dave. I just picked up a couple Sierras myself. 766 and 765 flippin sticks. Standard guides. Very nice rods. I went with the sierra line because of the slightly slower tips. They are excellent tapers IMO. Moderate enough for braid and fast enough for Flouro or Mono. Fit and finish is excellent and plenty sensitive as you mentioned. I've been on a rod buying spree this summer, replacing my fast rods with more moderate tapers as I'm fishing straight braid exclusively on my casting gear now and much prefer a mod/modfast rod with braid. These Sierras are the fastest rods I'm currently using. There are more of them in my future.

 

I now have all of my baitcasters spooled with 832. Awesome line. Handles great, great abrasion resistance, quiet through the guides. Nothing about it I don't like. 

[Tatsu Dave]

Thanks I agree with you on Sierras, got a 703 and 704 on the winter list for sure. Son loves the sufix 832 and is getting ready to spool another rig with it. 

[T-Billy]

1 hour ago, Tatsu Dave said:

Son loves the sufix 832 and is getting ready to spool another rig with it. 

FWIW I've fished 832, jbraid grand and regular, super slick 8, and X9, and 832 is the best of the bunch for me. I fish lots of rock and wood. 832 has been the most abrasion resistant, and best handling. I'm content to stick with it, and quit wasting money trying other stuff at this point.

[throttleplate]

5 hours ago, T-Billy said:

FWIW I've fished 832, jbraid grand and regular, super slick 8, and X9, and 832 is the best of the bunch for me. I fish lots of rock and wood. 832 has been the most abrasion resistant, and best handling. I'm content to stick with it, and quit wasting money trying other stuff at this point.

i know you didnt mention it but have you ever tried spiderwire?

I am just curious because i have been using it since the 90,s and for next year i want to go from #30 spiderwire stealth to 40.

 

I may also for no real good reason other than for a change, try out this 832 line because of all the hype i read of this line.

 

I would like to compare line color fading and get a real good look at the small line fiber fraying that may or may not appear as it does on the spiderwire.

[bulldog1935]

I fish 832 20-lb on my baitcasters as go-to, and down to 6-lb on spinning tackle.  

Not even close to the thinnest, but it's really well-behaved braid.  

 

 

 

IMO, Japanese X-braids are the only braids that beat it, and that mostly because of their extreme breaking strength in small diameters.  

[T-Billy]

2 hours ago, throttleplate said:

i know you didnt mention it but have you ever tried spiderwire?

I am just curious because i have been using it since the 90,s and for next year i want to go from #30 spiderwire stealth to 40.

 

I may also for no real good reason other than for a change, try out this 832 line because of all the hype i read of this line.

 

I would like to compare line color fading and get a real good look at the small line fiber fraying that may or may not appear as it does on the spiderwire.

I haven't fished any spiderwire other than trying Easy Braid once years ago. That stuff was terrible. Dug into the spool worse than any other braid I've used.

832's fading rate is about average far as I can tell. I bought permanent markers in green, brown and black but rarely use them. The fish just don't seem to care. Faded green doesn't seem to bother them any more than dark green.

As I said, I fish a lot of rock and one retie a day is average using 30# and 40#. Far less than flouro or mono, that's for sure. That's with a T rig. With a jig where the knot takes more of a beating 2 or 3 times.

[Bassin_Harrison]

Spooled my new spinning set up with 15 lb 832 in camo. Great first experience with 832, smooth and quiet. Tied up nicely with a double uni knot to 8 lb FC as well. 

[new2BC4bass]

On 8/25/2021 at 4:51 PM, T-Billy said:

I haven't fished any spiderwire other than trying Easy Braid once years ago. That stuff was terrible. Dug into the spool worse than any other braid I've used.

832's fading rate is about average far as I can tell. I bought permanent markers in green, brown and black but rarely use them. The fish just don't seem to care. Faded green doesn't seem to bother them any more than dark green.

As I said, I fish a lot of rock and one retie a day is average using 30# and 40#. Far less than flouro or mono, that's for sure. That's with a T rig. With a jig where the knot takes more of a beating 2 or 3 times.

Wow.  Surprised to hear that.  I've only purchased one fluorocarbon (a cheaper brand), but have a couple other reels I purchased used that came with fluoro so my experience with it is minimal.  However, everything I read suggests that fluoro is much more abrasion resistant than braid unless you go to 80# or heavier.  I don't use much braid either.

 

I watched a video with a guy showing what happened when braid was pulled along the edge of a stone.  It separated almost immediately.

 

Personally I fish mostly mono or co-polymers.  Very seldom fish a place that has a rock bottom.  Might not retie for several outings.

[T-Billy]

1 hour ago, new2BC4bass said:

I watched a video with a guy showing what happened when braid was pulled along the edge of a stone.  It separated almost immediately

This was pretty much my experience with some other braids, but 832 has proven itself over and over. I fished a 3/8oz  T rig through chunk rock and wood tangles for 7hrs, and caught a couple dozen bass last night before it started to get fuzzy and I felt the need to retie. Awesome line.

[BigTimeBassin]

Really like sufix. Have been back and forth between a few versions of power pro and found sufix to be a good combination of what I liked about original pp and super slick. It’s a little rougher through the guides than Super slick, but doesn’t hold as much water and cuts through vegetation a bit better 

[dodgeguy]

On 8/25/2021 at 8:16 AM, T-Billy said:

FWIW I've fished 832, jbraid grand and regular, super slick 8, and X9, and 832 is the best of the bunch for me. I fish lots of rock and wood. 832 has been the most abrasion resistant, and best handling. I'm content to stick with it, and quit wasting money trying other stuff at this point.

i feel the same way

[T-Billy]

On 8/23/2021 at 1:06 PM, Tatsu Dave said:

Dobyns Sierra 7' M/F w/micro guides, very light and casts a mile it seems. Had to recalibrate my cast's a little it had that much more distance. The FC already gives me good sensitivity but w/this rod it's beyond what I expected, you can feel slight touches and bumps on lure and the bottom very easy to tell when you hit or go over something. Still getting used to that, fought a big largemouth the other night and pulled him out of grass and landed him without any strain. Like I've said its the first of several more to come very impressed and happy.

 

Got to spend about 7hrs with my new Sierra 766 in my hand last night. My experience mirrored yours Dave. Like you said, sensitivity is very good.

Was fishing  a 3/8oz T rigged beaver. Casting distance was a shocker. This thing is a rocket launcher!!! It'll outcast my ARK 7'11" Guntersville Special by a good margin. Wasn't expecting that.

PERFECT tip for braid IMO. It pitches 3/8 great. 60' easy, with the flick of the wrist. Lighter and less fatiguing than the longer ARK with ZERO loss of power or control. If anything it has more power. It'll throw 15 inchers over the boat with the best of 'em. Straight up manhandled a 4# smallie, and ski'd a 3.5# largemouth to the boat. If I was limited to one flippin stick, I'd be very content with this one.

Fished the 765 for about 2hrs. Everything I said about it's big brother applies to it, with a step down in power. It'll pitch 1/4oz very well, and has enough power for most situations, but it won't just flat out overpower 'em like it's big brother. The pair make a GREAT 1-2 combination.  I'm impressed, and there are more Sierra's in my future as well.