Spiderwire vs PowerPro

[.ghoti.]

Got to go muskie fishing for the first time this year. I always do muskie during November and December. Been too busy to go so far, but this past Sunday was the day. I needed new line on one the two reels I use for muskie. Wally-world was out of 50lb Spiderwire, my usual choice for this application, so I got a spool of 50lb PowerPro instead.

So, I had one reel with Spiderwire and one with PowerPro. These are identical reels, older Quantum EX500 models bought at the same time. One is on a 7' heavy power rod and one is on a 6'6" heavy power rod. Both rods are older berkley moderate action sticks.

I've told you all this because the fishing was poor. According to several people we got there a day too late. Great fishing was to be had the four previous days. You win some and you lose some.

Anyway, since the fish were elsewhere, I decided to do some testing. I wanted to see if I could tell the difference between the two lines. I noticed two things right off. The PowerPro was noisier during the cast and the Spiderwire gave better distance. I had identical baits on the two rods. The Spiderwire was on the longer rod, so I thought maybe that was the difference in casting distance. I also thought that maybe the difference in guides was the reason for the noise difference. So I swapped reels. Got the same results. SW casted farther and PP was noisier. The I swapped spools between the two reels. Now the PP casted farther. I evidently need some new bearings in one of the reels. So the casting distance difference was not line dependent. The PP was still noisier going through the guides on either rod.

I noticed no difference knot holding. Had no problems with either line. I used both Palomar and Uni knots.

No discernable difference in sensitivity.

The only difference appeared to be the noise.

Actually there is one more difference. The Spiderwire costs a lot more.

I'll be using PowerPro from now on for my muskie rigs.

Cheers,

GK

[Grey Wolf]

Thanks for the info.