Braid?

[Black Bass]

Which braid do you use for flippin & pitchin? Do you use the 50 lb?

[Alpster]

Which braid do you use for flippin & pitchin? Do you use the 50 lb?

50lb Power Pro.

Ronnie

[Wayne P.]

Stren Super Braid:  30# for spinning gear and 50# - 65# for baitcasting.

[TeamBerettaGold]

65# Sufix

[BrockSamson]

50# Sufix

[Joel W]

I use #30 lb Power Pro for all my baitcasting setups. I just can't see the need nor the purpose to use a line rated @ 50 lb or more in conjunction with a rod that had a rating less then 20 0r 25lb line strength. To my way of thinking you're just asking for trouble where the rod tip will snap before the line breaks.  

I would even dare say that by next year I'll be switching over to 20 lb Sufix Braid over 30 lb Power Pro. The reasons being is that the Sufix Braid is made from 3 strands while the Power Pro is comprised of 2 strands. The Sufix is rounder, has a lesser tendency for that dreaded tip wrap, and the digging in issue should be almost a thing of the past. Hence, the use of 20 lb over 30 lb test. If I do experience digging in issues, then I'll go back to 30 lb test Braid.

[hawgchaser]

30lb power pro for me.

[Saladmander]

30lb power pro for me.

Same here.

[Top]

I use 50# power pro... more for manageability with digging...  anything less and it seems like I am stripping off line to re-lay it after I snag or hook onto a hog...

AL

[FD.]

65# power pro in the high vis yellow.  You might not need it that heavy but I pitch a 1.5 oz penetrator weight into some crap you might could walk on.

[Trent, B]

power pro 30#

[BassinBoy]

30# or 50# Sufix

[Joel W]

30 lb Power Pro shouldn't be digging in. Try Suffix Braid 30 lb Braid and see if that issue is gone.

Again, the issue that I'm concerned with is that the Braid line rating shouldn't be more then what your rod is rated for.  Snapping a tip with over rated line will surely ruin your day, and lighten you wallet real fast.

[SimonDM17]

I snapped a cheap *** rod (Okuma Centrific) using 30lb PP, but I've put it on my jig rod and soft plastics rod, both of which are a little better, and I've had no problem. To me, the keys seem to be either setting the drag for the rod's max line weight, or not using the rod to try and snap the lure out of snags (how I broke the Centrific).

Any opinions on Suffix v. PP?

[Joel W]

I snapped a cheap *** rod (Okuma Centrific) using 30lb PP, but I've put it on my jig rod and soft plastics rod, both of which are a little better, and I've had no problem. To me, the keys seem to be either setting the drag for the rod's max line weight, or not using the rod to try and snap the lure out of snags (how I broke the Centrific).

Any opinions on Suffix v. PP?

That would work assuming that one can accurately set their drag. Unfortunately, most people are terrible at doing it, especially while fishing.

Power Pro is comprised of two strands of line which makes it more oval then round. It doesn't hold its color very well, and old PP feels more like a well worn and loved flannel shirt. Hence, the dreaded tip wrap issues from time to time. Especially light PP on a spinning rod cast into the wind. Sufix Braid is comprised of 3 strands of line, making it nearly round, which almost eliminates tip wrap, and any digging in issues for 20 lb test and up. Color seems to last a lot longer for us line watchers.

[Chad.]

50 pound power pro for this year. As for the drag I set it so that I can strip line with a nice pressure, personally I just wait until it 'feels right'.