Seaguar Kanzen Braid

[dodgeguy]

There is no need for glue. I use an improved clinch knot double wrapped, does not pull thru and the tag end can be cut very short. I actually picked up that tip watching a saltwater tv show fishing on the flats, it works great and I use that knot all the time in every fishing venue.

Another way to avoid any kind of fraying on your tag end is to singe the braid after it's cut, puts a little nib on the end, they do make battery operated tools, but I use a bic. In all honesty I don't think fraying on a short tag end is going to reduce the amount of strikes.

singeing the knot tag anf glue do the same thing.like i said i glue to keep the tag end neat.the glue that gets on the knot and holds it is just a benefit.i think it's easier to shut a glue bottle than find a place for a hot iron to cool.

[Skeet22]

Give Sunlin FX2 a try. I've used 832 and Power Pro mostly and this is my favorite by far.

[deep]

I bought a 150 yd spool of Kanzen in 50 lb test (slightly thicker than 12 lb Sufix mono) to try out. I fished it for about 2.5 hours today, and I'm not very impressed, considering that it's priced similar to the Daiwa Samurai. While it's probably a better alternative to Power Pro and/or Spiderwire, I'm not sure I'll buy another spool of this when I run out of Samurai.

The good:

It seems to be of higher density than Samurai.

It doesn't like to dig in the spool, although I didn't catch a fish or have a backlash to really test this hypothesis.

The bad:

The color bleeds, in spite of application of KVD L&L. The bleeding is probably not as bad as on Samurai, but it does bleed.

Being used to Samurai, the Kanzen is quite rough to the touch. It's also noisy coming through the guides.

Casting distance was quite bad for the first few casts. The line did break in after 50 odd casts, even though it was still noisy.

[roadwarrior]

The single, most important thing that I've found with it is to tie a San Diego or Pitzen. I have had the knots slip with it when I tied other knots. Tie the SD and you're fine.

I'm a big fan of the SD for braided line!