braid

[magic]

:) Hi guys
Can any one tell me when fishing with 50bls braid or any braid do you fill the spoll or just a hundred yards or so, after mono and where in Australia is the best price. Thanks :-/

[scuttlebutt]

not sure on the best price but unless you've got money to burn just use the braid as a "top shot" on top of your mono. The first hundred metres or so is always going to be the most important.

cheers,

steve

[Sti_Brumby]

you should be able to buy bigger spools of braid from your local tackle shop.

[szopen]

I do fill the whole spool with braid.
A bit of sticky tape first to prevent slippage.

Not really such a waste of money as:

1. Braid lasts for years and mono does not.
2. No knots.
3. When the first 50-100m used starts fraying I turn the braid around (take it off and spool again starting with the used part, this puts unused braid on the outside and into use.

[Bosunsmate]

Best price is at Kfart when thy have their 30% off sales......or if you have MAKRO Warehouse try them...

[Just_chips]

I would top top up the spool with the braid depending on how deep you are going to fish with it, for example: if this 50 pound line is going on to a rod used for casting lures or baits in creeks etc. then a 100m top shot would be fine because the only way the knot between you're braid and mono is going to be exposed is if a fish takes that much line of you. But if it is for fishing reefs out in the deeper waters then you have more chance of you're knot between you're braid and mono being exposed (potentially a weak link) and it may be a better option to go for a longer spool.

Also keep in mind how much line your reel can take of a particular line diameter in regards to the spool length of braid that you buy. There is no point putting only 300m on a reel that can hold 500m, you would need to load mono first as a backing then top shot with braid. It is all about getting value for your hard earned coin without running the risk of potentially losing that fish of a lifetime.

Good luck

Cheers Kev

[Wear_the_fox_hat]

Magic,
Be careful if using braid in reef areas, one nick & you're gone. Also, if you've got all day to pull up a big one, braid is fine, but without the flex of mono, you may pull the hooks more often than not if you start laying into it.

Best of luck.

[basserman]

just brought a TLD 25 form the mart soprts joint and got them to load it with 800yard of 50lb fins and lucky me when i got to the checkout they forgot to charge me for it :D yippy $120 of braid for free
just need the adjust it with the mono and reverse it now and i'm set ;D
they also put 400 yards on the charter specail i brout for free too!
needless to say i was a happy boy

[Mad_fisherman]

Magic,
Mate in relation to where to buy you gear, Well i see heaps of places which are most likley good deals however MO Tackle at coffs habour will beat any shelf price you can find. Go to your local newsagent and buy there monthly cataloge from the fishing section. They promise to beat any price, if they can not beat it well the product is free. I have brought stuff from reel's to hooks to braid from them. at $3 for 50 2/0 hooks who can beat it also if you buy rods etc they come packaged in pvc pipe. I am yet to find any one with half the products these blokes have and even harder to find any where else cheaper.

You can go there and buy or mail order all for the same price. Cheaper by mail i think don't quote me though.

If you need a number mate im me.

Cheers

Mad!

[Jeremy]

Not impressed with MO tackle any more. They aren't the cheapest, and their latest mag was blatant false advertising. Claiming if they aren't the cheapest then it is free, and when you read the fine print, it is only free if they can not beat the price. Just ain't worth the effort to me. There are local tackle shops in Brisbane with a bigger range too.

Jeremy

[banshee]

I've heard MO tackle are realy paying the price for the cheaper or free claim now that their new neighbors have moved in,apparently people are going in and getting discounts on the low prices offered by the new boys,what goes around comes around I suppose.

[basserman]

the grand opening for that sports sort that has mart in it was on saterday just gone and while fishing tackle australia does say they will beat prices they told a few people to bugger off on saterday as some people were going in and seeing some of the rods at up to 75% off normal retail and trying to get fishing tackle australia to beat that and of couse they couldn't
but will be intreasting in the comeing mounths as i'm sure a huge priceing war will be going on where the only winners will be us the shoppers

(backbone 15kg rods were going for $59)
(fishing tackle australia mo tackle and that mart store are right next to each other)

[Sti_Brumby]

shit thats cheap for backbone rod

[magic]

thanks guys for all of your advice. Magic

[GBC]

Magic,
main reason for always backing up braid is to stop spool failure. Not the commonest of afflictions and I have never seen it happen, but apparently the braid gets compressed by subsequent layers especially when the drag is on hard, spools have been known to literally implode. Some guys even back up with sash cord - don't know about its virtues. Needless to say all my braid reels have a backing of some sort. Hope this helps.

[gunna]

I got caught with one of my bream spinning reels when I failed to use nylon backing. The complete 100 metres of Fireline would spin on the spool. There was no drag as even with the drag up tight the line still had no grip on the spool and could be pulled straight off. You need some mono at least to get grip - or as someone already said - put tape on the spool first.

[redspeckle]

Basserman
I am asking a question isn't 50lb braid to heavy to use in a charter special
on a TR 2000 model its max line capacity said's 20lb 300 yards by going heavy than the wouldn't eventully destroy the reel drag system
I was going to do the same thing i just recently bought live fiber TX50lb braid but put it on tld 25 just bought and kept 20lb bionc braid on charter special TR2000
Mitch
Go The Mighty Cowboys in 2005

[Flounder]

I agree with scuttlebutt. :)

[Sti_Brumby]

I wouldn;t put heavy line on a charter special Redspeckle. They arn't made for heavy use as such. I've done it before and striped my pinuon gears

[basserman]

mitch the 50lb is on it for the ease of use (less cuts in the fingers ;)) still will be geting fished at around the max of 20lb
i did have 20lb on my other charter but i find it when your bashing the bottom feeling for bites it is a bit hard on the hands after a day so i went to 50lb (still thinner than 20lb mono) as it is a bit course and softer on the hands

[agnes_jack]

If spooling my offshore reels and reels I use for spinning off the rocks, I prefer to put at least 300m of braid, with mono backing.
On my estuary reels just a top shot of 125 yds is heaps, there is not many times in an estuary where you end up with more line than that out, again over mono backing.
With the rock fishing gear and the offshore gear, I have had more than 300m of line out many times, on macks, tuna and wahoo. Nothing more worrying than watching your joiner knot scream thru the guides.
The mono backing is to stop the line spinning on the spool.
depends what you are using the reel for imho.

Regards, Tony