What's your favorite Braid??

[bass-pirate]

Hi everyone,

I recently bought two new reels and am wanting to spool them with good braid. All my other reels have fire line on them, but i want to change over to braid. These reels will be fished using 4lb up to 10lb line for bass so im wondering which is the best or most popular?? Im looking at either Platil Millennium Hotfiber 2, Platypus Superbraid or Fins PRT Braid.... but any others would be considered..

cheers, Bass-Pirate

[TheSaint]

spin or baitcaster?

[bass-pirate]

Both, i bought another sustain and another calcutta...

[Horse]

Spin Fireline

Baitcaster Fins

Neil

[TheSaint]

Well then i would just stick with fireline for the spin reels & get some good PE braid in Yamatoyo SW Famell for you Baitcaster. This PE braid is blue in colour & you can get it from BCF for about $59 it is the pick of PE braids..

[Maxg]

What is PE braid. Exactly.... Max

[breamnut]

pe braid is a much finer braid and is much user friendly although it breaks at its true breaking strain.
eg 4lb fireline will prob break at around 10lb.
10lb PE braid will break at a 10lb breaking strain.
although 10lb PE is like 2-3lb fireline

[GB61]

hi bass-pirate I am using SUFFIX braid ( Matrix and Performance ) at the moment, on spin gear. Was using fireline but found it broke a lot at the leader joint ( double uni knot ) . Suffix is very thin diameter and casts well, one thing I noticed was that after a while using unweighted sp`s you get a few loose coils that have to be run out gaz

[Tetsuo]

Hi bass-pirate,

I use yamatoyo and sunline on threadlines (spin) and am very happy with the results. Price is getting up there though.

Just wondering, what is it Horse and TheSaint like about fireline for spin.

I use crystal 2lb for bream. I've found it dosn't airknot much and is plenty strong.

[Horse]

I like the way it comes off the spool with very few wind knots and is pretty forgiving with knots. I only use it in the lighter B/S. Price is definitely a factor as well

[Crumbo]

I agree with the yamatoyo PE praid on the calcutta and fireline crystal on the sustain.

The yamatoyo braid casts very well on the baitcasters and hold its shape. I dont think I would use anything else on my baitcasters fromnow on. I like fireline crystal on my light spin gear for the same reasons as horse, cheap and does a good job IMO.

[bass-pirate]

With the yamatoyo, do you guys fill your reel with it, like as in two spools of it? Or use backing first and then just one 150m spool?

[Tetsuo]

I use backing of some description, 150m is generally enough and yama is too dear to buy two.
Having a stretchy backing is a good shock absorber if you are about to get spooled. It would have to be a mighty bass though!!

[far.kwirk]

I got some Tufline XP for my Baitcaster but I don't think you can get it as light as you want.

I find Fireline good for spin but I wouldn't go near it on a baitcaster........unless you enjoy puzzles.

Have fun

[craftycarp]

jigman all the way.. not cheap though.