braid line brand? any good?

[jason p]

hi all
i just brought some braid line from ebay couldnt resist at the price, just wondering what your thought are on the brand as i havent used it before.

PELAGIC EXTREME SPECTRA BRAID FISHING LINE 60lb 500m

payed $33 delivered if its no good i can always use it to hold up the tomatoes

thanks jp

[Tim_N]

IMHO I reckon it will be excellent for holding up the tomatoes.
It is a quite thick, flat braid and it's not particularly smooth. It also can have a breaking strain much lower than specified, from my experience.
By being coarse, it tends to make joining knots break at a much lower BS than a you would expect.
I think the better option would be a better Spectra braid like Fins, PowerPro, Platil etc and get it when it is on special at one of the big stores.
Sorry about that, but that is what I have discovered with it.
Tim

[badfisho]

IMHO I reckon it will be excellent for holding up the tomatoes.
It is a quite thick, flat braid and it's not particularly smooth. It also can have a breaking strain much lower than specified, from my experience.
By being coarse, it tends to make joining knots break at a much lower BS than a you would expect.
I think the better option would be a better Spectra braid like Fins, PowerPro, Platil etc and get it when it is on special at one of the big stores.
Sorry about that, but that is what I have discovered with it.
Tim

Spot on mate...Same thing here...now i use Fireline. its expensive but way worth the price

[Chamelion]

Honestly, the brand "Pelagic" has always sounded alarm bells for me.

[reddybayfisher]

Don't skimp $ on braid....you'll find yourself buying better anyway....Fireline, Stren Microfuse - are a couple I use...

[jason p]

yer thanks fellas i thought as much when i was bying it but for the price i just had to get it. if it looks to good to be true then it usually is. might have to save this 1 for a gift for some poor fella

[oldboot]

If you want to know the truth...peel off 3 or 4 meters and send it off to Paulus.....he'll test it and put the truth up on his site for all to see.

cheers

[jason p]

hey oldboot. who and where is paulus?

jp

[oldboot]

I've just livened up paulus's thread..."line test breaking strain". for you to look at.

details of paulus' work and links to his site.

cheers

[jason p]

thanks oldboot excellent thread, i will send some in and see what turns up

cheers jp