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Weekly Topic (8): Main Line #5253740 08/30/10 05:01 PM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
3. What brand do you prefer?
4. What color line do you prefer?
5. How often should you replace your line?


Last edited by dturnerfish; 08/30/10 05:05 PM.

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Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: dturnerfish] #5253805 08/30/10 05:19 PM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
30 to 40lb
2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
Braid, no stretch with a beter hookset. Narrow diameter.
3. What brand do you prefer?
Powerpro
4. What color line do you prefer?
I am still looking for a color that I can see well.
5. How often should you replac your line?
Once a year with braid. I cut off sections throughout the year that are worn.


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Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: dturnerfish] #5253847 08/30/10 05:30 PM
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1. What is your prefered test lb.?
always 12 lb. unless I am doing UL fishing then I go with 4 to 6 lb.

2. What is your prefered type of line and why?
I like using Mono because of the stretch factor

3. What brand do you prefer?
Trilene Big Game.

4. What color do you prefer?
Clear

5. How often should you replace your line?
Normaly every year unless line has high memory



PB Common = 36-8
PB Buffalo = 62-8
PB Mirror (fully scaled) 13-0
PB Flat Head Catfish = 44

Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: dturnerfish] #5253927 08/30/10 05:52 PM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
14 to 17 pound mono, 30 pound braid
2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
Mono for stretch and braid when in weedy environments
3. What brand do you prefer?
suffix mono and power pro braid
4. What color line do you prefer?
low vis green on both
5. How often should you replace your line?
Mono about every 4 or 5 months unless memory becomes a problem. Braid, rarely ever.

Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: Curt0407] #5254174 08/30/10 06:50 PM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
40-50
2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
Braided line, line dia. to strangth ratio. I like to know that if I need to crank up the drag and control a big fish I can do it without breaking him off.
3. What brand do you prefer?
I like Cabela's brand. I find it likes to sink better than most other brands I have tried.
4. What color line do you prefer?
I love my yellow line, but they discontinued that color, now I go with red.
5. How often should you replace your line?
I SHOULD replace every year. But I actually have a reel spooled up that is 3 years old, and still no issues with it.

Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: dturnerfish] #5254189 08/30/10 06:54 PM
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1. What is your preferred test lb? 12 lb. for Euro and freeline setup, 6 or 8lb. for float rod
2. What is your preferred type of line and why?I like mono for the stretch and because I fish some rocky places where braid wouldn't be a good idea. I sometimes use a braid shock leader if weeds are present or more casting distance is needed
3. What brand do you prefer?Sufix Siege for mono, PowerPro for braid
4. What color line do you prefer?camo or green, clear for freeline rod
5. How often should you replace your line?I replace mine 3 or 4 times a year or when it needs it due to getting stretched out or dinged up


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Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: Cyprinus] #5254356 08/30/10 07:27 PM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
12lb
2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
Mono/copolymer for the stretch
3. What brand do you prefer?
Suffix Elite
4. What color line do you prefer?
low vis green
5. How often should you replace your line?
at least yearly even if i don't fish much





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Mirror: 14lbs
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Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: dturnerfish] #5254436 08/30/10 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted By: dturnerfish
1. What is your preferred test lb? 12lb
2. What is your preferred type of line and why? p-line, iv like it better than cajun.
3. What brand do you prefer? pline cx for mainline and cxx-x 20lb for shockleader
4. What color line do you prefer? clear
5. How often should you replace your line?

depends on how much you fish.


pb buffalo 58.0lb
pb common 36.4lb
pb grasser 46.0lb
pb mirror 24.12lb
pb koi 15.25lb
pb blue 39.0lb
pb goldfish 1.5lb
pb bass 6lbs

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Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: SomethingSmellsFishy] #5254463 08/30/10 07:52 PM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
50lb braid or 18lb mono mainline, 25lb fluoro leader.
2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
Just switched to Sufix Performance in 50lb test. It is an 8-carrier, tightly wound braid that seems to sink better than most. Used in weedy conditions.
The mono I use is 18lb Adrena-Line from Korda - low memory, slick surface, true-test strength, and casts well.
I also use Berkely 100% Fluoro leaders in 25lb strength. It's relatively supple for a fluoro and sinks like a rock.
3. What brand do you prefer?
Sufix Performance for braid, Korda Adrena-Line for mono, and Berkely 100% Fluoro for leaders.
4. What color line do you prefer? Lo-vis green for braid, Adrena-Line is a camo brown, and Fluoro is clear.
5. How often should you replace your line? Whenever it is nicked or showing any signs of wear. Braid can last for years, but mono at least every 6 months and the same with Fluoro due to UV damage.

Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: Scouser] #5254581 08/30/10 08:19 PM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
Generally the lightest I can get away with. Lately I've enjoyed 12 - 15# mono or copolymer. I have one reel with 30# powerpro, and like the sensitivity and lack of memory.
I use 4# on my UL float rod, and have landed several 10 - 12# fish on it, but don't usually use it in 'big fish' waters.
2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
As per above, I haven't yet settled on a 'favorite', but am still playing with several. I get tired of the memory of monos like Big Game and like the relative 'amnesia' of copolymer and braid.
3. What brand do you prefer?
Pline, suffix for copolymers and mono; powerpro is the only braid I've ever used.
4. What color line do you prefer?
Dark/camo or clear mono and copolymer; I've only used the moss green pp but would like to try yellow or other hi vis.
5. How often should you replace your line?
At least annually with mono, or as needed as evidenced by abrasion. I've had the powerpro on for two years now and it's still going strong.


Last edited by fiSherwood; 08/30/10 08:21 PM.
Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: fiSherwood] #5255127 08/30/10 10:28 PM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
-Have only ever used 50lb braid

2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
-Have only used Powerpro

3. What brand do you prefer?
Powerpro

4. What color line do you prefer?
I like the dark green powerpro better because the red turned my reel and my rod all red

5. How often should you replace your line?
-Have had it on almost a year and still going strong


PB Buff - 56lbs
PB Common - 26lbs
PB Mirror - 7lbs
PB Grasser - 45lbs
PB Koi - 10lbs


Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: Nick220722] #5255904 08/31/10 02:20 AM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
12lb and 15 for my baitrunners, 4lb braid and 4lbflouro for my ultralight

2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
I like mono for the stretch and braid for the abrasion resistance. I seem to always have flourocarbon on my ultralight for it's sink and invisibility

3. What brand do you prefer?
I use almost all P-line for everything. P-line flouroclear is the line I use for my ultralight so I guess it's a copoly really but it fishes like flourocarbon

4. What color line do you prefer?
lov vis green or clear for all line I use

5. How often should you replace your line?
I replace every 4 months on my UL and once a year on my euro gear




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Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: dturnerfish] #5256062 08/31/10 02:58 AM
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1. What is your preferred test lb? 12#mono
2. What is your preferred type of line and why? Mono for stretch and ease of casting
3. What brand do you prefer? sufix siege
4. What color line do you prefer? Cammo
5. How often should you replace your line? 2-3 times a year depending how much i fish


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Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: dturnerfish] #5256386 08/31/10 05:49 AM
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1. What is your preferred test lb?
30lb for spodding, and 50 - 65 for reel line.
2. What is your preferred type of line and why?
After using mono for most of my life, I finally got 'born again' with braid, a few years ago. After losing a few big fish with Berkely Big Game - I got very frustrated and spooled a reel with braid. It's still on there, been 'turned' once, and is still going strong!! I like the fact I am in direct contact with the fish at all times, have zero stretch (my rods take care of that) and -- I haven't changed line in over 3 years. I fish mono on a float rod, because I often grease the line so it floats.
3. What brand do you prefer?
Power Pro.
4. What color line do you prefer?
Green.
5. How often should you replace your line?
When it needs replacing!! Depending on the amount of UV mono is subjected to probably once a year - however, I have a reel for my float rod -- that doesn't get used much -- with line over 3yrs old on it -- and it's still good.
Same with my braid. Sure - I get nicks & chafes and have to cut some off occasionally -- that's just par for the course. Here's something that's not been mentioned though --- If you are starting out with a lot of line on the spool (I get over 300yds of 50lb braid on a spool) -- you are rarely using more than the first 100yds or so - whilst the brand new stuff is really just acting as backing. So -- when I get to where the spool isn't full enough to where it is hindering casting -- I add some backing (old mono works fine)to a spare spool, and transfer the line to it. I end up with a full spool -- with unused line on the top - not the bottom.
Pretty simple really -- if it isn't broken -- why fix it?

Re: Weekly Topic (8): Main Line [Re: Brid] #5256664 08/31/10 01:07 PM
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Good points there, Brid.

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