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What color braid to use?
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04/05/18 03:57 PM
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tmd11111
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As I've gotten older my vision is slowly getting worse and sometimes seeing my line has become difficult. I've got a few reels that are due for respooling and I'm thinking of going to a hi-viz yellow, red, or white. The water in my local lakes is murky enough that visibility is a couple of feet at best. Currently I use dark green and black braid and feel the color of the line doesn't really matter. Any thoughts on the bright colors?
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/05/18 04:01 PM
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Bobby Milam
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Think they have a high viz pink now slso
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/05/18 04:04 PM
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BASS101
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The Hi-Viz Yellow is best for line watching in my opinion. Use it on all my spinning reels with a fluro leader! Fixing to start switching some baitcaster this way also.
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/05/18 04:13 PM
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bigbass94
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Hi-vis yellow is your best bet. That stuff is bright!
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/05/18 04:33 PM
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tmd11111
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Think they have a high viz pink now slso I've seen that and was wondering about white as well. If anything people would know it was me out there from a distance.
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/06/18 04:10 PM
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tmd11111
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Ended up ordering some Sufix 832 in hi-viz yellow. Never tried it but I figure it cant be worse then the let spool is of Power Pro I used.
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/06/18 04:23 PM
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Brad R
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Ended up ordering some Sufix 832 in hi-viz yellow. Never tried it but I figure it cant be worse then the let spool is of Power Pro I used. I think you will really like Sufix 832, especially the yellow for line watching. It also holds its color very well. Most people who move over to 832 seem to stick with it as best I can tell. Brad
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/06/18 04:40 PM
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DBFishing83
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/06/18 05:03 PM
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bassmanrudy
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I really like the yellow! And if you sharpie the last few feet like you did on the green it disappears anyways!
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/06/18 05:06 PM
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Hog Jaw
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I use yellow with black sharpie 3 from bait .
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/06/18 05:23 PM
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Seems Sufix 832 is pretty popular. Cant wait to try it out next week when I get back from Minnesota. Been up here 3 of the last 5 weeks freezing my butt off. Whopping 22 degrees today and just got 7" of snow a few days ago.
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/06/18 09:24 PM
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Jaden Oberkrom
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A dull yellow is decent. Have used on spinning reels in the past. Also red is good
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/06/18 10:17 PM
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Red is the first color to disappear in the water column.
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/06/18 10:42 PM
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Fast Lane
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Shouldn't have to line watch with braid..lol
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Re: What color braid to use?
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04/17/18 12:04 AM
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tmd11111
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Shouldn't have to line watch with braid..lol Normally I'd agree with this statement but if you've seen some of the brush in my lake you'd think otherwise.
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