nice write up scouser! where the hell did you learn all that?!?!

If I told ya I'd have to kill ya!

good luck with that!

Yeah -- What Tony said
I started looking around for sinking braid earlier this year, as I was fishing a very hard water - where the big Carp have IQ's approaching that of Albert Einstein
I couldn't find anywhere here that stocked anything but 120yd spools - which wasn't going to cut it. I found an Australian company that supplied it in bulk but only in red colour!! They weren't much interested in selling it here though
So - it was back to the tried and trusted heavy leadcore leader and sliding backleads - fishing tight line, to keep it all pinned down.
I'm intrigued as to why you asked Keith? I'm definitely a big fan of the PP braid I've been using for some years now - as I haven't had any issues/problems at all --- just I hate the fact it floats. I mostly use PP hooklinks, and in 'touchy' situations, when using a link any longer than about 6", often put a small split shot midway between the hook and the lead - just to make sure it's going to lie down.
Interesting topic!! Anyone that comes up with a supplier for very high quality sinking braid -- in sensible sized spools - like 300 yds+ - please let us all know.

Was that Aussie line the Platypus? I think that's the one you can only get in red, but since red is the first color in the spectrum to "disappear" under about 8-feet of water, that shouldn't be an issue. I think that used the Kevlar fibers but it doesn't specify in the manufacturer's site.

Oh, and if you wanna P1$$ an Aussie tackle dealer off, tell him you wanna buy his fishing tackle to practice C&R carp fishing!

Oh, and you can get the JRC sinking braid in eBay.co.uk for around a cool $150 for 1200 yards. Plus about another $5,000,000 for shipping.

Mind you, how much of it do you really need? 100 yards max per reel I'd say unless you habitually fish the far bank at Emma Long... from Town Lake.

Last year on Emma, I had one rod out all night - and nothing on it. I went up the bank to get a cup of coffee with Jim, and on my return -- there were about a dozen turns of line left on the spool -- from over 300yds. There was a 40+ buff sitting across the far side of the lake - just waiting for me to finish my coffee I know this was a strange event, however - I don't like having any splices in main lines - even at 120yds. If I'm casting close to 100, and hook a stinking monster -- that other 20yds is going to come off PDQ. BTW, the batteries had run down in my remote - which is why I wasn't aware that fish had buggered off over there!!

I really don't know!

I have never tested it! Now if anyone has tested this please reply to Keith's post. If not please do not reply..

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Yes Sir -- (cap in hand) lesson learned, and now I've got ATTX's and the RX receiver, I can at least safely close my eyes for a few seconds!!
My previous alarms -- EV+'s, with an ATTX remote were terribly hard on batteries, and the range for the receiver dropped as the batteries went down!!
No excuses though, as it just shows that even a rod out there that hadn't been moved for over 9 hours can do the biz.
A nice ending to what could have been a horror story for the fish

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Not throwing any stones Richard -- just hoping others might learn from my "confessed" mistake. Hopefully, it will never happen again, and it doesn't cause others to start needlessly throwing stones at my glass house

Wow, never realized this would create so much confusion.

To those that understood my original question, thank you.
I guess I need to do my own testing to find out the answer.
Tight lines.