Cheap braid question

[JV44]

Got some cheap ebay braid on my deadbait rods in 65lb cast well does what it says on the tin got a fair few barbell and carp rods spooled in it no issues but the yellow stuff Rusty mentioned was rubbish.....sounds like miss labled to me Anderoo

[Tony U]

I use the cheap braid as well apart from my LRF fishing, I have not had any problems with it. It also makes excellent fly line backing.

[Ken L]

Why so light? A 150g spod on 10kg line is potentially very dangerous - and an 80g lead on a marker float is even more deadly.

Edited April 20, 2015 by Ken L

[Steve Walker]

The way you chuck a spod isn't really high velocity, like pendulum casting a 6oz lead, more of a lob, so I think the risks are fairly minimal. I still use a 50lb shock leader, though.

[Anderoo]

I tested it and it breaks at about 11lb. I think it's just mis-labelled. It'll be fine for light lure fishing, but that's not what I needed it for so it's pretty annoying. Lesson learned I guess.

 

Maybe 20lb is a bit light, it's what I've always used though and I've never snapped off. That's with the rather generously proportioned fire line though.

[Ken L]

Fireline breaks at almost double the stated BS so if you used 20lb Fireline, you are going to need at least 50lb braid.

Going heavier (my 6000 size reels are loaded with 65lb braid) also tends to reduce the tendency of the live to dig into itself.

[Tigger]

I think I put 85lb on my dead bait rods !

[Worms]

Blimey, you guys fish with some heavy line! I beachcast with 30lb PP (plus tapered Daiwa shockleader), I tope, wreck and most everything else with 30lb PP and I have one reel with 50lb PP for deep water bottom fishing. I have a big game reel with 130lb hollow core braid but I'd be lucky to hook anything in UK waters that would warrant it!

 

I use a f/s and one small multi in freshwater for lure fishing, both with 30lb PP

My PP is rated at the old US imperial diameters/BS, not the newer Metric equivalents.

 

5Ib is 0.10mm diameter

8Ib is 0.13mm diameter

10Ib is 0.15mm diameter

15Ib is 0.19mm diameter

20Ib is 0.23mm diameter

30Ib is 0.28mm diameter

40Ib is 0.32mm diameter

50Ib is 0.36mm diameter

65Ib is 0.41mm diameter

80Ib is 0.43mm diameter

100lb is 0.46mm diameter

Edited April 21, 2015 by Worms

[Steve Walker]

Low diameter is a big advantage when fishing at distance or in very deep water.

 

Being able to bend the hooks out of snags is an advantage when pike fishing at close range.

[Worms]

Low diameter is a big advantage when fishing at distance or in very deep water.

 

Being able to bend the hooks out of snags is an advantage when pike fishing at close range.

Very true, I hadn't looked at it that way! Do you use a mono/fluoro leader or is it one of those "some do, some don't" questions?