Braid help please

[skippytheroo]

Hi all

 

Ive been tasked with loading up my friends reel with braid that he bought. Im a bit of a novice with the different types of braid and the stuff he has bought is called berkely Iron Silk. It feels completely different to the braid I bought which is more like string. This Iron Silk feels more like mono. Im trying to fit 300yds of it onto a sl30sh and before I break into the spool I want to make sure its the right stuff. Its for using on a boat wrecking for cod ling etc Trip is tomorrow so its gonna be a mad dash into town to get it swapped if its the wrong stuff

 

Regards

[Norm B]

skippytheroo:

Hi all

 

Ive been tasked with loading up my friends reel with braid that he bought. Im a bit of a novice with the different types of braid and the stuff he has bought is called berkely Iron Silk. It feels completely different to the braid I bought which is more like string. This Iron Silk feels more like mono. Im trying to fit 300yds of it onto a sl30sh and before I break into the spool I want to make sure its the right stuff. Its for using on a boat wrecking for cod ling etc Trip is tomorrow so its gonna be a mad dash into town to get it swapped if its the wrong stuff

 

Regards

:cool: Hi, Iron Silk is not a braid, it's a co-polymer nylon. Although it is thinner than some lines and has less stech it's not as thin as braid.

You may get 300 yds on a SLOSH 30 but I'm not sure, you will get 300 yds of braid on it, in fact some of the Iron Silk will do as backing.

[skippytheroo]

Thanks norm.....off to tackle shop now to swap it for the string braid

[SandTiger]

As Norm says, use some mono for backing as it stops the braid bedding in and sliding on the reel - it'll also save you pennies by just loading half the spool unless you think you will be fishing more than 150 yards (450 feet).

[skippytheroo]

Not sure of the depth Summer or Big Cod will know Im sure Hope so as we are going on Sea Otter tomorrow. Ive loaded my reel fully with braid and one of my friends reels, I just had this last one to do when he turned up with the Iron Silk. I put some mono on first then a couple of layers of masking tape followed by the braid which I attached to the mono using a small swivel (knots arent my strong point )Cant wait for tomorrow now I keep packing and then repacking my box Wife thinks Im mad I think she's right.

[SandTiger]

hee hee, you'll not sleep a wink tonight Skippy demon

[macky]

whitby fishing really well im told

 

loadsa cod and ling to mid double figures

and a brilliant forecast for tomorrow

 

so enjoy ya sen

 

the north sea around whitby aint all that deep

200ft max i would have thought

[Guest CJS2]

Iron silk Nasty stuff. When I used it, it seemed to wrot in about 6 months? Lost a couple of good fish becase of it. Would have been a great sustitute for braid other wise, dont like braid

CJS2