80lb on a 50 class

[Byrdthefisherman]

What do you guys think about running a 80lb test on a 50 class reel? (may be going for mako's over in New England)

[Dave Godwin]

It should be no problem, i use the same outfits here in Portugal.

Remember any knots weaken the line anyway, and your clutch will slip before you damage your rod or reel.

[Fin-S]

As Dave said, should be no problem provided you are using a decent reel with a high capacity. Due to the exponential cost of good line and large reels, we now tend to drop down a size in reel and main line and add a top shot of 200m of the heavier stuff. ie, TLD 50/2 with 400m 50lb and then 200m 80lb.

[KennyC]

Usually it's not a problem but set the drag for the reel class and not the mono to save drag washer burn out.

 

Quite a few anglers use a braid backing and a long mono leader 100yrds plus - though the reels should be capable of landing the type of species that your targeting.

 

I've seen some big threshers caught 250lb+ which can nearly strip 400m of 80lb line from a reel.

[Norrie]

Hiya, Dont see a problem with it, I use 100lb braid on a Penn International 50,coupled with a Conoflex 50lb class rod.....and my TLD 25 has 80lb on it.....

 

[ 03. May 2005, 05:25 PM: Message edited by: Norrie ]