On 6/7/13 9:45 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:25:05 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 6/7/2013 9:14 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:16:26 -0400, John H
wrote:

size-wise it's probably ten times
stronger than mono.

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Yes, you can get a lot more on a reel. That's why I started using it
because I was tired of being spooled out by big fish. I actually
think it is easier to knot than mono.


Wayne, you need one of these. You can load it with a mile of 200lb braid.
http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...view&from=grid


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That's a lot of line, no question about it, and it's a nice looking
reel - should be for that price. :-)

I notice that it's a "star" drag instead of "lever" however. I
wonder why since most of the high end reels I've been looking at seem
to be lever drag. The Penn-Senator reel where I just burned out the
clutches was star drag, much smaller however.



1. Before you burned out your reel (btw, Penn has or had a rebuilding
service), what poundage were you setting the drag at? There are
relatively inexpensive mechanical fishing line drag weight scales that
tell you this. Obviously, on your defunct Penn, you could not set the
drag at 200#. Usually, drag is set at only a reasonable percentage of
what is available. I fished for stripers on the Bay here with 8 or 10#
test, with the drag set at 4 pounds. But, then, I was either holding the
rod or sitting next to it.

2. From what I understand from your posts, the real problem is that you
might not notice right away that you have a "hit," and then it takes you
a bit of time to get from wherever you are on your boat to where the rod
is located. I don't know how noisy your boat is when the engines are
running, but perhaps an answer might be to put some sort of "tell" on
the road you can hear from where you are piloting the boat.

I suggest this because I don't recall anyone using 200# line or anything
near that test breaking weight for any sort of fishing.

As an example, there's a two speed Shimano Tiagra 130A Reel for 130#
test line, and the maximum recommended strike drag is 80 pounds. This is
a $1200 dollar reel, and it holds about 1000 yards of of 130# mono line
and probably a mile of braided line. Putting 200# line on that reel
might burn it out, too.

You could catch a grander marlin with that sort of reel, but you can
also catch marlin on much smaller rigs.