JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Tim, braided line has a nice "hand" to it, but when it snags on something,
it can tear out a little, and the deterioration continues until you have a
bit of a mess. I keep two sets of dock lines aboard, one set twist, one
set braided, and use the line appropriate to the dock.

Used to carry an anchor with braided line in Florida. It's much easier on
the hands when pulling up the line, but the rough shell bottoms ripped it
to shreds in short order. When I bought son of Yo Ho, the dealer tossed in
a kit that included a Danforth-style anchor and 200' of 3/8" line. I
replaced that line with 1/2" twist because it is easier on the hands (the
palms, mainly) than 3/8". Now, the 3/8" is attached to my back-up anchor.


3 strand twisted is best for anchor lines. We are talking about dock lines.




Braided is easy on the hands. When you fish the ICW in NE Florida, you
move around alot from spot to spot, and might drop and raise your anchor
50 times in a day. That's why I used braided.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:28:13 -0500, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Tim, braided line has a nice "hand" to it, but when it snags on something,
it can tear out a little, and the deterioration continues until you have a
bit of a mess. I keep two sets of dock lines aboard, one set twist, one
set braided, and use the line appropriate to the dock.

Used to carry an anchor with braided line in Florida. It's much easier on
the hands when pulling up the line, but the rough shell bottoms ripped it
to shreds in short order. When I bought son of Yo Ho, the dealer tossed in
a kit that included a Danforth-style anchor and 200' of 3/8" line. I
replaced that line with 1/2" twist because it is easier on the hands (the
palms, mainly) than 3/8". Now, the 3/8" is attached to my back-up anchor.


3 strand twisted is best for anchor lines. We are talking about dock lines.




Braided is easy on the hands. When you fish the ICW in NE Florida, you
move around alot from spot to spot, and might drop and raise your anchor
50 times in a day. That's why I used braided.

Let's see...eight hours on the water, 50 dropping and raising, that means
you're moving about every 9.6 minutes or so.

That's some fast fishing!
--
John H

wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:28:13 -0500, HK wrote:

When you fish the ICW in NE Florida, you
move around alot from spot to spot, and might drop and raise your anchor
50 times in a day.

Another reason I don't fish ;-)


It's great fun...you get to raise and lower a trolling motor, too.

HK wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:28:13 -0500, HK wrote:

When you fish the ICW in NE Florida, you move around alot from spot
to spot, and might drop and raise your anchor 50 times in a day.

Another reason I don't fish ;-)


It's great fun...you get to raise and lower a trolling motor, too.

Harry,
It is hard to imagine how you raised and lowered your motor 50 times
when you went out fishing. You were never away from your computer
longer than 1 hr.

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:54:40 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

HK wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:28:13 -0500, HK wrote:

When you fish the ICW in NE Florida, you move around alot from spot
to spot, and might drop and raise your anchor 50 times in a day.

Another reason I don't fish ;-)


It's great fun...you get to raise and lower a trolling motor, too.

Harry,
It is hard to imagine how you raised and lowered your motor 50 times
when you went out fishing. You were never away from your computer
longer than 1 hr.

In an eight hour fishing trip, he raised and lowered his anchor about every
9.6 minutes. Now, if it only took a minute to lower and set, and a minute
to raise, that left 7.6 minutes for fishing at that location. Personally, I
think it would be too damn hectic a way to fish!
--
John H

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:11:15 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:28:13 -0500, HK wrote:

When you fish the ICW in NE Florida, you
move around alot from spot to spot, and might drop and raise your anchor
50 times in a day.

Another reason I don't fish ;-)

That's not fishing. That's playing with an anchor.

--Vic