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Post by sniggy on Jul 29, 2006 10:46:44 GMT 1
Im being told not to use braid with roller rings on a boat rod........... Ive got a original ugly stik with aftco roller tip and butt, will braid damage this  ?? Snigs |
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Post by casterman on Jul 29, 2006 19:52:07 GMT 1
I doubt the braid will damage the rollers more the other way round, because the braid is so fine it has a tendancy to get trapped down the side of the rollers, if this happens when you have 100ft of line out and the line gets nicked thats pretty much the whole spool goosed, best i could say is just to take care, braid certainly has it's advantages in deep water with a good tide run, i have a rod with a roller tip that i use when fishing the deeps off Holyhead for tope, 200ft of water with a strong tide you need 2lb of lead to hold bottom with mono but you can half that with braid, i use Power Pro 30lb braid with a 200lb Suffix mono leader in these conditions and with care i've never trapped a line in the roller, hope this helps
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Post by dewi on Aug 1, 2006 19:07:27 GMT 1
Castermans right about the braid betting caught between the side of the roller. You can buy rods with braid rollers their a lot smaller and the braid cant get caught, well it never has on the one i
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Post by dewi on Aug 1, 2006 19:10:01 GMT 1
sorry pressed wrong button. i`ve got and i use whiplash 20 LB which is one of the thinnest braids i think.
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Post by cliffnorry on Aug 2, 2006 23:07:35 GMT 1
I use spiderwire, the bigest problem with rollers is when you miss a strike, your line is out of controle for a second, this tends to happen a lot with mono because of the strech of the line, this dose not happen with braide, when you strike so you miss a lot less and do not get ;)the whiplash which could be the cause of roller problems, I use 6lb through to 30 lbs, my tope rod has only rollers through out the rod. ;D
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