Saltiga Braid
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
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Printed Date: 27 Jan 2026 at 2:39pm
Topic: Saltiga Braid
Posted By: DenimViper
Subject: Saltiga Braid
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2015 at 4:47pm
Hi. Just wondering if anyone out there has used this stuff before? Is it about the same as Saltiga Boat Braid stuff or better? Looking at maybe getting PE6 (80 pound breaking) from Plat website |
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Posted By: Gatekeeper
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2015 at 6:23pm
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Ive only used the Boat braid which is very good and value for money. Be interest in what others are using and how it lasts? ------------- There is never a better time to go fishing than now, live the day |
Posted By: Fishing Addiction
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2015 at 7:53pm
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If it's as good as the boat braid then go for it. The only way I can break the pe6 80lb is to tie it to the cleat of the boat when it gets snagged. Incredibly strong No way I could break it on a fish |
Posted By: anarchy
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2015 at 9:08pm
| anyone know the cheapest place to buy a bulkspool of boat braid? |
Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2015 at 9:20pm
I've bought from Jigging World ( http://jiggingworld.com" rel="nofollow - http://jiggingworld.com ) in the past, think they're bout the cheapest I've found on the net. They've got a 15% off sale at the moment as well for their July 4th celebrations. They're pretty good at putting low values on the shipping forms as well to avoid those pesky customs charges http://myemail.constantcontact.com/15--off-Fourth-of-July-Sale--Save-even-more-on-Sale-Items-.html?soid=1114286728871&aid=eLyi6hUcZ2Q" rel="nofollow - http://myemail.constantcontact.com/15--off-Fourth-of-July-Sale--Save-even-more-on-Sale-Items-.html?soid=1114286728871&aid=eLyi6hUcZ2Q
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Anarchy wrote:Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2015 at 7:11am
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I get mine from Jiggingworld.com too, great service -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: anarchy
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2015 at 7:38pm
| all good cheers |
Posted By: Grasshoppa
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2015 at 10:14pm
| Does anyone know how Saltiga stacks up against the stuff from Hooker Fishing? |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 2:28am
pretty sure the saltiga is an 8 carrier braid and the hooker braid is a 4 carrier braid.......sure someone will put me right if i am wrong.....8 is smoother.....4 would be good for puka fishing etc. Murray from Hooker is a really nice guy to deal with.
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Posted By: DenimViper
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 1:06pm
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What makes 4 carrier better for puka? is it just generally because cheaper and you can get decent amount for deep drops |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 3:26pm
yes......would be good for bait fishing and Capacity..value for money...the 8 carrier is better quality and better for jigging and whatever you might like to do with it....as far as i know. I can vouch for Jigging world as well...have bought saltiga boat braid off them as well......cheap and easy to deal with........bulk spools will save you $ .....
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Posted By: DenimViper
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 4:13pm
| I managed to spool my Saltiga 5000 with PE6 saltiga boat braid for around 70 shmucks, got 270m on that bad boy |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2015 at 1:40am
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Cant go wrong with saltiga boat braid....the saltiga 5000...Thats a spin reel isnt it? if so......How did it cast? ------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: DenimViper
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2015 at 8:10am
| Yes it's low gear spin for jigging. Nice braid |
Posted By: duncb
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2015 at 8:17am
| The Saltiga braid is awesome. It's an 8 carrier braid and super thin.I've used it a lot on the GBR for big Doggies and GT's and love the stuff. |
Posted By: rockz
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2015 at 9:22am
| daiwa nz have some new 8 carrier braid coming out soon, looks to be very well priced. |
Posted By: DenimViper
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2015 at 10:39am
| yeah i think thats the stuff i put up in my first post |
Posted By: rockz
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2015 at 12:06pm
| nah this stuff was different, not branded saltiga anyhow. |
Posted By: duncb
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2015 at 8:31am
| According to the Daiwa Australia website the boat braid is 8 carrier just a bit thicker than the Saltiga braid. Australia gets a lot of really cool Daiwa stuff we never see here for some stupid reason. |
Posted By: Wallopit
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 5:22pm
| the difference with that stuff to the boat braid is the "evo silicone" which is suppose to make it softer |
Posted By: funandfunction
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 7:18pm
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I've been using Saltiga boat in pe 6 for a couple of years with good results. I looked up Japanese pe diameters as follows: pe 3 0.285 mm pe 4 0.330 mm pe 5 0.370 mm pe 6 0.405 mm pe 7 0.435 mm pe 8 0.470 mm Daiwa claim pe 6 boat braid is 0.44mm diameter. So yes, good braid but is pe 6 actually pe 7 or have I got wrong info here? If I was unkind to Daiwa , I'd say they've cheated a bit to help win the usual braid shoot-out tests. ------------- There are two types of people in the world: those that divide people into two types and those that don't. http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: DenimViper
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 8:32pm
| You cant get Saltiga Braid in PE7 i dont think. PE6 will break at around 90 pounds! |
Posted By: funandfunction
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 9:15pm
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That was my point! It's not pe6 by their own stated diameter. ------------- There are two types of people in the world: those that divide people into two types and those that don't. http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: funandfunction
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 9:24pm
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Here's another example for you. I've used 8lb fireline for soft baiting and everybody raves about how strong this stuff is because it breaks at 25lb..... only thing is it's actually the diameter of most good 25lb braids so once you realise it's actually 25lb braid being marketed as 8lb to make it win the tests, then it doesn't seem very impressive any more does it? ------------- There are two types of people in the world: those that divide people into two types and those that don't. http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2015 at 1:08pm
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Hi guys, I just had some brand new 80lb Saltiga Boat Braid tested on the NSFC line tester (this is a certified line tester used for testing all NZ record claims) and these were the results of the 3 tests done, 27.4 kg, 27.6 kg and 31.5 kg (average 28.8 kg). So as can be seen this stuff actually breaks quite a bit below the stated breaking strain. I also got some 65 lb Berkley whiplash tested and that broke at 22.1, 27.6 and 28.3 kg, note Pete Saul who did the testing thinks the first test was an anomalous result as it broke in the wring place, so this stuff breaks pretty close to its stated strength. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Gatekeeper
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2015 at 2:29pm
I seen a Marligator not long ago on Big Island, Hawaii Very interesting results on the Saltiga Braid! Was that all off one spool just thinking if it was a dud batch. Great getting it tested. Is there anywhere results are available for other braids, mono's tested that can be viewed?
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2015 at 3:59pm
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PE 6 or 80lb Saltiga boat braid "usually" tests around 90lb so does not over test to the extreme like some other braids can. Every spool can be different and not every line tester can give you the true reading of actual braid tests The only true way to find out what your spool rating is, is to have it tested. Tasline (All White series) tests every spool it produces and comes stamped with test results. ------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: GSPOT
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2015 at 5:28pm
here http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4linetesting.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4linetesting.htm
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Posted By: Mr Plastic
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2015 at 11:59am
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Used pe6 boat braid at kings this year. Landed massive fish to 40kgs. Didnt break so gets a thumbs up from me. Using 23kg or so of drag, pretty much all i could hang on to. Lol ------------- Synit Prototype bender |
Posted By: DenimViper
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2015 at 12:34pm
| impressive result |
Posted By: Mr Plastic
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2015 at 1:05pm
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Used pe6 boat braid at kings this year. Landed massive fish to 40kgs. Didnt break so gets a thumbs up from me. Using 23kg or so of drag, pretty much all i could hang on to. Lol ------------- Synit Prototype bender |
Posted By: duncb
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2015 at 3:36pm
| Cool. What rod and reel where you using to get 23 kg of drag ? I struggle to pull 15kg on my Accurate and Synit.I must need more weetbix. |
Posted By: duncb
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2015 at 4:35pm
| Cool. What rod and reel where you using to get 23 kg of drag ? I struggle to pull 15kg on my Accurate and Synit.I must need more weetbix. |
Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2015 at 12:35am
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Just picked up on this thread again - Gatekeeper, I like that marligator photo. With respect to that Daiwa Boat Braid I had tested that was all from the same spool. There was two spools I will get some off both spools to see if it was just dud stuff on one spool. I will also send some over to Paulus in Oz to test as he wants to test this stuff as well. Will be interesting to see how his line tests results compare to the NZSFC's line tester results. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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