Tasline All White braid - Update
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Topic: Tasline All White braid - Update
Posted By: treedoc
Subject: Tasline All White braid - Update
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 8:05pm
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Tasline braid is made in NZ and the 'All White" stuff has been produced for a line tester in Aussie who rates it highly. http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4Tasline.htm - http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4Tasline.htm Anyone used it? Im interested in putting the PE 3.5 on a PE4 reel, the numbers look good but almost too good. Any feedback appreciated, cheers Muzza |
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Posted By: Fishing Addiction
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 12:54pm
| i was looking at that. keen as to know too |
Posted By: Monty
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 8:59pm
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Why dont you get ahold of Pete Lamb at his shop in wellington & ask, he uses & sells it. Seen as he does a lot of trench charter trips he would use & see a lot of braid at depth. Try here him here:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/fishing/salt-water/braid/auction-476386452.htm - http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/fishing/salt-water/braid/auction-476386452.htm
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Posted By: Fishing Addiction
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 10:03pm
| thats the value stuff. i think he is talking about the top notch stuff |
Posted By: treedoc
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 8:02pm
| Yeah cheers Monty, the white stuff is a bit different apparently, I have used the speckled tasline and its good stuff but the white stuff is thinner and Im looking for capacity |
Posted By: treedoc
Date Posted: 27 May 2012 at 9:10pm
| Just bought some, about $115 for 500yards. Will see how it goes |
Posted By: treedoc
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2012 at 9:44am
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So this aussie dude Paulus has been around for a while line testing, he has a very informative website. He has teamed up with tasline from nz and started his own line of braid. I just bought some PE3.5 (78lb) of tasline white. It looks the goods. Real thin and smooth, feels nice. I had been fishing JB hollow 60lb and had the same problem as you, needed more capacity for deep drops on my PE4. JB hollow 60lb also has a breaking strain of a bit under 80lb, and it is a nice braid but too thick for the PE4. I got a full 500 yards of tasline PE3.5 on my PE4, mean!!! Paulus sent a sample of his other lines, from PE.2 to PE8, they also look pretty impressive. His lighter lines (PE .2, .4) are crazy thin, dosent seem possible you could fish them! He also sent a couple of samples of his innovative 'pull on leaders' which allow you to use a wind-on with the solid mainline, no splicing needles, for a near 100% connection. I fished it the other day, fishes real nice, coated so dosnt absorb much water, not too limp or stiff. I cant comment on durability yet, but my initial thoughts are; its the bomb! I paid about $115 for 500yards of the PE3.5, including postage. I would rate it higher than some braids twice the price. Unless I get unexplained failures I will be getting more for my other reels for sure. |
Posted By: Fishing Addiction
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2012 at 8:44pm
| sweet might have to get some if that for the new reel |
Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2014 at 9:46pm
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Just a quick bump can u get the all tasline all white over here or only in Aussy ? pretty keen to try some of the 30lb ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: Garry 23041
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 8:03am
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I have 600m of the white 50lb on my Accurate BX600n. I sometimes jig very deep with it. It is still my "daily driver" though cause I like it better in terms of action to my jig star 250 setup. I have wound that line up hundreds no thousands of times! Particularly the last 100m as most of my king marks are around 70m and some down to about 80. The line is still EXACTLY as new to look at, no frays nothing. It lays well and is thin for it's strength. I have landed hundreds of fish with this by now as well. Hell some were even legal and some were so big I had to put them back... Casting is much harder on braid I know than jigging so can't speak to that but I would buy this line again in a second. If you miss the depth markers maybe not but I can pretty much judge where I am on the drop anyway and I don't seem to suffer agains my rods that do have rainbow. I just got Deacs Killwell Talon heavy metal in 250 grms to replace the jigstar if I like the action better as my heavy rod is a 350 talon which I love. If it works and it becomes my daily driver I will have Paulus send me some more of his line for that set up.
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 8:55am
Mitch, i have just loaded my 3 slow jigging reels with the All White Series, very very nice braid and very thin. Each spool is tested and BS written on spool. My 30lb tested at 48lb. $230NZ for 1000m PS i tried the Speckled braid and did not like it at all for slow jigging, might be good for casting though, but i didnt try it for that -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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green guy wrote:Posted By: widerange
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 9:29am
| Can you buy it in NZ? |
Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 9:34am
| Just order it from the website, comes from Australia, good shipping/service. |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 9:36am
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No, Paulus has sold business to Daniel. He is in Australia as well email address is [email protected] OR you can go to Paulus website and get redirected from there, easier to see all products/prices that way to ------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 9:38am
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website is http://www.justfishingtasline.com
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Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 9:42am
| It's a pity the tasline doesn't come metered. |
Posted By: Gowest
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 3:26pm
| Don't wana be a mocker, but I recall talking to some people about braided lines hollow core etc, I asked this guy about this stuff and reckoned he had some on his reel once and after some use the line ended up expanding and bust his reels so was talked out of it? Was looking at lines for deepdropping for swords at the time |
Posted By: Jiggy Jig
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 3:28pm
I've just ordered 1000m of the 40lbs for deep dropping and stickbaits - Pualus ifs the braid guru, so the product should be good - and no knot to the leader has to be the go when flinging stickbaits around - I hope so anyway  ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 3:41pm
Can you elaborate at all? To my knowledge Braid only stretches about 3% which is typically not enough to cause shrinkage on a spool which leads to spools blowing out. Braid also doesn't absorb water, so isn't prone to expansion? ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 3:41pm
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I have been using it ...I bought the 30 pound(300 metres) which breaks at 48 pound......the 50 pound is the best ....its an 8 carrier braid that is classed as pe 3.5 as thats its thickness..........breaks at 78 pound. Very thin for its class......Have bought both 30 and 50 pound from Daniel.............being made in nz...I would have thought it was available over there. got 230-240 metres on my stella sw5000. Jiggy jig.....you are better off with the 50 pound as its thinner than the 40....has a higher breaking strain and is an 8 carrier braid.......the 40 pound is thicker and a 6 carrier braid i think.....its a tad more expensive mind but not by much. ------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 3:44pm
true.......they could do with that for the jiggers....but its great for topwater or if you dont care about rainbow.........i used white PFK tuna braid which was white and caught heaps of fish on it and it wore really well......Dont think they do that braid anymore. ------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: Gowest
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 3:49pm
That's what I thought mate. The guy was from a reputable fishing shop, told me that the line I was looking at, he has used it before it absorbed water and blew the spool on his game reel. Now I cant say if this happened for sure I was only chatting to the guy. Maybe he was just doing his salesman thing cos he recommended another braid which he had in stock. Anyway it was enough to put me of it so I jus ended up going for some 100lb braid from Hooker
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Posted By: Jiggy Jig
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 6:04pm
The website does not show a 50lb and the 60 is thicker and too strong for my requirements. They all seem to be 12 strand/carrier braids. The prices seem to be the same for all the braids until you go above 100 lbs. Cheers ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: scuzzymoto
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 6:14pm
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Tasline- can be brought via retailers in NZ, in Aussie they own the rights to SAS Braid and SAS leader only as this is a product designed for Aussie (Apparently) , Tasline do make/spool the SAS brands for Aussie http://www.tasline.co.nz/Retailers/" rel="nofollow - http://www.tasline.co.nz/Retailers/ ------------- "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled” Mark Twain |
Posted By: Rotate
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 6:25pm
thats the hollow braid though i think the table you want to look at is the one above the hoolw braid http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4Tasline.htm
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Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 6:25pm
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yea but not the all white ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 6:30pm
You can only get the All White (elite range) braid through www.justfishingtasline.com, the stuff you can get here is the value and premium ranges.
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Posted By: treedoc
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 8:07pm
| Im still loving the stuff, had no problems with it, great braid. |
Posted By: Garry 23041
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 8:12pm
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Hi Gowest. I buy hooker braid also and run it all the time. The tasline is WAY way better than the hooker braid inmho and I don't mind the hooker stuff at all. I fish the hooker in light line 15lb yellow a lot and it's not bad and very good price I think, I have the 50lb on a jigging set and run the 80 for bass/bluenose. I think one is a good reliable cheap to buy toyota and the other is more like a Lexus...... I only have used 50lb from Paulus and to be honest I don't like my softbait line to fine or it's such a ***** to tie and get any twists out of....particularly after dark when Murphy always seems to give me a nudge. So have not run any of his smaller stuff yet. anyone casting any of his fine lines? |
Posted By: Jiggy Jig
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 3:31pm
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Rotate, It's the hollow core I'm wanting - spliced loops and leaders so no knot to rip the guides off ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: DanielY
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 3:32pm
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Hi Everyone I have seen this site coming up on our web stats and thought I would introduce myself My name is Daniel and I now own the all white series of line let me give you a bit of background knowledge about Paulus and I. We used to fish together 3+ times a week chasing everything from flathead to marlin, During these trips we would discuss the ins and outs of different lines, knots etc etc and this is how it all started. Paulus being who he is decided to start testing lines in a way that could only give true readings (this is his field and has had a very notable career) the results that were being found were totally amazing us with how different they were from the actual figures stated by the manufacturers. So as a bit of fun Paulus decided to try and develop his own braid (not for selling just for our use) and he searched the world for different techniques and braiders and found Kees in NZ from tas textile. over the next few years the Tasline all white series was developed and realising how good it was Paulus decided to place it on his website only for sale. 2 years ago he spoke to me about taking it all over as it was just getting too big for him and the testing of lines had suffered due to time, so it was then that I took it on board and decided to sell it on a much larger scale. Seeing as this was never really to be sold and it had the reputation with the name "Tasline all white series" we decided to keep that name even though it has caused some confusion with people thinking it is part of the Tasline NZ line up. This is the reason we also decided to run with the s.a.s name and to one day transfer it all over to SAS ALL WHITE So now it is known as SAS ALL WHITE it is still the exact same line made for us by tas textile in NZ just named differently. As for retailers in NZ well we decided to get it out in AUS first and see how it was received, Now with a USA distributor about to come online and also one in Europe, so we are ready for one in NZ. If you know someone that would like to distribute the sas braid range in NZ please have them contact me. If any of you have questions please don't hesitate to ask as I love talking technical and can probably answer a lot of your questions. thank you to those that love our braid and im glad it is well received, we will always try and be ahead of the field in development with the latest advancements in fibre already showing big promise. thanks Daniel |
Posted By: Gowest
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 4:05pm
| How far away are you from putting out a coloured/depth finder brad mate? |
Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 4:09pm
+1 |
Posted By: DanielY
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 4:13pm
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Hi Gowest We are working on it but being a fairly little company at this stage it is hard to hold stock of the different colours that everyone wants, it would mean holding 4 or more times more stock and at this stage we just cannot do that. If everyone wanted the same colour we could do that easily although through the surveys we have run there are 4 colours that people want and unless we can get them to all agree on 1 colour then its just not able to be done yet. cheers dan |
Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 4:16pm
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I think they'r meaning coloured per 10 meters Daniel. ( nice to have you on site~~I imagine you will get plenty of questions)
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Posted By: DanielY
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 4:32pm
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ok so a metered braid. this is very time consuming and we don't really want to put our prices up as they are on the higher side already because we only use the highest grade of fibres available. I will look into a way to do it so we don't have to increase prices. what about say a 1cm black mark or something like that? would that be good as a start? |
Posted By: PJay
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 4:49pm
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Daniel - something else in the mix. How light a braided line can you make? In my usual softbaiting, I'm using nominal 4kg; but I'm chasing some much lighter records at present. I understand that true braided line cannot be made below a certain strength/breaking strain, because the components and the spinning equipment cannot be made small enough. Is that correct? ------------- PJ |
Posted By: DanielY
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 5:06pm
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Hi Pjay Yes you are correct in a way!! our lightest braid is what we call our 6lb it is currently the thinnest braided line in the world at just 0.085mm in diameter it is like a 1-2lb fluorocarbon but it tests at 8.14lb for breaking strain. It is very hard to get the igfa to certify a braided line as they vary from batch to batch, We have got ours to within 0.2lb variance. If chasing records you need to look at the actual breaking strain of the line NOT what others state on their packaging. and in saying this you cannot achieve the same results we do with testing, I know this sounds like hogwash but so much has gone into the way the test braid is being held etc so it does not influence the results. the usual way everyone tests braid is to do a few wraps around a scale and a dowel then pull. this can result in a test figure that is 1/2 what we can test it at ie our tests show 8.2lb by doing it the "normal" way you might only achieve 4lb then you call us liars etc etc LOL but we can back up all the testing we do and just have a look at Paulus's credentials and there is no way anyone can dispute the results |
Posted By: Garry 23041
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 5:06pm
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Hi Daniel, Welcome to the site and thanks for speaking up! Hope someone picks you up here and your expansion into North America goes well. Are you going to push the "pull ons" also? I have tried some that you guys sent with a braid order. Cheers. Garry. |
Posted By: PJay
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 5:10pm
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Thanks, Daniel. Yes, I am well aware that the actual piece of line I use has to be tested; and also that testing methodology makes a difference (ie set-up on the tester needs to be different from mono, where its own grip on itself can make up for some slap-dashness). And I (and various associates) have been referring to Paulus' testing for years. ------------- PJ |
Posted By: Rotate
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 5:10pm
my bad thought everyone was talking about the all white breaking strains and then seen your post and was on the paulus site and yea thought you may have had wrong table. pretty sweet to have the owner on board. thats direct communication with there customers. will be trying the all white on a few of my setups when i next needing to respool
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Posted By: P.T
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 5:14pm
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what are pull ons and what are the advantages please? |
Posted By: krow
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 7:19pm
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Posted By: P.T
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 7:43pm
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silly me |
Posted By: Garry 23041
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 11:10pm
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He has a system where the leader is made up with hollow core and a thread is left through it. You feed your main line through and sinch it up to create a nice super strong join that's very smooth instead of loop to loop. Yes it is a wind on but the pull on part is the join with the main line. They tested it to be almost 100% if I remember correctly.
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Posted By: swordfishsteve
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2014 at 7:51pm
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Daniel Y Thanks for your information regarding these White SAS braids you have developed with Kees from Tasline, very interesting stuff, I am interested in some of your WHite Hollow core around 110lb breaking for filling reels for daytime swordfishing, can you please post Paulus testing results for hollow core braids around this rating as I have conflicting reports of Rated breaking strength to Actual Tested breaking strength, particularly the Jerry Brown Line one White hollow core I believe you guys have posted these results previously. cheers and thanks for your time, swordfishsteve  ------------- REEL REPAIR GUY - Swordfishsteve, That Is Who I Am and That is What I Do : See More At :www.reelrepairguy.co.nz |
Posted By: petethemeat
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2014 at 9:23pm
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This what you looking for Steve? http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4linetesting.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4linetesting.htm -------------
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Posted By: swordfishsteve
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 12:55pm
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Hey Pete, that is exactly the test report I had seen prior and wanted to review, thanks a lot! Has anyone hear used the SAS White Hollowcore braid from Tasline for deep drops and splicing mono top shots ok for durability?? cheers swordfishsteve ------------- REEL REPAIR GUY - Swordfishsteve, That Is Who I Am and That is What I Do : See More At :www.reelrepairguy.co.nz |
Posted By: DanielY
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 2:55pm
Hi Garry For the moment we have stopped making the pull ons as We just don't have the time to sit and make them. Getting the braid into stores has seen an incredible response in AUS and it just keeps growing everyday. A solution we have thought about is making up "kits" with everything in it to say make 5 pull on leaders and make these in the various weights, of course these would be a complete kit and nothing else needed and would be reasonable cheap as little time would need to go into making these kits up. |
Posted By: Garry 23041
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 3:00pm
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Thanks for the update. If you do start playing with the kits let me know and I will try some... I want to spool some reels again so will be placing a braid order when I take my boat out next month, for maintainance. Cheers.
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Posted By: DanielY
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 3:00pm
sorry PJ I wasn't trying to say anything negative, what I meant was if the igfa or yourself tested the lines we make then you will not achieve the results we do so the 6lb tests with the way Paulus does it at 8.27 on average but we have had people come back at us and say they tested it and only achieved 4lb and it is very hard to convince everyone that it all comes down to how the braid is held as to the results that will be achieved. |
Posted By: DanielY
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 3:05pm
I have but of course I wont delve into it as im sure you are after someone's review that is not related to the brand. but I will say that fishing charter companies look for longevity v's cost and performance, we have plenty of charter companies using our braids and ordering in 18mth blocks |
Posted By: Rotate
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 4:05pm
| i must say im excited about trying the sas all white braid out.i was buying a new filleting knife yesterday at a shop that supplys the inshore boats here with tuna lures,rope ,chain etc.they are the only one i know of in nelson stocking your value spools.was telling them about the all white and when i work out what i want and need they were going to see if they could get some in.now i havnt used the value speckled stuff but if that was in some more mainstream stores i think it would help with brand awareness as i is great value and comes in some big spool sizes.i was talking to lady about this thread and that guys are stoked with it etc and she didnt know the all white even existed. |
Posted By: DanielY
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 4:26pm
ok so to clarify this this Tasline speckled is sold by kees who owns Tas textiles in NZ The SAS all white is NOT sold by him but made by him for us so they are different lines We have no stores in NZ but you can order through our website at www.sasbraid.com.au |
Posted By: Rotate
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 4:37pm
| cool as.have been to your site.the lady at the store thought she maybe able to get it in as made in same factory.but as you say thats not the case.all good mate,will be buying some next time need to respool a reel. |
Posted By: dilbert
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2015 at 10:37pm
| How come you guys state on the USA website that the braid is made in Australia if it's made in NZ? |