casting braid
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Popper and Topwater Fishing
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Printed Date: 07 Jun 2026 at 11:56pm
Topic: casting braid
Posted By: TIN TUB
Subject: casting braid
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 6:27pm
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sorry if this has been done before but I've got the sh%ts with wind knots, what brand(s) of braid does the forum recomend. cheers ------------- ther ain't nothin' in the world a t-bone shuffle wont cure. |
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Posted By: wanabe
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 6:40pm
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power pro is pretty good good to Ebay you can get some good deals remember not to go past $400-00 kiwi they will sting taxes on 2 rolls should be ok http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/Fishing__power-pro-1500-yd?_trkparms=72%253A570%257C66%253A4%257C65%253A12%257C39%253A1&_sacat=14104&_sop=10&_sc=1&_rdc=1&_trksid=m194&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSRCHX:SRCH" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/Fishing__power-pro-1500-yd?_trkparms=72%253A570%257C66%253A4%257C65%253A12%257C39%253A1&_sacat=14104&_sop=10&_sc=1&_rdc=1&_trksid=m194&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSRCHX:SRCH |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 7:08pm
| Fireline. Made for spinning reels. Way less wind-knots than any other brand I have tried. |
Posted By: Fishing Addiction
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 7:16pm
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stren microfuse. will never use anything else Edit:oops thought was in softbait forum. This is my fav light casting braid. I dont have much experience with heavier topwater braids But would lean towards jb hollow if i did |
Posted By: ET487
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 8:31pm
I use cheap Trade Me braid and if i am lucky i get a windknot every 100 or more casts. Took me less than 5 min to undo and start casting again. I also use short 1.5 meter leaders and don't put the knot through the guides. I dont think i will ever pay $100 or more for braid. That just me
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Posted By: Nomad
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 8:33pm
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Phill, Jerry Brown hollow 100lb, PE 7 is what I run on all my Stellas on the boat, its up to the task of day in day use, cast's like silk and is very easy to splice when you need to top up your reel. I would struggle to use anything else. ------------- Ben Pokaia <a href="http://www.nomadsportfishing.co.nz"> 
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Posted By: jonocoogee
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 8:38pm
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Well Phil, 5 responses, 5 different answers. Should be clear as mud now!! ------------- TAS - Its a real disease |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 8:45pm
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Jb hollow for me 2. in fact i might even respool all the game reels with it and use a 100m topshot. Certainly has a great reputation JB solid on the other hand is prone to wind knots  -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Structfab
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 9:31pm
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Nomad wrote:Posted By: fish i
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 9:40pm
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Another one for JB hollow, in white, great stuff for the money. I use the 60lb which is 90lb ABS. Struct - just use the FG knot with it. Dunno about using heavy fused braid as recommended above. Lots you can do to reduce wind knots if you search through here, although you're probably better using google and adding fishing.net rather than this site's search function ~ it's pretty crap. ------------- 6th place in the inaugural Te Kauwhata Regionals paddle crab division |
Posted By: ELEVAR
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 10:08pm
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i use whiplash 80lb , good braid cheapish thin ass got 600m on my 20k zac
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Posted By: Fenien
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2012 at 7:51am
Another one for Jerry Brown Hollow
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Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2012 at 9:53am
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wind knots typically occur when the braid leaving the spool is travelling faster than the braid exiting the tip. The oscillating/spiral effect of the braid coming off the spool lip causes the braid to throw loops, which travel down the rod ( through the guides) and because the line leaving the tip is travelling slower it causes the loops to bunch up behind it and the line wraps around a foot or the blank.
I have been using some IGFA rated finns braid lately on a lite spinning setup. when the wind on leader is at the tip and I cast I have no problems,after getting busted off by a larger model fish than typically found here, I attached a new wind on leader, which I inadvertently left longer than usual. Although it didnt seem to make much difference I was plauged by wind knots, untill I shortened the leader, so that the join was no more than 3 guides from the tip...... Problem solved.
So even though I couldnt discern any difference, the cats paw join was slowing up the line exiting the rod tip and the line leaving the spool was bunching up behind it, causing me to get pissed....
To much line on the spool will have a similar effect where the line comes off the spool lip faster than it can exit the rod tip, causing the oscillating loops traveling down through the guides to bunch, as will casting into the wind.
I am not a fan of any of the fused braids for casting, rather i like something supple, reality is though that all of em can cause wind knots or dont depending on how its set up. Its not so much the line, rather its the mechanics of the line, spool lip and guides used
Bigger diameter guides allow bigger loops to pass through em with less likely hood of the dreaded...CRACK..........noooooooooo not my Gamma! especially with croc and shark infested waters
------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: TIN TUB
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2012 at 1:06pm
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mint fellas. advice all taken. will try the short leader on the next trip if not satisfied will be JB ------------- ther ain't nothin' in the world a t-bone shuffle wont cure. |
Posted By: fish i
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2012 at 4:27pm
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I've found the main causes of wind knots have come from me overloading
the spool with line, and loose loops wound onto the reel. It's tempting to get that bit of extra line onto your spool but really you want to under fill your spool. Since using
those angled casting guides thou, I've managed to pretty much eliminate
them. I can just heave out the casts now with the confidence my beloved lure and me
are not going to part ways. Here's a sweet vid that demonstrates how wind knots are formed and how the angled guides help out a lot. Just go straight to 5:04 for the double foot guides. ------------- 6th place in the inaugural Te Kauwhata Regionals paddle crab division |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2012 at 9:00pm
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I have those Fuji KW guides on my synit lalandi....use varivas avani gt pe6 with a 5 metre leader of 130 varivas supple leader......never had an issue yet......use the 5 metre leader for two reasons....great for off the rocks/boat....no braid cuts when casting. Casts fine ,regardless of what weight lure i cast(I go for it,with no fear either).One inch PR Knot. ------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |