Titahi wrote: Is an "epic bust off" much different from an average one? |
Jaapie wrote: Excuse my ignorance - I'm from the salt fly section..... How do you guys keep re-spooling braid while out at sea after epic bustoffs. I thought you'd have to re-spool under incredible tension for PE8 and up and have it done on a machine to stop it biting into itself under tension. The other thing, why do you need to keep re-spooling? Where does the line bust off and how much do you lose per break off? I thought it would have been near the leader join knot or slightly up from there in tiger country, so maybe 10 meters at a time? It's a worry having so many meters of line just dragging around on the bottom unattached. Genuine questions not trolling or looking for a ****-fight. |
Rozboon wrote: As I understand it, having looked into it but never been... fishing with a group up at the Kings, you'll get crossed lines, even if it doesn't pop at the time it will damage your braid so the next time you lock up on a fish it pops at some random point between you and the fish instead of neatly breaking at the leader knot. Part of why people recommend PE8+ up there... yes you can get PE4, PE5 that you can pull REALLY hard on, but it's the abrasion resistance of the thicker lines that you need. If I was going up there, only 2 spin reels I would consider... Saltiga 20000 (or the older ones with the sizing I don't understand... 8500?) and Stella 20000. The Okuma Makaira 20000 is more than up to the task but only comes in high speed and is too fast for that style of fishing. |
Pedrotms wrote: Got a "bargain" a saltiga2020 18000 size and so I have rod and reel. Now comes the line, probably PE8, but a lot of people recommend PE10. We'll see how it goes. Thanks again, and hopefully 2022 will be the year... Best, Pedro |
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