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    Posted: 11 Oct 2015 at 8:43pm
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Just looking to spool a reel with some either 10,12,  or 15lb braid, I haven't exactly decided yet. 
I was having a look and found some Tasline 12lb for sale. Is anyone running Tasline and how do you rate it? I have never used it so not to sure. Or is there any good (but not ridiculously priced) alternative.

Will be used mostly for slow jig/slow pitch with a slight bit of softbaiting in there. 

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Jono, i have the Tasline All white series on 3 of my slow pitch and inchiku reels, 20lb and tests at 37lb(each spool has test written on it). amazing line, very soft and supple and very thin for its strength. 8 strand top quality braid
Do NOT get the cheaper Tasline braid with black fleck in it, only 4 strand and didnt like it at all
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Originally posted by kaveman kaveman wrote:

Jono, i have the Tasline All white series on 3 of my slow pitch and inchiku reels, 20lb and tests at 37lb(each spool has test written on it). amazing line, very soft and supple and very thin for its strength. 8 strand top quality braid
Do NOT get the cheaper Tasline braid with black fleck in it, only 4 strand and didnt like it at all
Agree with Kev,.....I think the 50 pound is really thin ...8 strand and breaks at something crazy......\I have 30 pound .....50 pound and 80 ..so cant vouch for the lower spec .....never tried the black flake one ......not all of their line is 8 strand mind ......so check before you buy it......but the 8 strand is worth it and they seem onto it.......was owned in nz before but i believe some aussie dood has it now? .sure some one will correct if i am wrong.Wink
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Cheers guys, looks to be the 8 strand stuff. Looks like an easy decision for me then Tongue
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Tasline is actually made in NZ but yes, an Ozzie is now main distributer. Paulus of Paulus just fishing used to be the distributer but gave it away.
30lb All White series tests at 48lb
20lb tests  at 37lb
Pete Lamb has been selling that 4 strand line called Premium for years
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Recommend Tasline All White series, have it on two of my reels. Really good braid.
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I had pe 2.5 49lb all white braid on my light jigging set. Nice tight weave, round profile, good to jig with and doesn't have colour so won't fade but wished they made a metered version
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Originally posted by Fishing Addiction Fishing Addiction wrote:

I had pe 2.5 49lb all white braid on my light jigging set. Nice tight weave, round profile, good to jig with and doesn't have colour so won't fade but wished they made a metered version
True...I wonder why they havent got into "Rainbow" braid.........big market for them there.,,,,but then it wont be as easy as dealing with just white.........Good value for money.......Not cheap but not as expensive as other top lines.
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There was a thread last year where the owner of Tasline answered some questions:http://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/tasline-all-white-braid-update_topic78937_page2.html
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found this recent post on the SAS braid (who own the Tasline All white) facebook page:

S.A.S BRAID would like to take this opportunity to apologize to all our followers for the lack of product available for the past few months. 
Numerous circumstances have led us to cease our relationship with TASLINE NZ who were producing our braids.
With the rate of products being returned to us increasing and our testing facilities able to test the first and last meter of line on each spool we thought we had a consistent product.

The past 3 months have seen us in negotiation with an extremely large braid manufacturer in Europe who have agreed to take our design and manufacture our fantastic product for us from here on. 

This company makes some of the leading brands of braid in the world and now they are making S.A.S BRAID. Testing has shown an even stronger more consistent braid for the same diameters. 

So please bare with us while we rebuild our stock levels and we look forward to bringing you an even better product than before.

Cheers
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To clear up a few things, tasline has always been made in Nz, it used to be sold under the SAS banner in Australia. Tasline only made the SAS in breaking strains over 20lb, under 20lb was made in Asia for SAS, it was not tasline.

Now Tasline has paired up with Busted Fishing to market the tasline as "Tasline Elite White" in strains 20lb and up.


I have it in 20lb and 50lb, I reckon it's brilliant

http://www.bustedfishing.com/tasline-braid-info.html
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Pretty sure sas said that they would never get the line made in Asia so that's interesting. Sounds like a bit of a falling out between sas/Tasline and sas/busted fishing to me
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By all accounts, SAS were a PITA to deal with.

The sub 20lb SAS was defenatly not made by tasline, it even says on the tasline website.

http://www.tasline.co.nz/
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[QUOTE=makka]

http://www.bustedfishing.com/tasline-braid-info.html

Cohen, both the links you provided take me to a 404 error
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Have read on aussie forums a lot of bad things about the tasline bust offs. Have bought a 300m spool of 8lb to try but am hesitant. Any feedback on these lighter breaking strains?
Also suitable for spin and overhead presumably?

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I was pretty certain about picking up some 12lb but now am not so sure. All the sites who a minimum of 20lb too. Aggrrrrhhhhh, Was hoping this would be an easy choice

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All White series used to start at 20lb Jono, that is why i went so heavy(normally use 10-15lb)

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just went to there website and they have 4lb,6,8,121b as well prices start at A$79 for 275m

http://www.justfishingtasline.com/#!online-store/c7rw/!/S-A-S-ALL-WHITE-SERIES/c/6849089/offset=0&sort=normal
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Anything under 20lb IS NOT tasline, it was made in Korea for SAS.
Interestingly, majority of the issues with SAS line failures have been sub 20lb line...
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I would suggest contacting Micheal Jenkins (MJ) on this forum as I gave him a few spools as samples to try out of the new Tasline all white series- there was also a new LBG braid ,....

Makka is correct  the braid under 20 lb was made in Korea for SAS braid and labeled as Tasline by Pauls Fishing in Aussie, the new owner of the agency Tasline Aussie changed the name to SAS, SAS braid in Aussie stuffed the relationship up and lost agency for the Tasline brand (over 20 lb ) which was been sold under the SAS name only. Tasline are working on making there braid under 20 lb, the only difference between the standard and all white is the silver fleck strand has been replaced by a white thread only , this was done for Pauls in Aussie for a point of difference only
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