04-26-2006, 03:23 PM
Ahhh yes, the old "line between the spool" senario. Been there, done that, more times than I care to mention. That's also a reason I don't like roller guides on stand up rods.
As for braids claiming a rounded shape, beware. Of all the braids i've used in the past, the only one i've tried that seems suitable for a spinning outfit is that Stren super braid. Mind you, I haven't tried alot of the newest stuff, I stopped investing the money in that expensive line, especially since it was just for the sake of experimenting.
I'm like Tubn2, my past experiance involves grooved eyelets on my rods. However, I had the stock eyes on my rods, which was part of the problem. The newer rods of now shouldn't have that problem. If you're horsing a large fish, that stuff will slice right into a medium grade eyelet. I always figured it was simply the heat from smoking runs that cut them down. One of the rods, which I still have, had a groove BURNED into it. It's a Penn Slammer, 7' outfit. I still have the rod, i'll see if I can dig it out and post a picture of the eye. I remember when it happened. I had some hellafide old school dacron on the reel. Something hit my bait and was just smoking it. I was really putting the heat on the fish because I was on a peir. Next thing you know, my line just broke loose. After observing the line and rod, I could see where the dacron had litterly melted a groove in the eye of that rod. Not cut, not scratched, not chiped; melted it got so hot.
Something else i've run into using braid on a baitcaster is the line sinking in on the reel under heavy pressure. I got a spool of that Calcutta braid one time, and I promise, I put that stuff on just as tight as it would go. The first time I set the hook on a fish, the line buried in the spool. I was so pissed I stripped all 15 dollars worth of line off of the reel and spooled it back up with berkely big game; what I should have put on there to begin with.
With all that said, there is truley only one way to know for sure, spool em' up and see what happens. Personally, I don't think it'll be any better or worse with your older reels, i'd say give it a try. Make sure and let us know how it goes!!!!!!!!
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As for braids claiming a rounded shape, beware. Of all the braids i've used in the past, the only one i've tried that seems suitable for a spinning outfit is that Stren super braid. Mind you, I haven't tried alot of the newest stuff, I stopped investing the money in that expensive line, especially since it was just for the sake of experimenting.
I'm like Tubn2, my past experiance involves grooved eyelets on my rods. However, I had the stock eyes on my rods, which was part of the problem. The newer rods of now shouldn't have that problem. If you're horsing a large fish, that stuff will slice right into a medium grade eyelet. I always figured it was simply the heat from smoking runs that cut them down. One of the rods, which I still have, had a groove BURNED into it. It's a Penn Slammer, 7' outfit. I still have the rod, i'll see if I can dig it out and post a picture of the eye. I remember when it happened. I had some hellafide old school dacron on the reel. Something hit my bait and was just smoking it. I was really putting the heat on the fish because I was on a peir. Next thing you know, my line just broke loose. After observing the line and rod, I could see where the dacron had litterly melted a groove in the eye of that rod. Not cut, not scratched, not chiped; melted it got so hot.
Something else i've run into using braid on a baitcaster is the line sinking in on the reel under heavy pressure. I got a spool of that Calcutta braid one time, and I promise, I put that stuff on just as tight as it would go. The first time I set the hook on a fish, the line buried in the spool. I was so pissed I stripped all 15 dollars worth of line off of the reel and spooled it back up with berkely big game; what I should have put on there to begin with.
With all that said, there is truley only one way to know for sure, spool em' up and see what happens. Personally, I don't think it'll be any better or worse with your older reels, i'd say give it a try. Make sure and let us know how it goes!!!!!!!!
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