04-20-2009, 04:15 PM
What are you fishing for?
In general, you're not lifting a fish out of the water with your rod and line, so you don't need 50 pound test line to boat a 50 pound striper.
As far as line goes, you're not going to want to throw excessively heavy or excessively light line on any rod because it just won't cast right. Stay within the recommended line ratings with monofilament or fluorocarbon. For braided line, Shimano recommends to multiply the lower number by 2 and the higher number by 2.5. So a rod rated for 10 to 20 pound mono would be rated for 20 to 50 pound braid.
Also, I've sent two rods back for warranty replacement and in neither case did anyone ask me what pound test line I used.
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In general, you're not lifting a fish out of the water with your rod and line, so you don't need 50 pound test line to boat a 50 pound striper.
As far as line goes, you're not going to want to throw excessively heavy or excessively light line on any rod because it just won't cast right. Stay within the recommended line ratings with monofilament or fluorocarbon. For braided line, Shimano recommends to multiply the lower number by 2 and the higher number by 2.5. So a rod rated for 10 to 20 pound mono would be rated for 20 to 50 pound braid.
Also, I've sent two rods back for warranty replacement and in neither case did anyone ask me what pound test line I used.
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