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Post by thinkerod on Jun 4, 2008 13:47:49 GMT -4
Hi Guys. I am in the UK and fish for bass along the south coast close to my home. Have fished with lures for about 4 years now every summer.
I use various rapala lures very successfully. Last week I was 50 years old so my wife bought me a lovely greys spinning rod.
As I swear by rapala lures I decided to buy a rapala sx6i reel as it was competitively priced but got great reviews.
I will come on here in the coming weeks for advice fom the US on lures, but today I am looking to find out if anyone there has this reel (it is quite rare in the UK) and if so how does it work with braided line (if you use that in the US).
Looks a great site, much underused it seems.
Any advice would be great, thanks guys.
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Post by nathenpd on Jun 5, 2008 10:41:35 GMT -4
Hello and welcome to the board. It's nice to see someone from the U.K. One of the most important things about using braided line, is to have a monofilimant line backing on the spool, and tie it to the braided line. (I use the uni knot) This makes it so that the braided line will not slip on the spool.
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Post by trouttracker92 on Jun 10, 2008 15:19:15 GMT -4
About braided line well its not as good as you might think, I tryed it once and it did not work out, First of all there is not give to it,
I broke so many poles with braided line I lost count, If you happen to get a snag your screwed, The list goes on, The line is good at first but after a few nice fish the line starts to fray,
Well I could keep on going but I won"t, I will never use it again
Not worth the trouble,
Michael
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Post by troutwhisperer on Jun 22, 2008 18:18:36 GMT -4
I like braided line.
pros. You can feel those finicky walleye bites better than you can with monnowfilament, but it will hold up better to those big Walleyes and Northerns over here in my state.
Cons. It says it has higher not strength but no it really dosnt nots slip often. You also get a hook caught in the line, it sounds stupid but ive done it.
I have to agree with the message before me its not worth the effort,
unless it fire line.
Trout
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Post by shadrap712 on Jun 23, 2008 11:50:19 GMT -4
Super lines have there time and place. I use a lot of fireline. You have to run some mono on first so the line doesn't slip. The best knot to use is a polamar (it will not ever slip). Your rod should have a little softer tip as to not pull hooks out of the fish. Set your drag lighter than with mono. You do not need a hard hook set with this line. If you get a snag just point your rod tip toward the snag , hold the reel spool, and pull straight back. This will save on rods. Fireline is very effective when casting crank baits. Hope this helps you on your decision.
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Post by northjetty on Jul 7, 2008 20:46:14 GMT -4
Hi,
I use PowerPro exclusively on all my saltwater outfits, and most of my freshwater outfits. Superior casting, sensitivity, and hook setting ability. I have yet to get a birds nest as PowerPro is extremely limp and does not coil up on the spool like mono. Also, if you are fishing deep water with a current, you won't need nearly as much lead to hold the bottom. A must when I go fluke (looks like a flounder or halibut - up to 23 pounds) fishing in the deep channels!
Like the above statements you will have to get used to fishing with it, it is way different than fishing mono. Once you use it, you will probably never fish mono again. (at least in saltwater)
My advice:
Back the spool with mono, use a softer tip, and definitely don't wail back on it when setting the hook, you will rip the hook right out of the fish due to the zero stretch. When snagged, wrap the line around your reel handle and pull straight back with no bend in the rod.
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