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Best Braid for the Morrie? - 27 May 2009 12:46:27

Paul Beattie

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I've recently fitted up the Morethan Branzino on a Saltiga Dorado A-Rounder70S and was looking for some good braid in about 15lb. As the name suggests this outfit will be an all rounder as a salmon stick chucking metals from South Coast beaches, as well as some plastic and light popper work from the boat and I'd like to think I'll get a chance to use it for some HB action in some northern creeks one day.
Over the years I've found that some braids are just a bit too fine and limp, especially when trying to cast metals half way to Madagascar from the beach (in a crosswind) and I've even sucessfully run fused line i.e.10lb fireline on a 4kg outfit for that reason. Trouble is anything over 10lb in the f/line starts to feel like fencing wire. Diawa sensor in 15lb is not bad because it's got that little bit of 'body' to it- but I would be really interested to hear any other suggestions?
Thanks Paul

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 27 May 2009 13:39:28

Richard Davie

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Id try 20lb or 30lb whiplash, thinner than most 10lb braids by a mile...... thats all i use, so its all i can offer really.

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 27 May 2009 14:15:27

Chris Partington

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Paul,
Try Daiwa sensor braid in 15lb (orange colour) - I use the 20lb on My Dorado 80s/ Certate Hyper 4000 set up and it works a treat - That combo of your sounds insane - I want one.
Chris

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 27 May 2009 14:16:50

Chris Partington

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I now see you already have 15lb sensor - doh....

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 27 May 2009 15:26:07

Michael Oates

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Fireline may feel like fencing wire, but it still casts well. Doesn't lay as nicely as thinner braids when not under load though, and will significantly reduce your line capacity compared with other braids.

Bionic and Fins are my picks.

Mick.

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 15 June 2009 19:36:14

Ed Olkowski

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Hi Paul. I had that same combination and tried both 10lb fire line and 15lb Nitlon both worked to a certain extent but neither one was free of wind knots. Do to unfortunate circumstances the Branzino & 70S Dorado are know longer in my possession as of last Christmas.

I presently have a similar rig Diawa Luvias 3000 with 10lb Nitlon and a second spool with 14lb Fireline the 14lb fireline only falls 10 meters short of the 10lb Nitlon with a 30g twisty. I can live with the 10 meters and I am finding the fireline to wind knot at about half the rate of the thinner limper braids. I have given up running a leader all the way to the spool unless I am using it for working soft plastics deep and settle for 40cm leader outside the tip for casting.

If anyone has a better setup I would love to hear it as I purchase twisties by the dozen. I use this rig for soft plastics deep most of the time for Snapper but have intended to use it for Salmon, Talor and Longtails up north.

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 15 June 2009 20:35:23

Chris Partington

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Ed,
I gave up running mono to braid knots thru the guides 2yrs ago for spinning prefering to go for a 3 wrap wind on leader of heavier braid (30- 40lb) uni knoted then join that to the mono and sit that knot outside the tip on casting - I just max the length of mono - works well when throwing heavy metals/plugs with only 8kg braid main line or poppers of a lighter outfit or baitcasting gardies - no knot changes rqd over a long session and no wind knots at all anymore (rare)

- the heavier braid takes the weight of the cast perfectly - I tried it after getting ****ed off with losing lures on the cast combined with wind knots

Chris

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 12 July 2009 12:17:47

Stan Easley

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Ed give Power Pro a try it's the best line up here for salmon &steelhead Rogue/Chetco River in Oregon.

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 12 July 2009 22:00:28

Neil Daws

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quote:

I've recently fitted up the Morethan Branzino on a Saltiga Dorado A-Rounder70S and was looking for some good braid in about 15lb. As the name suggests this outfit will be an all rounder as a salmon stick chucking metals from South Coast beaches, as well as some plastic and light popper work from the boat and I'd like to think I'll get a chance to use it for some HB action in some northern creeks one day.

Hey Paul.

Much envy in regards the Dorado. I have the Branzino. Be careful how much you crank the drag up. I had to learn to back the drag off after hooking Salmon because its got so much grunt for a small reel it was pulling the lures out of their gobs. The alternative is use a twisted leader to give some immediate shock absorption at the bitey end when the fish are in the air head shaking. 20 kilos of Barra in the air on the reel is breath taking.

It would be good to try the reel out on a sailfish. I thinks its up to the task.

It feels quite odd using a 3500 reel on big Barra etc. Have a look at PE2 Daiwa Accudepth too. Do keep in mind you have access to ball park 7 kilos of drag.
Shock is not braids friend partly due to such low stretch.
15lb line, you crank up the drag your going to get ping ping ping.

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 12 July 2009 23:31:17

Brendan McConnell

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My 2500 Freams KIX has 7kg of drag but I only have 10lb braid on it because I only chase Murry cod and yellow belly with it, I use a 10 foot shock leader on it as the big fish over 5 kg really ambush your lure .

I'm using power pro 10lb on one spool and got some Cabella's multi coulored in 15 lb on the spare spool.

As long as it's a brand name line I don't think you will go too wrong as most of the shonky one's don't get bought anymore so nobody stocks them except EBAY sellers.

My friend has a Branzino and he's running 20lb YGK on it.(and loves it) with his new 11 foot Nitro rod we can cast a 2 oz plug over 110m .

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RE: Best Braid for the Morrie? - 17 July 2009 18:10:35

Scott Woodward

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i have loaded me kix up with 20lb linesystem "frog", and it is some of the best braid i have ever used, highly recomend it, it is coulor coaded to so mint of doin a bit of jigging and also cool seeing how fast a fish strips line of ya, im of to quobba in a week to put it to the greatest of all tests

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