01-31-2008, 05:40 PM
Pat and Majja,
After two strong votes of confidence for Excaliber Silver thread I'm definitely going to give it a try. What # test do you use on your baitcasters TD? Right now I have 8 pound mono on my finesse baitcasting reel. I have a couple more vintage baitcasters (Daiwa Millionaire and Abu Garcia Ambas
eur 5000C) that I was thinking of trying a braided line on. I would likely save these for more heavy duty work. In an attempt to try and catch up in the tackle junkie world I recently ordered and received two Cabela Prodigy baitcasters. The sale price was so good i got two for the price of one so I have one with a LH retrieve to see if I will like that.
I was considering the use of braid on all my baitcasters because with the Stren line I've been using I get a lot of biteoffs from big pike when I'm fishing my go to jigs. Do you fellows think that Silver Thread can withstand pike attacks? I hate using metal leaders. Last year I bought a couple of those expensive titanium leaders for use in waters with a healthy pike population. As you can probably guess the crappie, bass and perch weren't too enthused about a jig attached to a piece of wire. Even the pike ignored me. As soon as I went leaderless I started to catch fish again but inevitably i would lose my jig to a sharp-toothed pike. I thought braid might address this problem but if you think "Silver Thread" is up to the task that's what I'll be using.
Pat,
Do you use braid to jig right under the tube? I would guess the sensitivity and lack of stretch would be an advantage in that situation.
Majja,
I noticed in your avatar that your H3 pontoons are really splayed out a lot further than most tubes. Does that help with the tracking?
Thanks Guys,
Don (from Winter Wonderland up here in Canada)
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After two strong votes of confidence for Excaliber Silver thread I'm definitely going to give it a try. What # test do you use on your baitcasters TD? Right now I have 8 pound mono on my finesse baitcasting reel. I have a couple more vintage baitcasters (Daiwa Millionaire and Abu Garcia Ambas
eur 5000C) that I was thinking of trying a braided line on. I would likely save these for more heavy duty work. In an attempt to try and catch up in the tackle junkie world I recently ordered and received two Cabela Prodigy baitcasters. The sale price was so good i got two for the price of one so I have one with a LH retrieve to see if I will like that. I was considering the use of braid on all my baitcasters because with the Stren line I've been using I get a lot of biteoffs from big pike when I'm fishing my go to jigs. Do you fellows think that Silver Thread can withstand pike attacks? I hate using metal leaders. Last year I bought a couple of those expensive titanium leaders for use in waters with a healthy pike population. As you can probably guess the crappie, bass and perch weren't too enthused about a jig attached to a piece of wire. Even the pike ignored me. As soon as I went leaderless I started to catch fish again but inevitably i would lose my jig to a sharp-toothed pike. I thought braid might address this problem but if you think "Silver Thread" is up to the task that's what I'll be using.
Pat,
Do you use braid to jig right under the tube? I would guess the sensitivity and lack of stretch would be an advantage in that situation.
Majja,
I noticed in your avatar that your H3 pontoons are really splayed out a lot further than most tubes. Does that help with the tracking?
Thanks Guys,
Don (from Winter Wonderland up here in Canada)
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