01-21-09, 08:18 PM | #1 |
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does braid chew up your eyes?
does braided line chew up the inside of your eyelets?
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I have heard that it does. Thats the biggest reason I dont fish braid.
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Never had a problem.I have been using it for years.
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I have had issues with it on cheaper rods, but not on any of my decent rigs.
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no way does braid do any damage to your eyelets unless they're metal. Any ceramic eyelet won't be damaged.
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Would braid be ok on bass pro extreme rods?
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braid would be ok on just about any bps rod i have never had a problem with it.
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Thanks Ryan I just might try a spool of braid.
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For more information you can check out the Power Pro site.
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i had a cheap shakespear rod that the guide on the end started to notch up when i first started using braid but i had someone tell me that 60lb braid was too big for the small rod to handle. if you have good eyes it should not cut into them but if its cheap watch out.
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This is a problem in older or lower end rods. The main problem is with ceramic guides. A lot of higher end rods, and even some cheaper rods now have titanium, alconite, hardloy, etc. guides. These are all fine to use with braid. A lot of rods now days have Fuji concept Alconite guide. These are ok to use with braid.
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I saw a pic on another site that showed recoil guides that were evidently chewed up by braided line. Let me see if I can find the picture . . .
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Yeah, found it. Check out these links:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288 ... oving1.jpg http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288 ... oving2.jpg Last edited by Wishing2BFishing; 01-21-09 at 10:37 PM. |
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Nevermind, I can't get the links to work.
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Photobucket opened up just fine, but I couldn't find the pictures you were referring to.
What were those recoil guides made from ?
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Here are the pics.
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Those are recoil guides. I think they look ugly enough that I won't buy a rod with them (this is a personal opinion).
To the subject; If your rod has fuji guides that are aluminum oxide, hardloy, alconite, or SiC, you will not have to worry about braid ever ruining your guides. You might ruin your guides through clumsiness sooner than braid ever will. I'm with Joel.
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i have braid on my falcon flipping stick and have put it under a lot of torture.......no signs on wear here.
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an easy way to check your guides is to run a Q-tip around your eyelet, if any cotton peels off in the guide then it has a knick in it.
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Here is a quote from the Power Pro site: "Older, first-generation superlines were made of abrasive aramids that could cut rod guides and take a toll on equipment. PowerPro solves these problems through super slick, non-abrasive Spectra Fiber composition and unique EBT processing...."
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