brighton le sands Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Hey raiders, I currently use 4lb fireline and i am curious to see if i can get any better lines particularly lines thatt cast further. I have heard that PE braids are the best braids for casting long distances but tangle alot at low . So my question is what is the best casting braid for 4lb line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Personally i like 3 brands the best. Fins, Sufix and Power Pro. All perform better than other braids i've used! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Carp Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Hey raiders, I currently use 4lb fireline and i am curious to see if i can get any better lines particularly lines thatt cast further. I have heard that PE braids are the best braids for casting long distances but tangle alot at low . So my question is what is the best casting braid for 4lb line. Here are the options I'd look at: 1) Drop down to 2lb fireline or stren microfuse (I very much doubt it breaks at 2lb more like 6), but it cast a lot further than 4lb fireline. 2) Fireline Exceed in 4lb. Awesome stuff it hasn't let me down. 3) Sunline Castaway 0.6PE apparently it's a 10lb IGFA line but still very thin and cast well. One thing I'd suggest you stay away is Nanofil, although it cast extremely well overall strength and knot strength has a lot to be desired for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I switched to the fireline exceed in 6lb and so far so good. Caught an 82cm king on the regular 6lb fireline and the exceed is supposed to be even stronger! Gave up spending 40+ on sunline pe etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I use 3lb powerpro and it is far better than fireline or microfuse that I used to use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheap charlie Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I use to use fireline, When Exceed came out I found that a great improvement and am very happy with it. I bought 2 spools of Power pro and generally have been happy with, especially the fact they I bought them for $6 a spool. I have found with the power pro that I occasional do get knots on the reel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Stick with fireline. +1 for nanofil having bad knot strength, mine usually breaks at leader unless using double uni and still gotta e careful tightening it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brighton le sands Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Thanks for all the input guys. I'm still a bit un decided but you have helped me narrow the decision to either 3lb Stren Microfuse, 6lb sunline pe, or 3lb power pro. Which one should i take out of the three? Thanks, Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brighton le sands Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 can someone please give me the best option out of the three categories listed above!!!!! cmon guys i wanna go buy my fishing line soon:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Heres a bit of info on all your braid. All braid is the same and comes out of 3 or 4 factories only. They bulk spool it up then it is sold to be re branded in the various names. So the moral of the story it is all the same just has a different brand name. Unfortunately it is the humble rec fisho that gets charged to the teeth for the rebrands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I use 4lb crystal fireline. I know Swordy is a fan as well. My bream tourny mates use this with 4lb pink yozuri hard flouro leader. Best knot strength out of any of the light braids & that's what I look for when using a really light leader. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brighton le sands Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 tyvm guys, i had a feeling they were all the same:D but wat about the true braids arent they different to fused braids, which is why im comparing sunline to fireline..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheder Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 sunline, nuff said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wriggler1 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Without going into too much detail: Fireline is fused and has memory, sunline and other pe lines are limp. I prefer super pe to fireline anyday, especially when it comes to casting distance. The 10lb Castaway is great I have it on a few reels but the best braid I have found in the 4lb is toray light fish pe, google it and if you can find any you will be very, very happy. I use the 4lb and can throw an unweighted soft plastic 30m easy. great line but you need to tie good knots. I use a slim beauty and have no issues with leader knots breaking, breaks at the lure knot everytime. Cheers Don't know if its cool to post this link or not but I couldn't find any site sponsors who had this stuff. dont think so/index.cfm?pr=product&product_id=7803 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1829 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I use 3lb powerpro and it is far better than fireline or microfuse that I used to use hey mate - re: 3lb power pro - i just spooled up my 2500 with power pro in the white colour, and it had a few lumps or nodules along it - is this normal? i messaged the supplier, but not heard back yet these catch the line as i am casting so is a major concern... any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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