Power Pro Poll
Power Pro Poll
This is for you Power Pro users. You mono dinosaurs behave and be quiet. What pound test do you use for your every day flats fishing rigs? I'm not talking your whimpy trout rigs or hernia causing pull a snook from docks rigs. Just your everyday throw a spoon across a flat or maybe pitch to a few mangroves stuff.
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10lb here. It has a breaking strength of a lil more than 10 lbs. If you need to put that kinda pressure on a fish, chances are that you're not using the right rod to begin with. I rarely have problems or situations that cause the line to break. Leaders are a different story. If I break a fish off, its almost always the leader that goes.
Re: Power Pro Poll
This was a dual vote deal for me. I have 10# on the "throw a spoon across the flat" rod.DaveR wrote: Just your everyday throw a spoon across a flat or maybe pitch to a few mangroves stuff.
I have 15# on a couple reels for doing stuff that causes tangles. Its just a lot easier to work with.
Thankfully the stuff lasts forever because a new spool of PowerPro will drive ya nuts!
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10lb on my light rods, Spoons , jerkbais, jigs etc.
20LB my top water rod.
Really dont gt that much trouble with the 10 knotting, occasionally, but not so often to think about changing it!
20LB my top water rod.
Really dont gt that much trouble with the 10 knotting, occasionally, but not so often to think about changing it!
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I use 20 lb test. I can still throw a lure a long way and the wind knots are fewer and they are easier to undo. I still set the drag like I am using 10 lb test though. If you set the drag for 20 you are going to tear up a lot of equiptment.
Dave
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10 lb. on a couple of ultralights and fished like 4/6 lb....10 lb. on a couple of Stradic 2000's for Trout/flats, and for throwing unweighted jerkbaits and very light jigs, or a topwater into the next County.....20 lb. on a couple of Stradic 2000's and everything 4000-size for general purpose fishing, because 10 lb. gets wind knots too easy no matter what. The 20 lb. gets fished like 10 or 12 lb. test that the reels and rods are rated for. The 15 lb. came out after a dozen or so reels got filled with 20 lb., so I haven't tried it yet. Were I respooling/starting over, most reels would get 15 lb. instead of 20 lb. again. BTW, bigger than 4000-size/Penn 450SS's- 30 lb., 550SS's/650SS- 50 lb., 850SS's-50 lb./65 lb. BIG Snook and 'Poons/Anything with spinning tackle. Baitcasters, 30 lb. and 50 lb. on Calcuttas and Penns. Flyline backing- 'miles' of 30 lb. on 7/8/9 wt., 65 lb. on 10 wt.. Yeah, I like Power Pro. Lee.
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I put 20# on first cause I thought 10# might be too light. Then I found out that Harold's Outdoor Products in Plant City has 15# in bulk spools and will spool it up by the yard for me. I think I'll switch over first chance I get.
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If you want to catch something you have to get a hook in the water.
John, If you don't want to keep using power pro you better take it off your reels now. It can be a pain but once you get used to it the problems will minimize. Once you get used to the no stretch and sensitivity and castability of it you will not be able to go back to the rubberband mono. After getting used to it I used a rod with mono on it. I was throwing a top dog jr. I had to work a lot harder to give the lure the proper walk and when you set the hook there is an unbelievable difference. When using a spoon you can feel the Reds bump it sometimes before they actually hit it. With mono you can't get that feel.
Change now or you never will be able to.
Change now or you never will be able to.
Dave
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Is your fish dripping?
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Is your fish dripping?
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