Any good braid ok? I am thinking 30-50 pound? Someone mentioned hi-vis on one thread, what is the advantage there?
Also, which knots to the reel and then to the fly line?
My .02
30lb would be fine. Use an arbor knot to the reel, and then I tie a bimini to double the backing for a loop-to-loop connection with the flyline.
Pillage and plunder with a 9wt and a fist full of clousers.
Ditto, but get it spooled with Dacron, not your everyday PowerPro, etc. Just my 2 pennies.
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Originally posted by jermsMy .02
30lb would be fine. Use an arbor knot to the reel, and then I tie a bimini to double the backing for a loop-to-loop connection with the flyline.
Pillage and plunder with a 9wt and a fist full of clousers.
High vis will help when a bonefish runs out a hundred yards and you’re holding your rod up trying to keep him from snagging the reef at the edge of the flat. Around here, especially inshore, you may never see the need for it.
I use gel spun, but totally unnecessary round Charleston unless maybe you hook a monster shark or AJ. Stuff is a pain if you have to respool it. Go with the 30 Dacron. Ditto on Jerms’ knots
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you can also use the gel-spun with a 100yds of Dacron on top if your worried about capacity for albies or tarpon… you may never see the gel-spun, but when you do you will be glad its there…
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and the hi-vis, i think you remember man, you know that one time when you were driving the boat trying to get my fifty pound cobia unwrapped from that buoy cable, and we couldn’t tell what side of the buoy he was on cause of the low-vis grey sink tip that was outside of the rod tip. We learned the hard way, it’s all about the hi-vis
Great point there Colt…
if you go powerpro go 50lb… it won’t cut your hands as bad as 30 if you get down into the backing. 30lb can be vicious stuff.
60lb gorilla line braid (don’t think it’s made any more)was nice as a backing was thicker than equiv. powerpro. got down to it on a big stripe didn’t cut like power pro…
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Gorilla Tough line from Berkley, haven’t seen it in several years…
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Dacron is pretty cheap all in all. Doesn’t rot. Doesn’t stretch. In my opinion, the only reason for braid is capacity. For a 10wt, the reel you’ll likely use should hold plenty of 30lb backing. The only reason to go to 50lb dacron is for monsters (GT’s, tuna, etc) where you are going to use one of those Leviathan lines with the 70lb core center. Otherwise, normal lines break at 25-30lbs and there’s no need for a higher rating backing. As for knots, I use a 15-20 turn bimini for a loop to loop with a 3 trap nail knot loop on the fly line. Backing to reel is a standard overhand with stopper knot.
I have heard good things about the orvis tracking backing that changes color every so many yards. It’s supposed to help with keeping track of how much line is out and how fast it is going in or out. I alternate colors on the 100yd spools for my backing to do something similar.