phil dalts Posted August 29, 2017 Report Posted August 29, 2017 Right, bought some 20lb braid mainline, states sinking. Thought I'd check in glass just to see, so snipped a foot off and it doesn't sink! Joy of amazon ay!. Anyway, my question is does anyone know any tricks to sink it? Not back leads! Maybe a solution I can make to soak it in?? Quote
snoozer Posted August 29, 2017 Report Posted August 29, 2017 Phil was this Braid a well known brand or some dodgy gear from our far eastern department ? If you get a solution to make the Braid sink i bet the water will wash it off leaving you back where you started Surely advertised as Sinking demands the item be returned for a full refund ? I fear the lid of your dustbin will get levered open and a small deposit left for the trashman Quote
David_gravesend Posted August 29, 2017 Report Posted August 29, 2017 On 29/08/2017 at 17:53, phil dalts said: Right, bought some 20lb braid mainline, states sinking. Thought I'd check in glass just to see, so snipped a foot off and it doesn't sink! Joy of amazon ay!. Anyway, my question is does anyone know any tricks to sink it? Not back leads! Maybe a solution I can make to soak it in?? Expand Is that the kastking stuff? Makes quite good spod ding braid as it floats I don't think you can soak it in anything but I see from another post you've switched from mono to braid because you're getting cut off snag fishing, ever thought about using a mono snag leader instead? Braid as a mainline is so unforgiving Quote
Carpbell_ll Posted August 29, 2017 Report Posted August 29, 2017 If you do get shot of the braid you could do a lot worse than a good fluorocarbon fished straight through, i have used it on some real snaggy waters and never been let down yet. I have only used tiger line, as my reels only hold 250 meters of line it it don't hurt too much filling them up, plus it out lives other lines by a very long margin. Quote
yonny Posted August 30, 2017 Report Posted August 30, 2017 On 29/08/2017 at 17:53, phil dalts said: Joy of amazon ay!. Expand As above, what kind is it? I find line/braid is one the things you just do not skimp on. There's all kinds of rubbish on Amazon/Ebay etc.... best to avoid them IMO. I hear the Korda SUBbraid is very, very good (surprising as I don't rate their mono lines one bit). You'll probs tell me it is the Korda stuff you bought now lol...... snoozer 1 Quote
crusian Posted August 31, 2017 Report Posted August 31, 2017 Hello Phil I don't know if it would work on Mainline , but on a Hook Length Braid sometimes when you cast the strands in the braid separate and air gets in ; what you can then do is make sure the Braid is wet and run it through your fingers to squeeze any air / bubbles out . What if you did a big chuck with just a Lead , and then slowly retrieved with the Braid pinched through a damp rag ? . Failing that ask Carpmachine , doesn't he use Braid as Mainline ? 😁. Quote
dayvid Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 My post disappeared from this thread ................any ideas why Quote
Carpbell_ll Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 On 03/09/2017 at 07:54, dayvid said: My post disappeared from this thread ................any ideas why Expand There was two treads , admin has probably deleted one of them, they normally move any posts over to the thread with the most replies in the event of a double thread post. dayvid 1 Quote
dayvid Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 Ahh , mine must not have been worthy of moving over just deleting ..... Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 There were 2 identical threads, I deleted one, didn't notice any posts on the other, so may have deleted them in error. Quote
Carpbell_ll Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 On 03/09/2017 at 11:09, dayvid said: Ahh , mine must not have been worthy of moving over just deleting ..... Expand As salokcinnodrog said just an error, they are dead fair on here with posts and moving them around, threads often get merged or moved. i noticed the rod licence tread had a spring clean earlier this year, salokcinnodrog 1 Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 On 03/09/2017 at 11:34, Carpbell_ll said: As salokcinnodrog said just an error, they are dead fair on here with posts and moving them around, threads often get merged or moved. i noticed the rod licence tread had a spring clean earlier this year, Expand And if I do delete accidentally I do try to pm the person concerned with what happened Is it possible to put it through a solution of washing up liquid and water? I honestly do not know if that will work though. I always make sure I get floating or sinking dependant on requirements, and buy from a good source. Quote
dayvid Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 It was only the answer to answer all answers . Quote
ianain Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 On 03/09/2017 at 15:58, dayvid said: It was only the answer to answer all answers . Expand 42? Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 On 03/09/2017 at 21:12, ianain said: 42? Expand Somebody knows his Douglas Adams... Quote
ianain Posted September 4, 2017 Report Posted September 4, 2017 I certainly say : Thanks For All The Fish cloud9 1 Quote
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