B B Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 8 hours ago, elmoputney said: I pretty much came to that conclusion after losing my castable weed rake 😠I've ordered some spider braid 35lb should be up to most tasks I need it for, the last lot I had was OK so will see I tried spider wire and could not get on with its waxy finish and stiffness went straight in the bin.  🙄 elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 13 August 2020 at 18:15, elmoputney said: Well I used it today, because I tend to use my heavy spod rod for a couple of other things like weed raking and stuff I found out it wasn't up to the extra tasks 😠I trimmed it down to 5 turns and then it snapped at the knot after accidently sticking my castable weed rake into some heavy weed, Will get some spod braid I think it's probably cheaper in the long run 😂 I tried braid for spodding, really didn't get on with it. I never stuck a weed rake on mono though, I used my marker rod for a small Breakaway lead which has braid with an Amnesia shockleader. Saying that, I have also miscast with my fishing rods with an ordinary lead on mono and pulled it back through a patch of thick weed on a major gravel bar and had that give way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted August 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 21 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said: I tried braid for spodding, really didn't get on with it. I never stuck a weed rake on mono though, I used my marker rod for a small Breakaway lead which has braid with an Amnesia shockleader. Saying that, I have also miscast with my fishing rods with an ordinary lead on mono and pulled it back through a patch of thick weed on a major gravel bar and had that give way. I found i got on OK with braid before, the problems came when I didn't wet it first, and my last braid was like tow rope so it didn't like being reeled in without a winch 🙄 that was the main reason for trying mono line as I had some in stock that I knew would be OK for casting etc. just think its less hassle with braid and as I am forgetting Important things like toastie makers and water carriers etc I think simple is best and straight through is more elmo proof 😂 you can just use it, change a lead to a spod or rake or whatever without having to think about it, perfect👌 yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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