Braid Recommendations

[darrens]

After testing the braid i have been using in the bath last night i discovered that it floats! the only thing holding it down was the hook and swivel.

 

Can anyone recommend me a braid that 100% sinks but still soft and supple?

 

Ta

[courtz]

esp sinklink

 

try 18lb though as the lighter version dont have a very good impact strength and can snap eaier, my brother bought 12lb and is convinced there are pike in our local taking his bait

[Guest Anonymous]

esp sinklink

 

try 18lb though as the lighter version dont have a very good impact strength and can snap eaier, my brother bought 12lb and is convinced there are pike in my local taking his bait

 

You dont fish the same waters?

[courtz]

esp sinklink

 

try 18lb though as the lighter version dont have a very good impact strength and can snap eaier, my brother bought 12lb and is convinced there are pike in my local taking his bait

 

You dont fish the same waters?

 

there you go then

 

Happy now

[salokcinnodrog]

After testing the braid i have been using in the bath last night i discovered that it floats! the only thing holding it down was the hook and swivel.

 

Can anyone recommend me a braid that 100% sinks but still soft and supple?

 

Ta

 

I have been using Kryston Merlin for years with no problems.

 

Same Problem with lots of Braids and there is an answer to it. Some may get air trapped in between the fibres, even though branded as a Sinking Braid. Get them wet first, squeeze the water out and then cast them out after testing.

 

Other people rub Putty up and down the braid to sink it, or Kryston did or still do a product called "drop em", which you put small pieces on the Braid.

[beanz]

the best iv used is drennan super specialist sinkbraid

 

 

and i find that coated braids when stripped still feel stiff .

[salokcinnodrog]

the best iv used is drennan super specialist sinkbraid

 

 

and i find that coated braids when stripped still feel stiff .

 

Which ones have you used?

 

Just ask because I've found that the Kryston ones are ok and not stiff.

 

Or again each and everyone to what suits them

[beanz]

mantis ,snakebite reveal but the worst is hybrid ,but i guess the fluorocarbon inpregnates its more

 

 

 

but i tested them dry over the edge of a table so maybe unfair test

 

fox reveal is good but the coating to thick and the inners white

 

 

the drennan iv had in my box for a while but recently dug it out and added a lenght of shrink tube to the loop end to act as a boom to stop the lead tangling and its doing the job

 

a simplefied combi rig really but the loop is supple

[salokcinnodrog]

I Hate Hybrid, I know that it was prone to "going off" and snapping for no apparent reason and they recalled a load. Never bought it since, once bitten twice shy and once I've had a problem I don't go back to the same stuff. If Korda had got it right first time I may still be using it!

 

In Coated Braids Mantis, Mantis Gold and Snakebite I love them, been using them for a lot of my fishing.

 

Normal Braids; Been using Supernova a bit this year, had a few fish on it when used in Combi Links.

 

The nicest Braid I used was SuperSilk. It doesn't look right when you first get it, as it's white, but it takes on the colour of the Lake bed very quickly and camouflages itself.

[courtz]

i've been sent some pallatrax stuff to try out and am impressed so far

[craftycarper4]

I have been fart assing about with krystons multi-strand for pop up rigs i have been making for margin fishing with a simple inline arrangement which i have found works superbly, esp strip tease is excellent for standard simple rigs, but i have been using snake bite gold which is at the top of my tacklebox its simply super for my rigs and situations, its nice and supple good to tie rigs with and excellent with the coated part striped back for the hinge effect. this leaves me with a good presentation i find it working well for me so i have great confidence.

[robaldinho]

I use twenty lbs STRIP- TEAZE... great for supple rigs when you strip back the coating... and awesome for keeping its shape when being cast... not easily tangled

[darrens]

cheers, ill pick up a few next time im in the tackle shop and try em out

[nicko15]

i think sufix 'camo skin' and 'kameleon' are good hooklinks. they are coated braids but are very good for hinged rigs. but for a heavy hooklink you could try sufix heavy skin.

[Guest Anonymous]

ESP sinklink, use it for most of my fishing with no problems at all