Using very light braid on spinning reels – Questio

IDO board –

I am wondering how light of braid can you go on a spinning reel. I need to throw a 1/16oz bait about 100 feet but I also need to be able to land a 5lb fish.

I have the rod an reel figured out and can throw 4lb mono but I think braid will go farther.

No issues with cover, etc as the fishing is obstruction free.

I am curious as to how the braid performs and what is the best brand to use.
It just seems like it (4lb braid) is so fine that it would be difficult to manage.

Thanks for your input

Dog

10# power pro should do the trick. be carful, check for nicks in the line alot! don’t set the hook hard either…

I can chuck a 1/16 with half a crawler or a minnow a long way on 8/3 fireline. I think the rod and reel combo makes a big difference for this sort of finesse application. For the most part, I’m using a longer rod (TWS76MLF), and the Pfleuger Arbor reel is great for promoting long casts with light baits. In fact, I’m picking up two new Arbor reels from Dean today.

1/5 power pro would be better for casting the distance then 10/2 would be. I personally use them both and the 1/5 will cast a 1/16th oz lure a bit further but do you want to sacrifice strength for a little distance that is up to you.

Ajs

This is an area where opinons will vary. I do quite a bit of blade work… 5/1 is great for pitching 3/16-1/4 oz blades and is frog hair fine…but it will break quite a bit easier than 6/2 (Sufix Fuse Orange or Fireline
Crystal)…which is my current choice.
I only go to 8 or 10# when vertical jigging 1/2-3/4oz blades out in the channel depths over 15′, I find the Fireline to get a little stiffer and wiry over 6# for casting. Maybe just a bad spool?
I use a EX69MLXF for casting small blades with a 25 series Pflueger XT
and a LTBS510MXF for vertical blades with a 5925 Pflueger Asaro.

What ever you decide on make sure you back it with Mono. DO NOT tie directly to the spool with superline!!!!!

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What ever you decide on make sure you back it with Mono. DO NOT tie directly to the spool with superline!!!!!

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Do you mention this because of line slippage??

When I first tried tieing superline directly to the spool, the line did on occasion slip depending on drag setting… I thought the drag was busted at first, but them realized that the line as a whole was just rotating around the slick metal spool surface.

Solve this problem by taking a small piece of electrical tape and put this over the knot and a portion of line/spool face. Should lock it into place and give the overlaying line something to grip onto to avoid slippage.

Mike

Mike – you got it right on the line slippage. The bigger reason I spool up mono under the braid is simply to fill up the spool. Most of the line on a spool never gets wet, so why spool 150 yards of the expensive stuff on a reel when you’re realistically only using the last 100 feet or less? Of course for trolling that’s different, but for my jigging rods, I only put about 100 feet of 1/5 or 3/8 Power Pro over the top of the oldest cheapest mono I have laying around.

Excellent reason for mono backing (filler material).

If I want to cast and maximize pickup, I’d certainly fill with mono. Would also help to keep the drag consistant along all points of the cast with a full spool vs. half empty spool (less rapidly changing spool diameter with a full spool over the length of a cast)

Ocassionally, I’ll spool it all with the superline, then just reverse the line for the next year. No mono/superline knots to deal with. Also, if you find yourself fishing in areas where you tend to lose line occasionally, you won’t find yourself casting into your backing with a full spool of superline.

There are definately some good reasons to fill with mono, but ocassionally I’ll go the other route… This is whent the electrical tape will help to stop the slip.

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What ever you decide on make sure you back it with Mono. DO NOT tie directly to the spool with superline!!!!!

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Do you mention this because of line slippage??

When I first tried tieing superline directly to the spool, the line did on occasion slip depending on drag setting… I thought the drag was busted at first, but them realized that the line as a whole was just rotating around the slick metal spool surface.

Solve this problem by taking a small piece of electrical tape and put this over the knot and a portion of line/spool face. Should lock it into place and give the overlaying line something to grip onto to avoid slippage.

Mike

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Yes – for the slipage and for the waste of line as well. It would take a lot of low Diam. line to fill even a small spool.