Bass Pro Excel Braid
 

Anyone tried it? I prefer Fireline over Power Pro and other braids
because it casts much farther. Fireline is made from Dyneema and as
far as I knew all the braids were made from Spectra. I noticed that
the Bass Pro Excel braid is made from Dyneema which seems to make it a
unique product.

Bass Pro Excel Braid
 

"cr113" wrote in message
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Anyone tried it? I prefer Fireline over Power Pro and other braids
because it casts much farther. Fireline is made from Dyneema and as
far as I knew all the braids were made from Spectra. I noticed that
the Bass Pro Excel braid is made from Dyneema which seems to make it a
unique product.


Nope, but I do like the Stren Supe Braid because it is smooth and casts
really well.


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I agree Bob,

The Stren Super Braid is hands above the rest IMO.
I used to use fireline religiously but when Stren released the braid there
was no looking back.
Power PRO......well...ugh.

Dave V
www.gotobaits.com
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"cr113" wrote in message
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Anyone tried it? I prefer Fireline over Power Pro and other braids
because it casts much farther. Fireline is made from Dyneema and as
far as I knew all the braids were made from Spectra. I noticed that
the Bass Pro Excel braid is made from Dyneema which seems to make it a
unique product.


Nope, but I do like the Stren Supe Braid because it is smooth and casts
really well.


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"Dave Vito" wrote in message
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I agree Bob,

The Stren Super Braid is hands above the rest IMO.
I used to use fireline religiously but when Stren released the braid there
was no looking back.
Power PRO......well...ugh.

Come on out to the Northwoods Classic and then say that......PowerPro did
the job last September.
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Bass Pro Excel Braid
 

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"Dave Vito" wrote in message
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I agree Bob,

The Stren Super Braid is hands above the rest IMO.
I used to use fireline religiously but when Stren released the braid
there was no looking back.
Power PRO......well...ugh.

Come on out to the Northwoods Classic and then say that......PowerPro did
the job last September.

LOL, just because a good fisherman does well using a particular product does
not mean its the best product. The biggest thing I dislike about PP is that
the sawing noise on the guides starts to get on my nerves after half a day.
Its a good line, but you really should try some Stren Super Braid. IMO the
Stren does have one problem. It will get weaker faster than the PP. Not a
lot faster, but more often. That's not an issue for a pro who changes line
before every tournament or even an angler who spools on fresh line every
month, but for most of us who may have to use the same line all season it
can be a minor issue. If I'm casting I much prefer the Stren. I seem to be
able cast it much further in the same size line than the PP. I think it
catches the wind less on a day with a blow coming in too, but if its blowing
bad I tend to switch to mono or flouro depending on what I am fishing
anyway. Neither catches the wind as bad as braid.


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"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"Dave Vito" wrote in message
news:cGbZh.2220$f17.281@trndny05...
I agree Bob,

The Stren Super Braid is hands above the rest IMO.
I used to use fireline religiously but when Stren released the braid
there was no looking back.
Power PRO......well...ugh.

Come on out to the Northwoods Classic and then say that......PowerPro did
the job last September.

LOL, just because a good fisherman does well using a particular
product does
not mean its the best product. The biggest thing I dislike about PP
is that
the sawing noise on the guides starts to get on my nerves after half a
day.
Its a good line, but you really should try some Stren Super Braid.
IMO the
Stren does have one problem. It will get weaker faster than the PP.
Not a
lot faster, but more often. That's not an issue for a pro who changes
line
before every tournament or even an angler who spools on fresh line
every
month, but for most of us who may have to use the same line all season
it
can be a minor issue. If I'm casting I much prefer the Stren. I seem
to be
able cast it much further in the same size line than the PP. I think
it
catches the wind less on a day with a blow coming in too, but if its
blowing
bad I tend to switch to mono or flouro depending on what I am fishing
anyway. Neither catches the wind as bad as braid.


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Bass Pro Excel Braid
 

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message SNIP

LOL, just because a good fisherman does well using a particular
product does
not mean its the best product. The biggest thing I dislike about PP
is that
the sawing noise on the guides starts to get on my nerves after half a
day.
Its a good line, but you really should try some Stren Super Braid.
IMO the
Stren does have one problem. It will get weaker faster than the PP.
Not a
lot faster, but more often. That's not an issue for a pro who changes
line
before every tournament or even an angler who spools on fresh line
every
month, but for most of us who may have to use the same line all season
it
can be a minor issue. If I'm casting I much prefer the Stren. I seem
to be
able cast it much further in the same size line than the PP. I think
it
catches the wind less on a day with a blow coming in too, but if its
blowing
bad I tend to switch to mono or flouro depending on what I am fishing
anyway. Neither catches the wind as bad as braid.

As a guide, I'm cheap about some things. I like a line that can withstand
an entire season's worth of abuse, so the longer life is important to me.
Plus, I love the sound of the line through the guides, that means I have a
fish on! :-)

I haven't noticed any problems with the line on windy days, but maybe I just
wasn't paying attention.
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"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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I haven't noticed any problems with the line on windy days, but maybe I
just wasn't paying attention.

I do fish a lot of weightless and light weight stuff.



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On Apr 29, 7:31 pm, "Dave Vito" wrote:
I agree Bob,

The Stren Super Braid is hands above the rest IMO.
I used to use fireline religiously but when Stren released the braid there
was no looking back.
Power PRO......well...ugh.

Dave Vwww.gotobaits.com
"What's your GOTO bait?"


I use PowerPro almost exclusively, but I am open-minded about things,
so when I read that many people thought Stren was superior, I bought a
spool to try. I think it was about 30 lb. test, as I usually fish in
lots of salad. I lost several lures due to breakage.... on the cast! I
was casting into a fair wind, so I was whipping the rod pretty good to
get some power behind it, and the line would just snap! I respooled
next chance I got, and haven't tried again.

Bass Pro Excel Braid
 

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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I haven't noticed any problems with the line on windy days, but maybe I
just wasn't paying attention.

I do fish a lot of weightless and light weight stuff.

Yeah, me too, 3, 4 and 5" senko style baits, flukes and baby brush hogs.
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"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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I haven't noticed any problems with the line on windy days, but maybe I
just wasn't paying attention.

Well, I suppose it could be subjective, but I have noticed that the flat
profile of the PP can sail.


I do fish a lot of weightless and light weight stuff.

Yeah, me too, 3, 4 and 5" senko style baits, flukes and baby brush hogs.

Baby brush hogs are real wind sails, but when they are working they really
are worth the effort. If possible in the wind I try and get fish going on
jerk baits, but sometimes they just want what they want.

I usually don't notice anything from wind when its less thean 15 MPH, but
some of my best days on the water the wind has been blowing so strong I
couldn't hold the boat against it with a 100+ TM on high. One day Hammer
and I fished a bay with tiny blades and we were doing well. We killed a set
of batteries after several hours pulling directly into it, went to the
marina, bought another set of batteries, and went back to pull out our
biggest fish from the same area and take one of the biggest checks we took
fishing together. I did most of the catching, and yes Joe it was an SWL
blade. LOL. That was where I really noticed how an SWL tended to foul more
and not self correct as well as standard blades in the wind. That is also
the day I perfected my two handed snap cast into the wind.


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