Yes I do that bur braided lines are quite sliding, I am not sure it is
enought to permit a suffisant hook setting. The half second necessary to do
that is also important, the ones that had tarpon strikes will understand !
:-))

Phil


Can you thumb the spool during the hookset without cutting up your
fingers?


"Philtix" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your answer,

The power of the bake is now very low. In tarpon fishing the
hook-setting
is
the key of the success, without a strong brake it is not easy to do it
properly. Another reason to have a strong line is that I often fish very
close to reef or mangrove where fishes go to breack the line. On very
wide
open water, with easy hook setting I will not use these lines... Last
reason
to have a strong line I go soon to a placewith 200+ pounds fishes...

Phil
a écrit dans le message de news:
et...
Geez guy, why would you want to stop 40 lb line completely? You'll
break
your rod.
Take your rod, thread the line thru the guides, and tie it to a one
and
than
a two liter bottle of soda.
To keep from breaking your rod lift it, but keep the rod parallel to
the
floor, by lifting it over your head. See how much that rod bends, try
a
five
pound sack of flour or sugar. You got to remember your on the bad end
of
a
lever, what you feel is not what the fish feels. He feels the
equivalent
of
that weight you picked up. No matter how big the fish is, he weighs
"Nothing" in the water, he is floating around in there isn't he?
The object is to get them excited enough to wear themselves out and
bring
them to the boat or shore, not winch them in.
Heavy line is used for abrasion resistance, something that can take
the
knocks till you can put the small amount of power really necessary to
move
the fish to you.