How much / what weight backing, for a wide-use 8 weight?

"MajorOz" wrote...


I have been out of the tech end of the tackle for some time, and wonder
why the (pardon the expression) bass fisherman's "spider line" isn't
used for backing. It is so much thinner, for a given test, than
dacron. Or is that what the Gel stuff is?
cheers


Kind of wondering that myself. I've been using it for a couple years now
with no issues (no really big fish, either...) I have at least 200 yds of
50# Spider Wire as my backing. Why? I had it in the house. It may be the
worst thing in the world, but I haven't seen anything yet to lead me to
believe that.

Dan
Who has less than zero clue what 'gel stuff' means.