Bimini Twist in 50lb Power Pro

The only reason I used PP on my son's fly reel was to get more backing on
the reel. We are going bone fishing next week and his 8wt reel could only
hold 55 yds of backing and line, not enough. With the PP spooled on as the
backing we are getting about 150yds plus which is still cutting it close if
you hook into a double digit bone.

The knot I ended up with required whipping to keep it smooth. Other than the
whipping it was really easy to tie in fact it was featured in last months
Sal****er Fly Fishing magazine. If you are interested let me know and I'll
get you the exact issue # etc.

Rick


"John" wrote in message
...
Thank everyone for their thoughtful posts! Gonna try PP on my fly line
and
see if it works out!!!

Be well and fish more.
John
"SimRacer" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
...
I don't know if this comment applies to bonefishing but for big bass
fly
fishing I do not normally choose to use any loop to loop connection
between
my bass taper fly line and continuous mono leader. IMHO the twin loops
make
a secondary topwater splash which tends to spook larger bass.

FWIW instead of any knot losing X% of its rated strength, I am far more
concerned with fly line or leader retaining memory which is a royal
pain
in
the. g Does Power Pro retain memory?

John

I've never experienced any memory with PP, whether using it in fresh
water
or salt water.

*About* the only drawback to using PP that I have found, is that it will
fade in color with a lot of use. The pretty dark "moss green" color I
start
out with, will usually fade to a pale, yellowish green after a couple of
hard days on the water. That said, it's never seemed to bother the fish
after fading (I still get bit, and still catch fish on it, months after
fading), but it does fade. I just keep a Sharpie onboard if I feel like
I
need to stripe or "camoflage" the bait end of the line in extremely
clear
or
still water occasionally.

Just as an FYI, I stripped last year's PP off my (braid) reels just
yesterday, and compared to the fluorocarbon and mono I took off some
other
reels, it had NO memory to speak of, even after a couple of months just
being wrapped around my reels' spools out in the shop. Berkley Big Game
was
the worst yesterday. I took a couple hundred yards of 10lb off a
spinning
rig yesterday and it coiled up like you wouldn't believe on the floor.
It
was quite a messy nest. The PP came off nice and flat, and had been
"dormant" out in the shop just as long. I still like my basic "Big Game"
line, it just has a memory from hell.

*The "other" drawback to Power Pro is trying to break loose a snag. That
stuff is so strong, that I've pulled up significant branches from the
lake
bottom with it (the heaviest weight I use is 20#). I've straightened
hooks
out on lures trying to break them loose as well...not that saving a lure
is
"bad", it just takes a while to deal with if you can't break it off
after
a
couple of good college tries...and "time is money" when you're on the
water.
Of course none of these "drawbacks" outweigh, IMO, PP's excellent
performance (great sensitivety, near zero stretch and no memory to speak
of). And no, I don't work for nor am I sponsored by Power Pro...I am
self
employed in an unrelated industry and am sponsored solely by my own bank
accounts... ;-)



"Richard Liebert" wrote in
message ...
I am using 50 lb Power Pro on my son's bonefish rod (OK, it's a fly
rod,
cut
me a break here).

Has anyone every tried tying a loop in the Power Pro using a standard
Bimini
Twist? I have tied it on the bench and it seems to work fine, but I
don't
want to learn that it isn't really a good knot while "on-the-job".

Thanks from Rick

This is the right issue of the right magazine. They don't discuss the knot
on the web though, you will have to buy the magazine.

http://www.flyfishingmagazines.com/s...ture_052.shtml


"SimRacer" wrote in message
...

"John" wrote in message
...
Thank everyone for their thoughtful posts! Gonna try PP on my fly line
and
see if it works out!!!

Be well and fish more.
John

Hey man, best of luck to ya! Power Pro came to us flat/fresh water
fisherpeople from sal****er fisherpeople anyway (that is a "redfish" on
the
box afterall, or so it appears to me) so it's use anywhere should be
invesitaged if not just flat out exploited. ;-)

I came to it after trying Fireline, Spiderwire, and Stren's braid. PP is
my
current line of choice among those 3. YMMV.

"SimRacer" wrote in message
. ..

"John" wrote in message
...
I don't know if this comment applies to bonefishing but for big bass
fly
fishing I do not normally choose to use any loop to loop connection
between
my bass taper fly line and continuous mono leader. IMHO the twin
loops
make
a secondary topwater splash which tends to spook larger bass.

FWIW instead of any knot losing X% of its rated strength, I am far
more
concerned with fly line or leader retaining memory which is a royal
pain
in
the. g Does Power Pro retain memory?

John

I've never experienced any memory with PP, whether using it in fresh
water
or salt water.

*About* the only drawback to using PP that I have found, is that it
will
fade in color with a lot of use. The pretty dark "moss green" color I
start
out with, will usually fade to a pale, yellowish green after a couple
of
hard days on the water. That said, it's never seemed to bother the
fish
after fading (I still get bit, and still catch fish on it, months
after
fading), but it does fade. I just keep a Sharpie onboard if I feel
like
I
need to stripe or "camoflage" the bait end of the line in extremely
clear
or
still water occasionally.

Just as an FYI, I stripped last year's PP off my (braid) reels just
yesterday, and compared to the fluorocarbon and mono I took off some
other
reels, it had NO memory to speak of, even after a couple of months
just
being wrapped around my reels' spools out in the shop. Berkley Big
Game
was
the worst yesterday. I took a couple hundred yards of 10lb off a
spinning
rig yesterday and it coiled up like you wouldn't believe on the floor.
It
was quite a messy nest. The PP came off nice and flat, and had been
"dormant" out in the shop just as long. I still like my basic "Big
Game"
line, it just has a memory from hell.

*The "other" drawback to Power Pro is trying to break loose a snag.
That
stuff is so strong, that I've pulled up significant branches from the
lake
bottom with it (the heaviest weight I use is 20#). I've straightened
hooks
out on lures trying to break them loose as well...not that saving a
lure
is
"bad", it just takes a while to deal with if you can't break it off
after
a
couple of good college tries...and "time is money" when you're on the
water.
Of course none of these "drawbacks" outweigh, IMO, PP's excellent
performance (great sensitivety, near zero stretch and no memory to
speak
of). And no, I don't work for nor am I sponsored by Power Pro...I am
self
employed in an unrelated industry and am sponsored solely by my own
bank
accounts... ;-)



"Richard Liebert" wrote in
message ...
I am using 50 lb Power Pro on my son's bonefish rod (OK, it's a fly
rod,
cut
me a break here).

Has anyone every tried tying a loop in the Power Pro using a
standard
Bimini
Twist? I have tied it on the bench and it seems to work fine, but I
don't
want to learn that it isn't really a good knot while "on-the-job".

Thanks from Rick