Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

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Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by Bass Oreno » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:58 am

First i've heard that not use braid line on the spinning Steez, because this reel is rated for only the flurocarbon line !

This is true ?

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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by phatbass » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:36 pm

daiwa samurai 20lb,its the smooth and quiet .
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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by Chode » Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:01 pm

suffix baby

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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by Mossy Oak » Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:03 pm

Chode wrote:suffix baby
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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by Bassboss » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:32 pm

ya'll taking about the new 832 or regular sufix braid?

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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by Toadslayer72 » Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:05 am

I use Sufix 6lb. and it's great. I currently have the old or "regular" stuff in a nice green that looks as good as it fishes on the reel. I'm not sure how familiar you are with braids but it's a good idea to either tape the line to the spool or put a little mono backing on before you fill the spool.

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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by Chode » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:39 pm

Bassboss wrote:ya'll taking about the new 832 or regular sufix braid?
original...haven't seen or used the new one

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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by slipperybob » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:44 pm

20# or less of Sufix Performance braid is terrible. :big grin: Makes for great sewing thread.
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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by Mossy Oak » Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:13 pm

slipperybob wrote:20# or less of Sufix Performance braid is terrible. :big grin: Makes for great sewing thread.
Really? :cry: is this true with the 832 as well or did they fix it?

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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by Chode » Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:25 pm

slipperybob wrote:20# or less of Sufix Performance braid is terrible. :big grin: Makes for great sewing thread.
i've read and heard about this a lot so i made a conscious decision to stay away from anything 20lb and below...supposedly they have huge breakage issues

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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by slipperybob » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:48 pm

The 832 braid seems to have fixed whatever shortcomings the Performance Braid shows. Haven't tried it on spinning reel so I can't give any personal testimony on that. Anyway I've never found a breakage issue with Performance Braid in 20# or less. It's very consistent with box listed # test even on a hook set shock, although I admit that I'm average only about 18+# on knot breaks. Still more than the max drag on the reels I use. The line is just too noisy and too much surface texture. I've never liked the vibrations I got on either spinning or baitcasting setups. Also line body takes up a lot more room on spool since it doesn't compress as well as other lines. I get roughly about 80% of line capacity to mono equivalent listed. So that's only like 80 yards of Performance Braid for supposed 100 yards on normally spooled with mono. So I will treat the 20# line more like 8# mono equivalent instead of 6# mono equivalent as box listed. That's okay if you're splitting the 150 yards spool as it seems to work out that way better. If you get the waxy coated run of the mill Performance Braid, you may have a different assessment of it fresh fromt the spool.
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Re: Which braided line on a Steez Spinning reel ?

Post by DrPerf » Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:17 am

I have been using braid on two Steez spinning reels for almost two years. Initially, it was 12lb Toray Power finesse, but for the past year it has been 15lb Daiwa Samuari. Both setup with 6-8lb fluorocarbon leaders.

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