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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 ?

daiwa samurai 20lb,its the smooth and quiet .

suffix baby

Chode wrote:suffix baby

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

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.

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

original...haven't seen or used the new one

20# or less of Sufix Performance braid is terrible. Makes for great sewing thread.

slipperybob wrote:20# or less of Sufix Performance braid is terrible. Makes for great sewing thread.

Really? is this true with the 832 as well or did they fix it?

slipperybob wrote:20# or less of Sufix Performance braid is terrible. 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

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.

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.

Doc