What prices are you paying for braid?

[taggermike]

I gotta second what Drake said. 500 yards of spectra? I can see no application for that around here except maybe for deeeeep fishing for black gill rockfish on the back side of the lower 9 mile bank. Fill most of your reel with fat mono with 200 yards of braid over it and that will work fine. I doubt there would ever be a market for it but an after market spool with a large diameter would help with the use of braid. Mike

[dorado50]

a swordfish could take 500yds of spectra....a yt not even a 100yds.

[FlyFishinYakr]

Originally Posted by taggermike

I gotta second what Drake said. 500 yards of spectra? I can see no application for that around here except maybe for deeeeep fishing for black gill rockfish on the back side of the lower 9 mile bank. Fill most of your reel with fat mono with 200 yards of braid over it and that will work fine. I doubt there would ever be a market for it but an after market spool with a large diameter would help with the use of braid. Mike

Another option I used to advise customers that had reels with large capacities was to fill the bottom with 60-80# Dacron, then fill with spectra then top-shot.

I myself have connections for Spectra & Hollow Ace. I get 1500 yd. spools of 20-65# & 500yd spools of Hollow Ace from 40#-130#. (All spools cost me less than $100 each, except for the 130# Hollow Ace & if I buy 1500 yds.spools of H/A).
FFY.