braided line problems

[kidflex]

just need to vent a bit about some issues im having with braided line. i was spooling up a reel with 50lb. tuf line xp and half way through the spool i noticed a nick in the line. its not actually a nick though, it is from the weaving process. kind of hard to explain, theres a small section where it appears to be not weaved properly leaving only a coulple threads intact. the other threads seem to be fused together making a small lump outside the line. definitley not caused by improper spooling. this happened to me before with a spool of jerry brown 80lb spectra also. has anyone else experienced this problem?

[SkeeterRonnie]

65# spiderwire stealth for me, has never ever, ever ,ever, ever let me down in either fresh or saltwater

[fathom]

cut out the bad spot and tie uni to uni . I often splice line when it shows freying. I have used power pro and izor with good results. I prefer white as its easy to follow your line and is uncoated.

[Eastern Tackle]

Originally Posted by kidflex

just need to vent a bit about some issues im having with braided line. i was spooling up a reel with 50lb. tuf line xp and half way through the spool i noticed a nick in the line. its not actually a nick though, it is from the weaving process. kind of hard to explain, theres a small section where it appears to be not weaved properly leaving only a coulple threads intact. the other threads seem to be fused together making a small lump outside the line. definitley not caused by improper spooling. this happened to me before with a spool of jerry brown 80lb spectra also. has anyone else experienced this problem?

With the cost of braided line, I would pull it off and send it back immediately. I would guess jb took care of that issue immediately, if I know him.

I once spooled 4 - 6/0's with p-line. Used it one day. Lost two trophy striped bass(freshwater) in tennessee and spent that whole night stripping them and respooling them with stren, in the floor of a hotel room. Long night, but I wasn't going to have a repeat.

Life's to short to fish with questionable line.

[feeder]

Every once in while you'll get a bad spool or defect that made it through the quality control process. It happens with almost any type of mass produced good. Had a bad spool of Power Pro 65lb once that kept snapping at random increments throughout the spool at sometimes less than 10lbs.

Return it if you can. If not, do what I do and use it to practices tying knots

[jureal]

Return it. You deserve a new spool of line.

[kidflex]

definitely a pair of bad spools i got. i use izor on most my reels. i didnt return the spools since it would be a pain to put the line back. luckily the jb was towards the end and i loop to looped it and put the short end on the bottom of the reel spool. tuff line xp is still the best line for the price IMO.

[jureal]

Next time consider using tufline 65 instead of the 50.

The 65 although listed as a solid spectra is hollow enough to splice.

Are you using white or green or hivis yellow? Been told that the white has a waxy substance on it. Don't know it personally as I only use the hi vis.

[Fishhead56]

I understand that JB is responsive to product issues as is the store I purchased a bulk 1000 or 1200 yd (CRS ) spool of 100lb JB solid from.
So I am not complaining about that but describing what I had and did.

A bulk spool of JB is not cheap nor is most of the tackle we choose to mess with I guess. Anyway....

I was a little more than 3\4 ways of spooling an EXW 4\02 when I came across a "wicker"
in the line as described above. I inspected it, wrapped the line around my hands and tried to break the line and could not. I was still not satisfied.

I then put some Super type glue on it and marked the area with a felt pin.
And finished spooling the reel. After taking a break and thinking about this
I knew I would never be satisfied with knowing the line had a flaw in it.

In my back yard I have 2 rubber coated tool hanging hooks. (like a bow hunter would use to screw in to a tree ) screwed into fence post's a little more than 100 feet apart which is my redneck line counter.

I tied off the line and walked it down back and forth until I was back to the flaw, which was 750 feet in to the spool.The flaw was cut out. I then went and got a Basil 100 lb , 100 yd top shot and finished off the reel with that.
I knew I was going to put a wind on leader on this spool so installing a top shot instead was ok to me.

I then took the remaining 750ft JB and installed it as backing on a OS 95 spinner and topped that with 65 lb 300yd spiderwire ultracast.
So things have worked out with this issue so far.

In closing though if this was an issue that I did not have a solution for I would of had no problem going back to the supplier for a replacement.

Just my story I thought I would share.

K2

[hatidua]

I had a bad batch of white 65# Tuf-Line XP last Fall. I tried contacting the manufacturer who was all too easy to get ahold of when I was ordering the line but were completely inaccessible when there was a problem with the product. I can understand a bad batch from time to time but I expect the maker to stand behind the product and replace the defective goods if need be.

Stren Super-Braid for me now thanks