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Decided to do some testing on new Power Point 100 Lb. braid versus 5 year old Berkeley trilene Big Game mono 100 Lb., wanted to see where the failures occurred 1st.
Used the improved slim beauty knot to fasten braid to mono.
I twice broke the braid at 53 Lbs. weight - - 2nd time I very slowly lowered the weight down onto the test rig (which is not going to happen with a big YF strike)
Braid always broke and not at the knot, crimps on mono held up well
Has there been some bad batches of Power Pro reported ?
I know the commercial test rigs stretch the line extremely slowly which is really sorta bogus because that's not what happens offshore . . . but labeling a brand new line as 100 Lb test when it fails at half that weight doesn't seem right . . . Paulus tests were over 8 years ago, you'd think by then there would be improvements in strength.
Decided to do some testing on new Power Point 100 Lb. braid versus 5 year old Berkeley trilene Big Game mono 100 Lb., wanted to see where the failures occurred 1st.
Used the improved slim beauty knot to fasten braid to mono.
I twice broke the braid at 53 Lbs. weight - - 2nd time I very slowly lowered the weight down onto the test rig (which is not going to happen with a big YF strike)
Braid always broke and not at the knot, crimps on mono held up well
Has there been some bad batches of Power Pro reported ?
I know the commercial test rigs stretch the line extremely slowly which is really sorta bogus because that's not what happens offshore . . . but labeling a brand new line as 100 Lb test when it fails at half that weight doesn't seem right . . . Paulus tests were over 8 years ago, you'd think by then there would be improvements in strength.