Thread: 30lb braid breaking at 8lb

Originally Posted by Three O'Three

Yeah I'm sure its all braid, not dacron, The braid on two of the reels looks a little faded, the other two the braid is brand new, never used, could be cheap braid. I might just cut my loses and get them respooled with top quality braid.

Probably for the best. Short story. A mate bought a secondhand rod and reel and was told to change the line. He didn't. I was teaching him to softbait and he hooked a kingfish. This is a guy who has fished all his life and never landed a kingfish. He really wanted that fish. Anyway, we were fishing over sand, so no drama, the fish ran and ran. Spool was emptying fast and it became apparent that the braid had some shitty old mono underneath it as backing. Guess what happened as soon as the backing knot came off the spool? He was gutted.