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#46733 - 08/16/05 11:38 PM PowerPro fishing line???
fordwillman Offline
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Registered: 08/27/04
Posts: 103
Loc: Arizona
Anyone use this stuff??? It is called PowerPro Spectra Braided fishing line. Comes in various sizes up to 80# and 150# tensile strength. Looks like it could be very strong and useful in a kit for fishing, snares, shelters, etc. Anybody know???

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#46734 - 08/17/05 03:34 AM Re: PowerPro fishing line???
benjammin Offline
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Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
Spectra line is good, quite good. It is used for kite flying as well. It is very strong line for it's size.

It is not as good as Dacron IMO. Spectra line has a low melting point, and pulling knots in it will weaken it by at least 60%, unless you sleeve the knot ends first with Dacron.

It is hard to beat Dacron line. I keep 50 feet of 110 lb test in my PSK, wound up on a tongue depressor between a wrapping of duct tape and electrical tape.

Let me put it another way. When I am fishing for lunker sturgeon in the Columbia River or halibut along the BC coast, I will use Dacron over Spectra.
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