fins braid

[castaway300]

were can i buy some fins braid in the houston area ?
thanks
castaway300

[fishbobr]

they sponsor a few guides around here. i sure have not seen their product in any stores around. you might only be able to order on line i was just fishing with a fellow who uses the wind tamer in 8/30 on a baitcast. his casts were as long as any on the boat i'm thinking i'm going to give it a try.

FB

[FP10]

Chip uses wind tamer, and it is on one of my rods.

[imhammer]

I bought a 1500yd spool at the fishing show, but I usually buy from Hookset Gear (Sponsor of the site).

http://hooksetgear.com/store/fins-premium-superlines

[captmike]

fins braid

Has anyone tried it on spinning reel?
Thanks,
Capt. Mike

[imhammer]

I know several guys that use it on Spinning reels and love it.

[captmike]

fins braid

They sent me samples, but I haven't tried it yet. Been using mono for life.
Going to try it on customer and see how it work.
Thanks for the reply.
Mike

[imhammer]

Why try it on a customer? Try it yourself and you will be "Hooked"!

[captmike]

fins braid

All my rods and reels are alike, so everytime we move, customers don't always get the same rod. Not all customers are experienced fishmen/women, so I get wind knots with mono at times and I loose lots of terminal tackle to hangs. Just got to do it and see what happens.
Thanks,
Mike

[RonE]

I switched from mono to Power Pro three years ago and really like braided line. Last year I bought some Fins braid (Wind Tamer) at the boat show and use that exclusively now. I usually fish bait on the bottom for reds so I use 30/8 which is 30 pound test with a line diameter of 8 lb mono. I use either 17 or 20 lb leader which usually breaks if I am hung up. I have found it best to use 10-15 feet of mono on the reel spool as backing so that the braid does not spin/slip on the spool. (this isn't necessary when you turn the line end for end which you can do with braid rather than respooling with new line. I really like Fins and usually use green but red shows up better in pictures.

[captmike]

fins braid

How much line to you put on your reels? With mono i fill reels to within 1/8" of top of spool, with 10# this is about 130 yards.
Thanks,
Mike

[imhammer]

I fill to the top of the spool and have never had a problem. With a full spool the spool turns more slowly during the cast and can help with extra distance. It also allows for a faster retrieve since the spool doesn't have to turn as fast to get the line back on.

[RonE]

I fill my E-7 and 200 to less than an eighth of an inch, usually pretty close to 150 yards. (has the dia of 8# mono). At the end of the season, I turn the line around.