Braid and eyelets

[CrappiePappy]

Switched 4 of my 16' poles over to braid because I couldn't find the color I wanted in mono, and boy what a pain in the butt it is to tie knots in. This stuff is slick. It lays flat but it doesn't wind on the reel smooth like mono does.
My opinion will probably change in time but for now I'm asking myself why don't they make big spools of mono in green, yellow, orange, and red?

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I use a Improved Clinch knot on all the different braids I use ... and if the braid is brand new (or "slick") I leave a long tag and tie a double overhand knot in the tag & cinch down the Improved Clinch until that overhand knot snugs up to it. So far I haven't had the braid knots to come unraveled.

[Gbcorley]

Honestly it depends on A how old the rod is and B how cheap the guides really are. Guide manufacturers know the spinning and saltwater setups went 80% braid years ago. In my opinion a crappie can’t put anywhere close to enough force to hurt 99% of new guides. When I build a customer a crappie rod with guides or a blank I’ve never use first I build me one for testing then slap a 4000 size spinning reel on it with 8 pound or now 5 pound original 4 strand power pro braid. Put it in the bay boat and run out to the Galveston jetty and hammer on 8 to 15 pound red fish. Hooking that on a UL feels like you just hooked the mail mans wagon. They could probably burn enough braid to damage a guide on that set up with me slowly putting as much heat on the fish trying to find what’s going to break first. And I’ve honestly haven’t seen a guide damaged. Any time you tap a jig head to your tip now that I’ve seen countless time damage a tip. That’s why I tell my crappie guys to stay away from high end torzite guides.

[RogerA]

Switched 4 of my 16' poles over to braid because I couldn't find the color I wanted in mono, and boy what a pain in the butt it is to tie knots in. This stuff is slick. It lays flat but it doesn't wind on the reel smooth like mono does.
My opinion will probably change in time but for now I'm asking myself why don't they make big spools of mono in green, yellow, orange, and red?

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You can purchase large spools of original Golden Stren line.

[Pithon]

You can purchase large spools of original Golden Stren line.

Golden and yellow look to close to me. Want a big contrasting color

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