Braid Life
Submitted by gbr41 on Sun, 2012-05-27 21:19
Does anyone have thoughts on the effective life of braid? I have some braid that is several years old and recently have had it fail a couple of times at a knot on a swivel when hit with a good strike. The drag was not set particularly hard - about half breaking strength. I usually include several metres of mono to take the shock but in this case I had just rigged the braid to the swivel with a short length of leader below the swivel. Any thoughts appreciated.
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StevieP
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very hard to say depends on
very hard to say depends on qaulity of braid, how much use its had how much uv been exposed to. try re-spooling line on backwards or lose a few metres from the top.
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imo , you would weaken the
imo , you would weaken the line tying straight to a swivel
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You sure it didnt slip
But yeah it would depend on quality if it been left in the sun etc
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