Non-Fly Steel vs Braid
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SeaRunner
Steelhead
I don't use downriggers very often anymore, but mine all have braid. I find it is easier to maintain/repair/replace; thinner diameter so I can use lighter balls; and it eliminates the annoying cable hum that you get with wire. As far as I am aware the only thing I lose with braid is the ability to use a black box and control voltage. I never got into that in the first place.
Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Humm, in 45+ yrs and have never experienced that with steel cable.
2 for braid so far, what say the rest?
I like braid because of the hum with steel. That said my current setup is steel because I am lazy. Also, with kokanee the hum lets me know the speed went up and I need to slow down.
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ThatGuyRyRy
Life of the Party
Braid for me as well
To be fair, it didn’t happen to me either. A friend told me it happened to them, and so I checked my wire and found rust spots that were definitely weak, so dumped the wire, replaced with braid, and have never regretted it.
Made the switch to braid a number of years ago and will not be going back to wire. However, found important to cut off a foot or two of braid and retie very year (maybe more often with heavy use) avoids knot fatigue and sending the ball to the depths.
Another advantage to the braid is when fishing when doubles, triples, or quads are common (Baker sockeye) is that have a lot less break offs when a fish goes around the braid than with wire.
Another advantage to the braid is when fishing when doubles, triples, or quads are common (Baker sockeye) is that have a lot less break offs when a fish goes around the braid than with wire.
Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Shuttle Hawk is a diver board that your DR release attaches to the back of. When you have resistance upwards, the planer points down making your line dive by sliding down your DR line. When your release trips, it angles up and rises to the surface to reconnect your line to.
In a nutshell, I lower my weights once unless I want a depth adjustment. My tiny manual DR on my little boat are clunky so it is nice to leave em alone. These are often used for line stacking to run two lines on one DR.
ThatGuyRyRy
Life of the Party
Has anybody had a problem with the braid breaking their spool?
Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Well I ended up buying 2 2106 B Scotty down riggers for the new boat, will see how the braid works.
Been using steel for decades, and have been lulled to sleep by the harmonnic humm of that steel cable after puking for hrs more than I care to remember as a kid, LOL
Been using steel for decades, and have been lulled to sleep by the harmonnic humm of that steel cable after puking for hrs more than I care to remember as a kid, LOL
Slight thread hijack-sorry!
Does switching to braid help with whatever the ‘electric current goes down to your bait and scares off the fish’ issue is called? I am certain that must be the reason why I don’t always limit out when kokanee fishing.
Does switching to braid help with whatever the ‘electric current goes down to your bait and scares off the fish’ issue is called? I am certain that must be the reason why I don’t always limit out when kokanee fishing.
