Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
6500 saltiga spool capacity
Jay Burgess:
--- Quote from: Rohit Saqa Lal on October 15, 2009, 01:08:03 PM ---
Who stocks the jerry brown?
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Nomad Sportfishing.
http://www.nomadtackle.ashop.com.au/c/250641/1/jerry-brown.html
Rohit Saqa Lal:
You had to put the link up and I had to browes thier catalogue and see the damn red JM fighting belt :o ;D
The line looks good value at that price for 600y and they sell line grippers too. The shopping list is not gunna get any shorter ina hurry is it ::)
Gareth Branicki:
Rohit i have the 6500 dogfight and use tuf line for some reason 50 lb tuf line is quite thin 65 pounds the diameter goes up bigtime quite a shock i reckon i can get about 350 yards of the 65 havent messured it could be less or slightly more reckon less though as have 1200m spool but 100lb maybe 250 cheers
Andy Rowe:
--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on October 15, 2009, 01:01:37 PM ---Rohit, depends on how big your wallet is! :D
I do like Varivas GT myself but I find the Jerry Brown solid spectra in the 100lb to be excellent, particularly at the price.
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After hearing good things about Jerry Brown and seeing the very affordable price I decided I'd pick up a spool of the 100lb solid spectra and compare it with the Varivas I usually use. The JB arrived in the correct poundage but I see it is the hollow version, the shop where I bought it is temporarily closed and I won't be open again before my GT trip in Mid Nov.
My question; Is the hollow braid as good as the solid?? I don't want to splice, just the usual friction and bimini's. Should I risk using this on a precious GT trip?? or should I keep it in the draw and use varivas??
Thanks
Andy
Brandon Khoo:
Andy, others may disagree but I see the hollow as different from the solid. If you buy a hollow line, you buy it primarily for the ability to splice the line. I do not know anyone who buys the hollow line in order to tie friction knots or bimimis. You can definitely tie bimimis and friction knots with hollow line though.
If anyone does, please provide some feedback for Andy.
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