Varivas Avani GT Super Max vs Avani GT - diameters

[Jon Li]

Hi ,

Anthony Dillon had the same horific failures using the equivalent of Varivas GT SMP , in his case it was the YGK Ultra , while fishing Sumba . I m still faithfull with Varivas GT Max Power for GT but use Varivas Big One for tuna for additional line capacity .

Jon .

[Mark Harris]

Hey Jon. I have heard some bad stories about YGK Ultra Castman and Ultra Jigman.

Never had problems with the Jigman myself and not used Castman in either the "normal" or Ultra spec. I remember reading a fairly horrifying post somewhere about BS tests done on Castman before and after it had been in water. It held up to manufacturer's specification when new, but after being in the water was breaking at less than half the claimed strength. Not good.

I have though used both YGK Jigman and Ultra Jigman PE6 and 8 for some fairly fierce jigging over an extended period without issues. 

[Mark Harris]

Hi ,

Anthony Dillon had the same horific failures using the equivalent of Varivas GT SMP , in his case it was the YGK Ultra , while fishing Sumba . I m still faithfull with Varivas GT Max Power for GT but use Varivas Big One for tuna for additional line capacity .

Jon .

Had a terrible failure with Ultra Castman PE8 yesterday. A friend and I swopped sticks, and I was using his Dogfight NEWLY loaded with Ultra Castman PE8 and about 12 kg of drag. Big hit on the stickbait and a nice feeling hookup. The line then pinged after about 3 seconds of steady running on the drag. Initially I thought it might have gone at the FG knot,  but it was the braid which just snapped about 20 metres into the water. 

This made me think of this post of Jon's. I have never used Castman in either form and certainly will not be doing so after this.