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Reasons for 130lb braid

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Luke Wyrsta:

--- Quote from: Andy Rowe on May 18, 2008, 10:03:29 AM ---To Luke, Brandon and anyone else wanting to comment,

On the new braid topic. I use mostly varivas braids on my gear. One particular point that always concerns me is the braid ratings on Japanese rods in relation to the actual max test  rating of the braid.

So they use ratings PE6 or PE6-8 or PE8-12 on the rod, a couple of years ago the PE rating was roughly equivalent to the rated max test of the braid. The point is now I am loading for example,  Varivas PE8 onto a PE8 rated rod and the braid is now max test 120lb (GT SMP). Am I overloading my rod, in this instance is the particular rod rated to 80lb if it says PE8 on the rod? I wonder if the rod builders are taking this extra load into account. Or are the rod tolerances broad enough now that it doesn't really matter??

Thanks
Andy

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I don't really care much for the PE rating of rods, however, it gives you an indicative guide on what you can use (ballpark) for the rod. I think what is more important is the max drag/load rating of the rod which I would like to see on more rods (only some brands state this on the rod, which then is usually conservative).

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