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Title: Jerry Brown Solid (non-hollow) 80lbs vs 100lbs
Post by: Desmond Lee on June 11, 2014, 11:48:06 PM

Hi,

Does anyone know whether the Jerry Brown solid 80lbs is thinner or thicker than the solid 100lbs?

I was searching around, only saw people mentioning the Hollow Core 80lbs is thicker than Hollow Core 100lbs.

Please advise. Thanks

Title: Re: Jerry Brown Solid (non-hollow) 80lbs vs 100lbs
Post by: Yu Jen on June 12, 2014, 12:53:45 AM

Solid JB 80 is indeed thinner than 100. At least according to a us site that makes and sells windon leaders.  For hollow, the reverse is true as 80 uses more strands.

Title: Re: Jerry Brown Solid (non-hollow) 80lbs vs 100lbs
Post by: Ian Cook on June 12, 2014, 07:24:40 PM

I have both, and the 80lb JB solid looks a feels thicker than the 100lb JB solid to me.

Cheers,

Ian

Title: Re: Jerry Brown Solid (non-hollow) 80lbs vs 100lbs
Post by: Felix Lux on July 03, 2014, 09:02:18 AM

The 80lb is thicker and stronger than the 100lb. Although the 80lb is a 16 strand hollow (as opposed to the usual 12 strands) I have no idea why they called the stronger and thicker line 80lb...

Here a website that measures breaking strain and diameter of various lines: http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4linetesting.htm Was a little suspicious first but found his test results to be correct (at least diameters) through spooling and using a few lines listed there and comparing how much I could get on my reels.