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    Quote Originally Posted by Three O'Three View Post
    Yeah I'm sure its all braid, not dacron, The braid on two of the reels looks a little faded, the other two the braid is brand new, never used, could be cheap braid. I might just cut my loses and get them respooled with top quality braid.
    Probably for the best. Short story. A mate bought a secondhand rod and reel and was told to change the line. He didn't. I was teaching him to softbait and he hooked a kingfish. This is a guy who has fished all his life and never landed a kingfish. He really wanted that fish. Anyway, we were fishing over sand, so no drama, the fish ran and ran. Spool was emptying fast and it became apparent that the braid had some shitty old mono underneath it as backing. Guess what happened as soon as the backing knot came off the spool? He was gutted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MB View Post
    Probably for the best. Short story. A mate bought a secondhand rod and reel and was told to change the line. He didn't. I was teaching him to softbait and he hooked a kingfish. This is a guy who has fished all his life and never landed a kingfish. He really wanted that fish. Anyway, we were fishing over sand, so no drama, the fish ran and ran. Spool was emptying fast and it became apparent that the braid had some shitty old mono underneath it as backing. Guess what happened as soon as the backing knot came off the spool? He was gutted.
    Poor bugger. Thanks for that story, yeah I'm definitely gonna get these reels respooled, not gonna take any chances. Do tackle shops do it for you? The only ones close to me are Smartmarine and Burnsco. Doubt Burnsco will?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Three O'Three View Post
    Poor bugger. Thanks for that story, yeah I'm definitely gonna get these reels respooled, not gonna take any chances. Do tackle shops do it for you? The only ones close to me are Smartmarine and Burnsco. Doubt Burnsco will?
    My local Burnsco does it. It's not hard to do yourself, easier than setting up a scope
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    fishing storys and snapping lines was fishing down the Rangaaunu harbour Kaitaia with my mate - he kept getting snapped off - we found the reason - his cheap warehouse fixed spool had the roller seized for so long the line had worn a groove in it - and as soon as he loaded up the tension - ping bugger me again

 

 

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