Big Switch: Problem Solved!

I have been fishing power pro for a very long time with swim jigs on my 7 foot MH lightning rod, and I have always loved that THUMP you feel right when a 3-4 lber takes your jig..But I have been having serious problems lately with braid snapping on hooksets and what not….Of course everybody says you must be tying a bad knot, but it’s not breaking at the knot. I’m breaking it off above the polymer(I glue my knots too) and its just sickening. Lost a 2.5-3 lb class fish this morning around 7:30 and lost the swim jig too I can’t take this crap any more so I switched to 14 lb gamma today. I tell you it is taking some time getting used to it but I got to try it out for about 45 minutes tonight and loved it. It has stretch but that seems necessary for the kind of smack I’m putting on ’em. this way I can let it rip and not have to worry about my line breaking…plus this stuff is tough as nails! I missed some big bites in the beginning because I was not used to the more mushy feel you get with stretchier lines, but once I got used to it, I stuck 3 nice keepers (3#, 2#, 2#) and several dinks. Just thought I would share what I found with gamma since a lot of people have been talking about different line choices lately. So far, I am impressed!

What pound test are you using for that power pro? I had a similar problem with any pound test under 30. I contacted the company and they said it was either my knots (which it wasn’t) or I was setting the hook to hard.

I still use power pro but just not lighter than 50 lb. I never break fish off on the hookset now.

cade, that is cool that you decided to switch because i know how fed up you were getting with the braid, i think i might try the gamma out too…..

Can’t say anything thing about the smaller pound power-pro tests, but I’ve used the 50lb and never had a problem with breaking off. Awesome line!

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What pound test are you using for that power pro? .

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50 lb power pro

What weight is your fishing pole?

Nevermind….I overlooked it in your original post.

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Maybe you got a bad batch of power-pro. My buddy got a bad batch of some barley pop, so he says and hasn’t switched back over since. On a more serious note, I don’t know what the problem could be with the break offs other than a knot and you’ve fished long enough to know how to tie an effective knot. I have a 7’0 guide series m.h. rod w/ 50 lb power-pro and I’ve horsed many 4+ lbers out of the nasty stuff no problem. Glad the gamma is working out for you.

I was using 30 pound power pro with my frogs on a 7′ MH lightning rod and was having the line explode when I would set the hook. It would sound like a gun going off in my ear when it would happen. I switched to 40-50 pound and it has not happend since then.

Good luck with the new line,
Jeremy

yeah I don’t know maybe it was just getting old..It’s been on there since last summer so It has seen its share of the river. I think it is more of a line epiration thing more than anything because I haven’t had this problem until just this year with power pro. I saved the line and if I do spool it back up sometime, I’m going to put the fresh line on top