Boat Fishing Braid Or Line???

[bobo]

its going to be braid for me, A big thanks for everyones help in this helping me choose

[KeithB]

I never try to free a snag by wrapping line round hands or anything else, just point the rod in the direction of the line and hold the spool till the line snaps.

[GARYGERNARD]

braid

they sell it on south shields market 150 yards for a tenner seems ok stuff

[oldessox]

I never try to free a snag by wrapping line round hands or anything else, just point the rod in the direction of the line and hold the spool till the line snaps.

Ditto here , wind down tight to the water , point the rod straight at the snag , thumb on the reel spool and pull , it either comes free , snaps a hook off or breaks at the rig knot. We used to wrap the line around hands (with a towel or glove ) and pull but it's very easy to snap at the hand doing that , and 200ft of braid every other drift is an expensive day out

Ray

[wildcard]

Ditto here , wind down tight to the water , point the rod straight at the snag , thumb on the reel spool and pull , it either comes free , snaps a hook off or breaks at the rig knot. We used to wrap the line around hands (with a towel or glove ) and pull but it's very easy to snap at the hand doing that , and 200ft of braid every other drift is an expensive day out

Ray

You can do it that way but it is putting an enormous amount of stress on your multiplier. Easiest way is to let a bit of slack out then wrap the braid 3 or 4 times around your rod butt 6in from the bottom then hold the rod upright.

Alan

[Codfather]

I always ease the drag off a bit let some slack out and then pull it free with me gloves on.
What ever works for you I suppose, not a fan of wrapping it round things tho.

Thems me manly orange gloves in the background, their defo not pink lol.

[oldessox]

You can do it that way but it is putting an enormous amount of stress on your multiplier. Easiest way is to let a bit of slack out then wrap the braid 3 or 4 times around your rod butt 6in from the bottom then hold the rod upright.

Alan

Yes , I wondered about the damage it might be doing to my reels , we've tried a few different ways of pulling for a break , but most of them end up in a break at the boat sooner or later , I think it's when you get the line crossed over itself on whatever you are using to wrap it on , it cuts through itself. I imagine it will make a mess of a rod butt as well does it not? It's like bloody cheese wire lol. I'll try the rod butt method , half the problem is looking for the stick/glove/towel or whatever whilst the drift is taking more and more line from the reel ......... the rod butt should be easy enough to find


Ray