5 COOL NEW BRAIDED LINES
By David A. Brown
Braided line has come a long way in recent years, both
in terms of how it’s made and how anglers employ it.
Once considered synonymous with heavy cover fishing,
braid is now used for everything from drop-shotting,
where superior sensitivity equals fewer missed bites, to
launching long-range casts at breaking fish.
The new introductions for 2018 cover all the bases.
Here’s a sampling.
1. Fins 40G
Each of the eight strands woven
into the line has been downsized and
wound around a polyethylene core
for a stronger, smoother, rounder
line that maintains its shape.
$28.75/150 yards 1
Dyneema fibers are fused together
and wound with a higher pic count
(more wraps) for smoother finish and
longer casts. $19.99/125 yards 2
2. Berkley Fireline Ultra
8 Carrier
3. Fitzgerald Fishing Vursa
Braid Spinning and Black
Vursa Spinning is a four-strand
line made specifically for spinning
tackle, while Vursa Black is made with
eight strands for baitcasters.
$29.99/300 yards of Spinning;
$16.99/100 yards of Black 3
It features “pre-stretch” technology,
which is advertised to yield high knot
strength and abrasion resistance for
fishing heavy cover. $19.99/150 yards 4
4. Ardent Tackle Strong Braid
5. Sunline Siglon PEx8
And Siglon PEx4
These four-strand and eight-strand
braids come at an affordable price.
$14.99/165 yards of PEx8; $10.99/165
yards of PEx4
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