aqua71 wrote:I just heard it is now available in WHITE.

Limited selection right now. Waiting for price to drop to 6 cents/yard.

Open water, 2 lbs of drag, you'll never break any 4 lbs braid. Light braid works extremely well with FG knot and Suffix in 6 lbs will break around 8-10 lbs. All bets are off if you use Nanofil 4 lbs. Notoriously bad knot strength and FG knot would be mandatory with 4 lbs Nanofil. Fg knot with 6lbs N...

Stopped tonight on the way home from work for a few minutes of casting practice. My Concept A is making a high pitch squealing noise for just under a second at the beginning of the cast. I thought maybe spool was rubbing on the frame, but I don't think so because casting distance is excellent. Reel...

All the talk and comparison about line diameter is pretty useless since braids vary in breaking strength despite what is on the label and the printed diameter on the label is usually much smaller than the ACTUAL diameter. 90% of the time, the thinner braid is going to break before the thicker braid ...

I've had AR failure with the Sol and replaced it with a brand new AR. That also failed very quickly. I then took the old one apart. Unfortunately you can't service them like you can the Shimano AR. Then I decide to oil the new AR lightly. Problem solved. No grease in AR but it takes a little bit of ...

I just ordered a Ballistic EX 3000 this morning, so I will do a head to head comparison with the FK 4000 in two weeks 8-) I'll see who comes out on top! Kurt Give us a longevity report also. My experience fishing drag more than 5 lbs on the Certate and Bradia is that the pinion gear bearing is the ...

Damn I wonder if all those HG and XG gear ratio are the problems. I purposely buy the lowest gear Stradic FK straight from Japan and have fished 5-6 lbs of drag on it just to see if I can burn up the felt washers again after replacing the bushing with a bearing. No hint of gear wear at all and it's ...

First of all, it's quite expensive. $21 for 125 yds. Although I only pay $110 for 1500 yds, it's not my line of choice for casting distance. Initially it's smooth but it wears down quickly and for some unknown reason, tends to be sticky. I spooled the 15lb test which breaks above 25lbs on a 4000 Twi...

Don't form loose wraps like this video. Pinch it between your thumb and index finger and pull it back 45 degrees to keep each wrap tight and next to each other. That eliminates the need to constantly draw down and stack the wrap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk7uWUa4z6Y

Looks pretty damn good for 50/50 I'll try it. How does it work for light lines like .008/.006/.004 braid to say 4 -12 pound mono or fluoro? I can imagine line without any rigidity would be a bit more difficult..... You're too damn sharp Scooby. You need some rigidity in the mono/fluro leader. Works...

@Aquaholik: Great pictures! Thanks. And thanks everyone else for your replies. I guess in general I'll have to keep trying to figure out how much tension is appropriate when I'm tying the knot. So far, I'm getting more consistent results by working the finger cuff section back and forth to get even...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/aquaholik/Screenshot_2016-03-15-18-15-00_zpsx7ylhzva.png Lots of ways to tie the FG. Once you get good at it, or rather once you find the method that works well for you, keeping the fingercuff portion tight should be easy. I've tied and tested FG knots hundred...

I think all braid floats, a factor when working weightless Zoom.

Fg knot cinches up so well with this soft braid:

Sounds about right on the Heddon. I took the hooks off mine so distance is a little bit better at 150ft with no wind.