how often do you retie?

[kingfish689]

I have read on here where some people dont like one line over another because they have lost a lure or a fish for no reason from line breaking. IMO most of the time this is from a bad spot in the line or just thinking a knot will last forever.So with that said how long do you let a knot work befor you retie it. or do you let a knot go until you find a bad spot in your line that needs to go

[50inchpig]

it's pretty easy IMO to see when your line is starting to fray or get fuzzy, one advantage of 100# test, usually check it after a fish and before trips and retie when in doubt. every so often strip off about 10 feet of line or so. if my leader comes in all snarned up in my line i'll check it too cause i use single strands with the sharper ends. luckily haven't ever had any line failure on a fish.

why am i still at work? if there was ever a day to skip it and go fishing this would have been it.

[smeese]

Not often enough......

[RK]

Not often enough......

Hahaha...EXACTLY what I was thinking to myself when I saw the topic title...

With superlines you do have to retie way less than you did with dacron (that was an every hour or so deal). But I still try to retie a couple times a day if I'm using the same combo all day. You can usually see line wear and fray pretty easily.

[rugbymn]

I had my line snap on the cast last week. The weird thing is that the break was 30' down the line from the leader. Maybe I got caught on a log or something I didn't see.

Luckily, there was enough line after the leader that was still floating so I could retrieve my shiny double-bladed wallet-buster.

[MuskieJunkie]

I had my line snap on the cast last week. The weird thing is that the break was 30' down the line from the leader.

That is weird. At what point in the cast did the line break? Just before release would be when there is the most tension on the line but at 30' back that part of the line should have been buried 20' onto the spool.

..and I like the "double bladed-wallet buster" I have lost a few of those.

To answer the original question: every time I go out.

[rugbymn]

That is weird. At what point in the cast did the line break? Just before release would be when there is the most tension on the line but at 30' back that part of the line should have been buried 20' onto the spool.

..and I like the "double bladed-wallet buster" I have lost a few of those.

To answer the original question: every time I go out.

It snapped in the middle of the cast just a few feet past the rod tip. I casted like normal and was pretty shocked when the reel went into a backlash (I rarely backlash with the 400TE, but the Abu's are a different story). Once I realized it wasn't a backlash and that my line had snapped, I noticed there was about a foot or two of loose line hanging off the tip of my rod.

When I retrieved the lure, I was shocked to find 5 arm lengths of line still attached to the leader.

[10,000 Casts]

I retie once a day and when I change out leaders.

[tonkapat]

rugby power pro by chance?

[rugbymn]

rugby power pro by chance?

Nope. Suffix. Until that moment, I was a really big fan of the Suffix. I have PP on one of my Abu's (they were out of Suffix at the bait shop) and it backlashes all the time.

[JRedig]

Check your guides with a qtip for cracks etc.

I retie when I see a reason in terms of fraying or wear. I use a different style knot than most and it doesn't pressure the line in and around the knot in the same way as a traditional knot. I've had probably 6 different brands of line, I have yet to have one that doesn't get frayed. They all will get a weak spot with a bad enough backlash, then this spot will break next time. Even with the 100# rope lines.

Power pro has been by far and away my worst experience, big fan of cortland and suffix these days.

[rugbymn]

Now that you mention it, I took my brother out musky fishing for the first time a day or two prior to that happening. He'd never casted a baitcaster before that day. I gave him the Abu to use, which he promptly backlashed to kingdomcome on his first cast and while I was trying to untangle the gordian knot, I gave him my Calcutta to use, which he managed to backlash just as I was getting the other one untanled.

I will definitely check the line guides with a q-tip, though. That's a good habit.