Sufix line feedback

[cjac]

Hi all,

I used Sufix this year on a few reels, overall I liked it a lot but I had a couple issues, curious if anyone else had the same.

Scenario: 65lb Sufix on a Daiwa Luna 253 (non-disengaging spool so there's a bit more side to side tension on the guide), great stuff, packs the spool well, casts nicely, but one day it broke off on me three times casting a relatively light bait (Pro Edge Krook single blade, a floater so I could retrieve at least) so it wasn't like I was overloading, as it's a 2oz bait max. Line looked fine, and no apparent issues in the spool/line guide, etc. Wasn't windy either, like I was trying to muscle one out there. I caught a fish earlier in the day, so my spool may have been a little tight in certain spots, but not enough to break off in my opinion.

Anyone else have any issues? The 80lb stuff on the 300s was great, just the issue with the 65lb, maybe a bad batch?

Jonny P: you're a Sufix guy and on the water a lot more than me, any prolems?

Chris

[Random guy]

No no trouble at all, I even put it on the walleye rods and it works well with clients that don't fish very often. Almost appears easier to use? Fewer backlashes and better casting. I did notice that couple of the older Sturgeon reels (Abu 7000s)it would pile on one side or the other if the reel was "loose", one good cast and retrive it would come out of it.

Now the Suffix mono did not rate well with me, the braid was awesome.

[Ralph Wiggum]

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Scenario: 65lb Sufix on a Daiwa Luna 253 (non-disengaging spool so there's a bit more side to side tension on the guide), great stuff, packs the spool well, casts nicely, but one day it broke off on me three times casting a relatively light bait ...

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Quit backlashing

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[10,000 Casts]

Never used it on my own reels but I have talked to alot of people that like the stuff. A friend of mine in Fargo thought his got waterlogged in the beginning of his second year so he threw it out. (would that be a pun?)

I remember about 3 years ago, I was at Gander and a guy brought in his reel spooled with suffix and said that he was having trouble. This was an extreme case, but his line did not have unform thickness, it was thin thin it was thicker and thicker then it was thin again. It was one of the wierdest things that I have ever seen in line, I spooled him back up with more Suffix and he was good to go no more problems.

Maybe you just had some frayed weakspots that you didn't see?

Or you should drop the bench press down to 375 and go start flipping for bass to gain some finesse back

[cjac]

To be honest I'm going to guess operator error on my part..... I may have not had the spool tension set correctly and had a little too much of the He-Man casting mentality, thanks for the comments from RW!

Overall, I loved the Sufix, put some on a couple bass/eye baitcast rigs and really liked it, not quite down to walleye diameters like JP commented on, but good stuff. Good to hear those were favorable as well. Still, for muskies, I'm on the fence between the Sufix and the Cortland master braid, can't say one bad thing about that stuff either.

John, funny you mention that, I picked up the lighter stuff come Fall for a change chasing walleyes on Mille Lacs and 'tonka and the lighter gear felt totally foreign in my hands! I couldn't cast a crank worth a lick for a while! Kept trying to fit two hands on a rod with a 8 inch butt.....

Side note: Are Calcutta 300s a non-disengaging spool too? That's my only knock on the Luna 253, outside of that it's my favorite reel. That reel on a KT Pro Edge 8' med Diamondback is money......

Chris

[Random guy]

Of course when I say lighter stuff I'm talking 12lb test, on Red I can get away with heavier line in the stained water.

[ec30_06]

I used some 80lb suffix braid last summer for flatheads on the MN River and it worked great. Better than power pro in my opinion.

[TMF89]

Why do you think Sufix>PowerPro?

[Random guy]

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Why do you think Sufix>PowerPro?

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Less fray, less water retention, less stretch, spools tighter and I think it knots stronger and that is a huge thing for me.

I actaully discovered it when I was fishing for Flatheads, it cut current better and never frayed out in the nasty stuff.

[cjac]

Yep, definitely a step up from P Pro in my findings. Like JP said, it packs very well and retains less water which leads to better cast distance, smoothness, and as a result less backlash issues.

I think my issue was more "me" than anything to do with the line itself. As a bonus, Sufix runs some pretty good deals with rebates on top of it's price point.

Chris

[eyehead]

The only thing I dont like about the Suffix is having green hands the first couple of times out with it. Other than it bleeding it's some of the best line ive used, and I know ill be spooling all my reels, up with it this spring

[Random guy]

Think Suffix is bad you should have seen the old Berkely Whiplash, turned your hands green and even dripped off the reel and turned tan boat carpet green.

[budiva]

I haven't used braided line for about 12 years so I am sure it is better now then the last time I played around with it. Some questions, when spooling up a baitcaster for big northerns do you use a mono backing and if so what do you use. Also do you use braided line on an open face reel for walleyes. Does it perform good on a jigging setup? I do most of my fishing during our annual fly in fishing trip to ontario. So if I get there and have any gear or line failures I can't just go to a tackle shop and re-rig.

I would appreciate any advice or opinions Thanks

[Nick Kuhn]

I will say that new braids are a lot better than the old braids. They cast much and better and are much more abrasion resistant than the old ones.

For baitcasting braids if you have a hole through to tie a knot on you can just tie the braid right there. For spinning and baitcasters that don't have the hole through, I tie on about 6 feet of good mono, then knot the mono to the braid. It's all you needed to prevent the knot from slipping, and hopefully you won't be needing those last 6 feet of line to land your fish.

As far as jigging for walleye's, I have no idea. I would guess it would depend on water clarity whether you can get by with it or not. I don't target walleyes, as they are impossible to catch on our cabin's lake (and I do mean impossible. Spring netting this year showed a decent walleye population with good size distribution (see Magnor under the link). However the creel clerk did not survey a single legal eye caught during the open water season .

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