Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge - View Single Post

1Flatfish · 12-30-2008, 06:47 PM

Is it possible that your power pro is breaking at its rating, but the mono is actually much stronger than its rating? In other words, you would expect the mono/spectra combo to fail somewhere around 30 lbs. But actually, it didn't fail until you put 65 lbs. or more pressure on it. You actually got better than expected...and your knots held! The only problem is you WANT the combo to fail at the mono. What to do? I used to use the spectra/mono combo, but am slowly migrating back to straight mono or fluorocarbon depending on the application.

12-30-2008, 06:47 PM	#8
1Flatfish Wayne Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Carlsbad, CA Posts: 98	Power Pro Is it possible that your power pro is breaking at its rating, but the mono is actually much stronger than its rating? In other words, you would expect the mono/spectra combo to fail somewhere around 30 lbs. But actually, it didn't fail until you put 65 lbs. or more pressure on it. You actually got better than expected...and your knots held! The only problem is you WANT the combo to fail at the mono. What to do? I used to use the spectra/mono combo, but am slowly migrating back to straight mono or fluorocarbon depending on the application.