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Knots, Line, and so on


Mitch f

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15 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Spinning reels have been around since the 1930's 

Not very common in the Ozarks then. Or the USA, that didn't occur until after WW2 when Brown went to France and brought the reel back to the US.  I would imagine braid was common on bait cast reels before spinning reels were common.

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34 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Spinning reels have been around since the 1930's 

Anybody that hasn't figured out how to use them by now should just stick to handlines and cane poles.

I know how to use them but a bait caster works better for me. Been fishing a bait caster since I was 7 or so. Didn’t get a spinning reel until I was 13 or 14. 

 

 

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3 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

I know how to use them but a bait caster works better for me. Been fishing a bait caster since I was 7 or so. Didn’t get a spinning reel until I was 13 or 14. 

That's a long time to live without catching a crappie or a bluegill.  Or throwing a Rapala Minnow, Roostertail or Mepps spinner.

Surely you aren't gonna tell me you prefer a Zebco 33 to a spinning reel.   

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31 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

What ?   

Braided line has been around forever.  Long before spinning reels I'm pretty sure.  

Hemp, linen, cotton, animal hair

"Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor

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22 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

Hemp, linen, cotton, animal hair

Oh stop it 🙄

Is it time for a fishing history lesson? 

Synthetic braided line pre-dates nylon and/or monofilament by decades.  

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2 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Oh stop it 🙄

Is it time for a fishing history lesson? 

Synthetic braided line pre-dates nylon and/or monofilament by decades.  

But nothing like the new braids

"Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor

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Silk, polyester, nylon, Dacron,  Spectra , Dyneema are all braids that were used in the 20th century, and as far as I know still are.  When you say "nothing like the new braids" what braids are you talking about? are they made of one or more of these fibers?

 

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