large spools of braided fishing line HERCULES SUPER TOUGH Multicolor – HERCULES Fishing Tackle Abu Garcia 6500 | Fishing Reels a unique treatment (not Color:Killer Pink

large spools of braided fishing line HERCULES SUPER TOUGH Multicolor – HERCULES Fishing Tackle Abu Garcia 6500 | Fishing Reels a unique treatment (not Color:Killer Pink

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Via what I know already and what my industry contact helped clarify to me in plain English, this is how the breaking strain figures are arrived at, and the reasons that a 20lb braid in the US feels somewhat thicker than a 20lb braid in Europe are these: In the US they use what is known as “Test break” - this is based on knot strength, as in a knot is tied in the braid (I don’t know what knot, or whether the braid is knotted to a hook or swivel etc., more confusion!), and then the breaking strain is taken when the line breaks on a line testing machine

Fishing Reels

Color:Killer Pink

But only for a foot or two then stop and let it flutter back down to the bottom

a unique treatment (not a coating) which penetrates the weave and bonds with the individual gel