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Old 11-09-2016, 10:08 PM
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EGI braid everyones using

Hi Guys, curious to hear what braid everyone is using for eging?

I am currently using Sunline CastAway PE 0.6 (10lb) on one outfit & Daiwa Tournament 8 Hyper PE Accudepth 30lb (equivalent to PE 1.0) on my heavier outfit.
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Old 12-09-2016, 03:10 AM
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I am yet to find out what the main difference is between an Egi braid and the rest of PE.

I am using Unitika Aorika II for all my fishing including bream and squid. Any PE braid would do the job. What you use is fine. Not sure if it answers your question.
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Old 12-09-2016, 06:12 AM
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I'm pretty sure a "traditional" eging braid suspends in the water column-
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Old 12-09-2016, 06:52 PM
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I'm pretty sure a "traditional" eging braid suspends in the water column-
Quite a possibility, thanks.
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Old 12-09-2016, 07:14 PM
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I am yet to find out what the main difference is between an Egi braid and the rest of PE.

I am using Unitika Aorika II for all my fishing including bream and squid. Any PE braid would do the job. What you use is fine. Not sure if it answers your question.
definitely relates to it's buoyancy properties. My understanding was that egi lines traditionally sink, but not 100% sure on it, and suspending lines does make more sense.

I use Varivas max power 10 x 10, but forget specifically which one. It's awesome stuff
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Old 13-09-2016, 03:23 AM
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I am yet to find out what the main difference is between an Egi braid and the rest of PE.

I am using Unitika Aorika II for all my fishing including bream and squid. Any PE braid would do the job. What you use is fine. Not sure if it answers your question.
Just out of curiosity mate, as I am looking to try a few other brands I am yet to test out, yes most braids will work just as well, you can find "suspending braids" also e.g. Varivas Avani Eging Suspsend but from my knowledge I find EGI specific braids to be thinner in diameter & rounder, but with higher breaking strains... I've found them to cast better on smaller size spools too... in saying that I've noticed the differences to be minimal compared to other normal high quality braids... e.g. Sunline Cast Away.
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Old 13-09-2016, 03:25 AM
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definitely relates to it's buoyancy properties. My understanding was that egi lines traditionally sink, but not 100% sure on it, and suspending lines does make more sense.

I use Varivas max power 10 x 10, but forget specifically which one. It's awesome stuff
I was looking at the Varivas Avani Seabass Maxpower, also considering the Avani Eging Max Power, how do you find its casting performance?
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Old 14-09-2016, 01:51 AM
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I was looking at the Varivas Avani Seabass Maxpower, also considering the Avani Eging Max Power, how do you find its casting performance?
Avani eging max power is really good line. It takes a little bit to wear it in as it can be quite stiff at the start, but after a few sessions it casts like a dream.

I have had very good experiences with all Varivas lines so far
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Old 17-09-2016, 03:39 AM
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Egi braids are just a gimmic imo just tackle companies telling people they need different line for different species to sell more stock.
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Old 17-09-2016, 04:25 AM
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Isn't all EGI tackle in that category? Except the lures I guess..
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Old 17-09-2016, 05:08 PM
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Avani eging max power is really good line. It takes a little bit to wear it in as it can be quite stiff at the start, but after a few sessions it casts like a dream.

I have had very good experiences with all Varivas lines so far
Plus one for this line, over 4 years still going strong.
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Old 17-09-2016, 07:03 PM
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Isn't all EGI tackle in that category? Except the lures I guess..
Yes 😉
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Old 17-09-2016, 07:58 PM
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Egi braids are just a gimmic imo just tackle companies telling people they need different line for different species to sell more stock.
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Isn't all EGI tackle in that category? Except the lures I guess..

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Yes ��
You're not wrong, it is a "gimmick"... But isn't all specialist species-specific tackle a gimmick? You can catch bream on a fibreglass rod with 10lb mono, you don't need a tournament bream special with 4lb braid, but it is subjectively nicer to use and provides some advantages (no guarantee you'll catch more/better fish though). Similarly, people catch plenty of big squid on handlines and mono, or standard bream tackle. But the egi gear is subjectively nicer to use and provides some advantages (sinking egi braids don't impede jig fall rates, slower action egi rods absorb the lunges and don't pull tentacles).

We focus on the best and most popular. The things that give us a 1% advantage because sometimes that can make the difference between catching and not. Technique and experience will always beat 'better' gear, but that doesn't really make the better gear worthless.

All that said I haven't used any specific egi lines so can't really answer the OP. They might work better, but they're also usually more expensive than the braids I use, and IMO the possible added catch rate wouldn't be worth the extra cost because I catch squid just fine (and I'm a cheap bastard ). To other people the added 1% is worth the extra cost.

Sorry for the length of this slightly off topic rant. I'm bed-bound after a double knee reconstruction and on some pretty strong pain killers
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Old 17-09-2016, 10:28 PM
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This quote from Daiwas website:

Daiwa’s legendary Ultimate Tournament Drag (UTD) makes sure you have the power to stop any squid in its tracks, with the multi carbon washer drag stack delivering silky smooth start up and 7kg of drag. The new Emeraldas gives you both the finesse and power for eging domination.

Is just insane
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Old 17-09-2016, 11:44 PM
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You're not wrong, it is a "gimmick"... But isn't all specialist species-specific tackle a gimmick? You can catch bream on a fibreglass rod with 10lb mono, you don't need a tournament bream special with 4lb braid, but it is subjectively nicer to use and provides some advantages (no guarantee you'll catch more/better fish though). Similarly, people catch plenty of big squid on handlines and mono, or standard bream tackle. But the egi gear is subjectively nicer to use and provides some advantages (sinking egi braids don't impede jig fall rates, slower action egi rods absorb the lunges and don't pull tentacles).

We focus on the best and most popular. The things that give us a 1% advantage because sometimes that can make the difference between catching and not. Technique and experience will always beat 'better' gear, but that doesn't really make the better gear worthless.

All that said I haven't used any specific egi lines so can't really answer the OP. They might work better, but they're also usually more expensive than the braids I use, and IMO the possible added catch rate wouldn't be worth the extra cost because I catch squid just fine (and I'm a cheap bastard ). To other people the added 1% is worth the extra cost.

Sorry for the length of this slightly off topic rant. I'm bed-bound after a double knee reconstruction and on some pretty strong pain killers
On the whole I agree with you mate but there are some species specific gear that's not a gimmic but their for species that are harder to catch/land but with squid their not real bright and can be easily fooled with either heavy gear or conventional bream/trout outfits so there is very little cost-benifit to using egi gear imo but I do get your points about the extra 1% for some people.
Hope your recovery goes well mate I've been in the same position but just with the one knee,would be damn hard work doing much with the 2 getting done.
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