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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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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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I'm pretty sure a "traditional" eging braid suspends in the water column-
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Quite a possibility, thanks.
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I use Varivas max power 10 x 10, but forget specifically which one. It's awesome stuff |
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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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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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I have had very good experiences with all Varivas lines so far |
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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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Plus one for this line, over 4 years still going strong.
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Yes 😉
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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
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Last edited by echo1; 17-09-2016 at 08:00 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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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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