Jigging braid re spool

need to re spool a reel and wanted any feedback on first hand use. Was considering either gosen or daiwa sw8 braid. Cheers  


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Have Gosen PE3 8ply, not the

Sat, 2016-02-06 19:38

Have Gosen PE3 8ply, not the square J on a Stella 6k and is good, breaking strain @ 42lb according to them and I believe it.
But recently put Shimano Ocea EX8 PE2.5 on a Twin Power 5k, so far it has been very good. Rated @ 50lb......
Worth looking at, same price if not a bit cheaper than the Gosen.

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hey Boydy sorry for the

Sun, 2016-02-07 09:32

hey Boydy

sorry for the thread redirection but how much of the ocea did you get onto the 5000 twin power spool?

was looking at the same

Cheers

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Took the complete 300m spool

Sun, 2016-02-07 14:47

Took the complete 300m spool plus a bit of backing.
Pretty much perfect.

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sounds perfect cheers

Sun, 2016-02-07 14:59

sounds perfect cheers

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plus one for ocea ex8 I have

Sun, 2016-02-07 21:29

plus one for ocea ex8 I have the pe2 and it's awesome got a saltiga 15n which I'm going to put the pe3 on I think that's rated @ 60lb