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Stuart Bullard
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A bad day at the office on Saturday.
To kick off my winter fishing I am targeting some large perch I have seen in a large gravel pit. I had a few hours spare on Saturday, so I went with my son with the intention of having a roam around with some lures (which he loved incidentally).
I purchased two ready made traces, however when tying my main line to the swivel the line kept on breaking. I was using the knot where you do a loop, then four turns within the loop, pull it and then slide the knot down (yes I did wet it).
I must have done this 20 times. I removed a good 10m, still did it. It was 8lb Berkley Trilene XL (I know, probably not the best for lures but it was a last min decision to go).
I changed spools, dont know the line, but it was the same breaking strain and was put onto the reel in April. Exactly the same.
I do know (or suspect) that my other line is probably a spool I hadn't used for some time i.e. 2 years.
So, I then suspected the swivel, it was the diamond shape ends, not round ones. To my annoyance the other trace was frayed (brand new!), so I didn't even try it.
In the end I put a power gum link in, loop to loop, and this seemd ok until.........a fantastic take, a tail walking pike of about 15lb, played for 30 seconds and, you've guessed it.
So, any clues? And especially, how long do you keep line for? I have some un-opened spools that are 2-3 years old, should I even ditch these? Do you think this was part of the problem?
Sorry its so long, but I was reeeeeeeeally pissed of. My son loved the tail walking though!
To kick off my winter fishing I am targeting some large perch I have seen in a large gravel pit. I had a few hours spare on Saturday, so I went with my son with the intention of having a roam around with some lures (which he loved incidentally).
I purchased two ready made traces, however when tying my main line to the swivel the line kept on breaking. I was using the knot where you do a loop, then four turns within the loop, pull it and then slide the knot down (yes I did wet it).
I must have done this 20 times. I removed a good 10m, still did it. It was 8lb Berkley Trilene XL (I know, probably not the best for lures but it was a last min decision to go).
I changed spools, dont know the line, but it was the same breaking strain and was put onto the reel in April. Exactly the same.
I do know (or suspect) that my other line is probably a spool I hadn't used for some time i.e. 2 years.
So, I then suspected the swivel, it was the diamond shape ends, not round ones. To my annoyance the other trace was frayed (brand new!), so I didn't even try it.
In the end I put a power gum link in, loop to loop, and this seemd ok until.........a fantastic take, a tail walking pike of about 15lb, played for 30 seconds and, you've guessed it.
So, any clues? And especially, how long do you keep line for? I have some un-opened spools that are 2-3 years old, should I even ditch these? Do you think this was part of the problem?
Sorry its so long, but I was reeeeeeeeally pissed of. My son loved the tail walking though!