Thank you for your kind regards people glad you liked it, i understand your concerns regarding the braid lads but i am using a 20lb wire trace and lets be honest you cannot cast a 5gspinner very far on 20/30lb braid.
Iallways have the welfare of the fish foremost in my mind if i was on the Trent piking for instance it would be 60-80lb fireline and i would be using a Jerk bait rod, multiplier full bag of mashings it is snag central, but on these small silty still waters or aclean bottomed gravel pit,there is no need for a toe rope approach.
That 20lb Trace to 10lb Calcutta braid together with my Shimano Beastmaster gives me enough cushion to land a 20lb pike and have good fun playing it, so long as the clutch is set properly i am lot losing a fish due to my main line braking.
Cheers Again,
Cat