Originally Posted By: Ikissmykiss
Wow, that is a BIG whitefish....bigger than most Sky brats! Good thing you had PP on! How'd it eat? grin

Well Jody it sounds like you obviously know how to treat/handle your rods and you probably have never broken one (at least while fishing wink ). But you would have to agree that the average Joe (no offense Fly or Rvrfshr) has a greater chance of breaking an (overloaded) 1141S with 30 lb. Power Pro than with 8 lb. mono.

I've seen lots and lots of rods rated for 8-17 lb. line break, snap, and/or shatter with 12 lb test for main. Don't you think it would be easier to break that type of "beefy" rod with 30 lb test, not to mention a "noodle" rod, rated for 4-8 lb test?

I hear alot about bent out hooks, and alot of mono leader snap-offs while using braid, I'm just surprised that I don't hear of more rods broken....that was my point.

Ike




I have only broken one rod on a fish, it was 15 to 30lb rod with 15 lb test mono and it was totally my fault, I high sticked a chum at the beach right when it started to thrash. I was unhooking it at the time and not only did it break my rod, but it slashed my thumb rather badly with one of those big teeth. That was about 15 years ago. I have stepped on them and so has my dog though.

You can easily break a good steelhead rod with any line its rated for, just try lifting a downrigger ball off the floor with the tip too high, instant snappo. The rod will break before the line does.

Mono does cushion the load when it stretches though, so when you make a mistake it may be more forgiving.