Braided Loops, Good or bad

[perthshirefisher]

Whats the opinion/thoughts on braided loops?

On the end of the line with a little play/swivel rather than a welded loop for attaching tips.

Would it be better for turn over? worse, or no diffrent.

PF.

[ballingall512]

Definately worse for tunover when attaching tips. You will get a dead spot in the line and it will drop in the air rather than turn over smoothly.

It's ok on short tips of up to a foot or 2 for wee rivers and single handers or short double handers, but when casting a distance, stick with welded loops, or needle knot some stiff nyon to the end of your fly line, and usae this to attach your tip

[Deleted]

I think Braided Loops are Ok if you are fishing Heavy Sunk Line with a short leader and a Heavy Fly.

However, it a different game entirely if you are using a floating line and smaller lighter flies.

Welded Loop or home made loop using the Line's Core is better or a short Butt Piece of Heavy Duty Mono needle knotted or similar with a Perfection Loop on it are my choices these days for non-Sunk Line work

tb

[scanny]

The only time ill leave a welded loop on is if it's in the main section of the line in which case the hinging of the line quickly destroys a braided loop by forcing the line though the side of the sleeve.

Relying on the surface tension of the polymer- which by it's manufacture, will crack- never appealed to me. The cores typically rated to 25lb tensile, the welded loops an afterthought and independent of the core.

Otherwise, I cut them off and use a dense braided loop. Braided loops attached properly are good, ones lathered in Aquasure are not (non moveable, non flexible mass, exactly the same as a welded loop).

A 75' or 85' floater would make a lovely "plop" if it had a welded loop on the end to ruin the benefit of the fine tip for presentation.

[underghillie]

I use braided loops on all my lines and never had any bother wi them.

[ballingall512]

Do you use braided loops to attach your sink tips to your main line??

I use a braided loop on the end of my sink tips,to attach the leader but prefer a welded loop to attach the tip(if using one) to the main line.

[perthshirefisher]

Feb 23, 2011 21:45:32 GMT underghillie said:

I use braided loops on all my lines and never had any bother wi them.


Do you use braided loops to attach your sink tips to your main line??

I use a braided loop on the end of my sink tips,to attach the leader but prefer a welded loop to attach the tip(if using one) to the main line.

I got a guideline PT unlooped and was wandering what the outcome would be if a BRD loop was used for conecting sink tips.

But i can see in my minds eye how you explain it happining.

Do you cut off the welded loop on a sink tip and put on a BRD loop for the leader?

[ballingall512]

If the tip comes with 2 welded loops then I remove 1 and add a braided loop, at the tapered end.

Most tips have a wlded loop at 1 end and a braided loop at the other, so it works well with a welded loop on your mainline. IMO

[underghillie]

Feb 23, 2011 22:08:54 GMT ballingall512 said:

Do you use braided loops to attach your sink tips to your main line??

I use a braided loop on the end of my sink tips,to attach the leader but prefer a welded loop to attach the tip(if using one) to the main line.

I use braided loopes for attaching my tips on all my spey lines and shooting heads, never had any problems with turn over.

Men't to say i use tips all the time

[noonandeclan]

I Persnoly dow not like braided loops as they give poor turn over have a bulkey feal if you use a short leader which is not very nice on short trout rods as they get snaged on the top eye.

[goosander]

After getting a number of offers and not connecting i found that the seatrout were going for the braided leader. Cut it off and went back to the old way, problem fixed.
Bob

[grahamfyfe]

Always use braided loops with no problems with turnover using tips