Deps 175 Slide swimmer Butch Brown stoker trout

[seal]

I second the xxx comment.

[parkermann2]

And braid having no stretch takes a toll on the gears in your reel When you set the hook

[luckyjr21]

Thats a lot of great info!! does anybody want to buy the deps 175 now ?? cheack out the video on the FNN home page

[Fishbones]

Thanks guys for all the good info. I'll load it up with 20# xxx and give it a shot.

[gogreeenz4]

with the 175 don't be afraid to go down to 15# that bait sinks slow enough as is and the thicker line barely makes it sink.... maybe give heavier rings a hooks a shot too helps that bait a lot

[lazyfisherman]

You can fish spectra, but heavy spectra. I'll use minimum 65 lb spectra, but generally 80. Easier to cast, but if I backlash on a cast, I know it won't snap. But I only use spectra for top water/wakebaits.

[Fishbones]

Awesome, thanks again gogreeenz4

Lazyfisherman, I usually fish 65# but decided to go down to 50#, and It wasn't a backlash snap, it was a full swing and gone before I could even release my thumb.
I'm thinking because the previous cast the line fouled on the hook during retrieve and I swung for the sky thinking something grabbed it as I felt weight. My theory is on that swing to the sky, the line caught/rubbed on the barb, thus partially cutting the line

[Dci4me]

What knot is everyone tying with braid? I switched to braid, 65#, for top water swimbaits, straight braid, no topshot. I use a 6 turn uni. I was using this 65# on a 200 size round reel on a Dobyns 795. Last weekend I took the same reel with the 65# braid, again no top shot, and put it on my 806 and threw Hudds all day and thought it was great.

[Stinkbait]

I use the RP knott or Royal Polaris knot. It's like a reversed Albright, but easier. I usually break the mono or fluoro in a snagg before the knott. I can't remember a failure. People have their favorites. This is mine. Nice and small to go through the guides.

[Fishbones]

∆∆∆ I did this, not the monster either...
The 40th cast.. Snap.. 50# new braid and watched it sail off in to the horizon, cried for a few minutes in shock then hauled butt and train smoked all the way to SavOn tackle and got two more. $119.00 ea. Yupp..

This is exactly how it happened

How To Cast $200 Into The Lake...: http://youtu.be/XI8XF18GfSQ

And it sucked!!!