b'FeatureBOGEYS will have to discard it anyway. and focusing on timing of the cast As I mentioned, braid does haveAnother issue with braid is tipsometimes help reduce tip wraps.some bogey characteristics andwraps. This is where the line loopsAnother issue with using braid quirks. One of the first issues isover the tip as you cast and starts tothat can cause headaches is when wind knots. Wind knots are knotschafe and wear on itself. This can beyou are using a spinning reel and forming in your line on the cast. Thisvery annoying as it is the first 20m ofa loop of line pops out from under typically happens with stick baitingline that gets damaged. Sometimesthe layers of braid on your spool gear more so than surfcasting orit doesnt cause enough damage toand you must pull meters of line off softbaiting gear. The main culpritnecessitate removal, but I wouldto free it and wind it back onto the or cause of wind knots is overfillingstrongly recommend testing yourspool. On two occasions this has your spool with braid. It is temptingline as a decent kingfish will test ithappened and what I didnt realise to try and fit the last 20m of braidfor you and steal your expensive lureis that as you pull the braid off the onto your spool, but this will oftenif its been damaged badly enough.spool, it chafes on the loop that is result in wind knots, and youI have found lowering my powerloose and quickly weakens it. Both 34FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'