From the existance of the first braided line, now all too soon it’s almost decades since. And assortments of braids of all colours, makes and bling bling packaging lining on the shelves of tackle shop are just mere common sight these days
However, one thing still hits me since the day i began using braided line… Is the colour practical? Firstly, braid are not mono, and so it’s not just a single strand of structure which can be produced with colour distributed almost equilibrum in the entire stretch. Braid as everyone knows, and seen, are build by countless of number of single strands of fibres bind together to form the line and it’s given built n diameter. So unless u colour each and every tiny strand of those fibre, and lets not touch about the later translucent braids. May i question how well and suitable to colour coat the outer layer of those minute fibres? Because so far i cannot find a single braid tat colour would last even less than 10 trip… while i guess more would agree with tat. they fade quicker than u could even get a fish on it sometimes. So wat’s the fuss and hype about their technology tat can keep colour intact la, colour lock inside la, cannot fade one la, fade slower than other competitor la… but the point is, they still and will and definitely fade! So y take angler for a ride n treat us like genuiebabi to see if the colour come off or not?
Second. Wat’s the cost of colouring braid n rnd for colouring braid? And another even much simpler question, is a braid with its original colour without any colouring wat so ever is gonna perform any worst than it’s coloured counterpart? Do i get less fish without the colour? Is it too difficult for the manufacturer not to take tat extra step and spend more money on deliberately disfigure the appearance of the line and charge us more for it later… While i’m not saying braid shouldnt come with colour but all i’m suggesting is could braids from every brand and make and names etc could just make one colour stated as ‘original’ pls, i think most could do without the colour and its added ‘value’ of the price tag. While the coloured ones can be sold to those tat who prefer blings, show off kakis and the rich. However colour do hav its function as well, such as the tracer braid which uses of different colour in consequence of differing length are some remarkable feature which are undeniable
Lastly, lets take away those translucent braid once again thank you. Ppl often claim tat this colour can do this or tat and vice versa, n the most intiguing one is ofcos being invisible to the fish. Let say red, yup cannot deny tat they ‘disappear’ under lil distance under the surface. And so more fish gonna bite tat? As mention earlier, they cant keep their colour like mono and so can the red last? Because i’m virtually fishing with ‘pink’ colour line most of the time, not that i’m using Fireline Pink but because all my red lines faded into pink. And my subsequence answer is, u guess it, how far does the colour pink fade underwater??? And by now, my braid which cost almost 10 times more than mono have lost its colour, and does tat means i wont be catchin any fish now? if so why is braid, which have much longer shelf live than mono good for then? This, bring us to my very first question again, is the colouring braid pratical?
Besides, all the colour tat came out(fade), will drip all over the place. Ur shirt, ur thumb, ur jacket, ur boat, ur rod, ur reel, ur GUIDE, YOUR OWN ENVIRONMENT! I seriously think the colour of nature availble to us is more than enough, so dun think v need to spend more to colour it anymore hehe. Besides these faded colours are more than nuisance. U touch anything after thumbing these braid will all turn the same colour, are they even environmental friendly or safe to consume anyways? Then ur guides, they stuck on them and make everything so ugly, but main issue is do they hav any ill effect on guides such as corrosion. Then comes the machine tat holds the braid and their lousy colour. Everytime casting will turn the reel into other colour, but main issue is they stuck into moving parts like level wind and other small crevices. Plus once they dried they create a solid particle that can hamper casting distance to a certain extend, do u think?
So what’s your say on this particular subject ladies and gentlemen? Should v still be paying to be experimental material? should non-coloured braid be made available? any suggestion is welcomed… thanks
Novice angler here, any constructive advices greatly appreciated. Thank you
