Braided line has come a long way in the past few years. From equipment-tearing, rough, four-strand line to round, smooth, eight-strand braid, there has been much improvement in the popular lines.
And Fins makes a quality braid that Capt. Charlie Thomason uses everyday on his chartered-trips.
With many styles to choose from, Thomason opts for the 30-pound Windtamer, which is a little bit stiffer than most of the traditional braids out there.
And that stiffness helps prevent wind knots.
“The Windtamer doesn’t get caught on rod tips as much as other braids,” Thomason said. “It doesn’t get a lot of wind knots in the spinning reel, either. What you find a lot with other braids is you get wind knots that come in your spool, and that is because by the time your line is flying out of your reel, when that bail tries to flip, that helix is still trying to go out and a lot of the other braids almost twist on the spool.
“Once you reel over that, that causes a knot, and when you cast, it pulls all of that out at one time. Now you have nothing but a big mess. I’m not going to say that doesn’t ever happen with Fins Windtamer, but it happens a heck of a lot less.”
You can find Fins braided line at your local retailer or at www.finsfishing.com.
