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Old 09-16-2009, 09:48 PM   #31
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Hopefully this weekend will come together. I might be seen dropping a 400g Katana a little myself.

We can always squeeze in one more at the house if we need to. We will make room. Tomorrow I will make the call one way or another.
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Old 09-17-2009, 10:37 AM   #32
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Tony.
if you need the red loaner rod, let me know..
i may be at the meeting tommorrow nite.
I'm good this time, Paul. Thanks. Hope to do some serious damage with the JPR custom OTI 600g!

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Man I wish it wasn't so damn far and that I had more time. I'd love to bring the Regulator down and join you guys. I'm due for a good old AJ jigging slaughter.
Would love to have you! Actually, that's a good idea. If we could get Michael (grimes200) to go for it, we could get his 28 Scout and your Reg and do a road trip to NC. A NJ/PA assault! We oughta make a plan for that.
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Old 09-17-2009, 11:42 AM   #33
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Guys my work schedule this week has been hell. I think there is less than a 50% chance I will be able to make Sat.
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Old 09-17-2009, 12:32 PM   #34
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I'm good this time, Paul. Thanks. Hope to do some serious damage with the JPR custom OTI 600g!



Would love to have you! Actually, that's a good idea. If we could get Michael (grimes200) to go for it, we could get his 28 Scout and your Reg and do a road trip to NC. A NJ/PA assault! We oughta make a plan for that.
Ok. tony. it will sit this one out
it did get a workout.oti acid 2pc rod.jpg

and your new JPR Jigger seems to work welljpr rod morehead city.jpg


good luck down there.
boat road trip..sounds SWEET
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I want to do that down to the Gulf Of Mexico from here in NC one day. Pulling that boat makes the truck guzzle some gas though...and I mean its thirsty

I'm ready guys...its been over a month since I've been offshore. I'm getting the shakes

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OTI 80# Depthfinder Line and JB 60# Hollow Tests

A couple of months ago, OTI shipped me a sample of its 80# Depthfinder Spectra braided line. I finally had time to make some tests on it yesterday. My impressions of the line are that it is a strong, well-made 8-carrier (thread) line that is smooth and consistent. The color marking seems well applied.

First I spliced a piece of 80# hollow-weave Spectra to the end of the OTI test sample, then I splice an end-loop in the hollow weave so that I have a knotless (no strength loss) method for attaching the test line (in this case the 80# OTI Depthfinder) to the weights that I use to check line strength. (Here is a link to the Hollow Spectra Techniques: Splicing Hollow-Weave line to Solid Line and other articles.)

Next I slowly lift increasing weights in 2.5 lb. increments until the line breaks to determine ABS (actual breaking strength). After that, for solid-weave lines like the 80# OTI Depthfinder I tie an 8 turn Uni Knot to a large swivel and repeat the process to measure KBS (knotted breaking strength).

One note: The tests I make have been very repeatable for a given sample of line but it has been my experience that ALL lines vary from lot to lot. The numbers below were for the samples I tested. Other lots could vary.

OTI Depthfinder 80# Spectra Braided Line
ABS: 104 lbs. (30% stronger than package marking)
KBS: 74 lbs. (70% knot efficiency. I have found it good practice to assume Uni knots will be nearer 60% efficient.)
Solid-weave pattern, 8-carrier (As a reference, PowerPro is 4-carrier)
Line is marked every 25' using Red, Yellow, Green and Blue

I also tested another sample of JB 60# hollow-weave line that I received from on a customer Stella 20000 SW that I was setting up for wind-on leaders. The line had been loaded with the BHP Tackle high-tension winding process and was very nicely spooled.

JB 60# hollow-weave
ABS: 89 lbs. (Various samples this year have tested betwee 90 lbs. and 105 lbs.)
Hollow-weave pattern, 12-carrier

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Both lines are well made and turned in very good strength results. One consequence of a line "over-testing" is that you will get less of it on the spool than a Spectra line that does not over-test. A key reason to know the ABS of a line is so that you can trade-off strength and line capacity.

If you splice 25' of white JB 80# hollow weave line on top of the 80# Depthfinder, you can get the benefit of marked line AND strong spliced connections.

Note also that once you have the JB hollow spliced on, you could splice a second 25' of a different color JB hollow weave and have your first two sections of line be spliceable. Splicing hollow-weave line to hollow-weave line takes literally a few minutes and is 100% strong and very thin.
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