Quote Originally Posted by BlueH20Boss View Post
I agree...........I have lost too many big fish on 50 lb so I finally said screw it and hardly ever touch anything less than 80lb. 130 hollow core is overkill for a lot of applications, but if you have a full spool of it on your 50wide then why the hell would you bring its overall strength down to 50lb? If you are fishing 130, then at least make your topshot 100lb mono, otherwise it is pointless to have a whole spool of 130. It is like having a solid steel chain with one of the links being a zip tie............ Just my two cents.
I had thought of spooling with 80lb JBHC but that stuff is so Da#$ expensive. The 130 JB is half the price and would take almost twice as much to spool a 50w. I think my Alutecnos 50w's hold something like 900yds of 130!! plus a long 80lb windon or 80lb topshot. Thats a lot of line. The JB is not near as abrasive as the PowerPro and you can thumb the JB 130 without cutting your thumb to pieces ...Mark