[KenCraft]

Re-Spoiling with some moss green spectra braided line on my trolling reels. For marking purposes I had thought of whipping in some bright rod building thread, like a bobber stop. Would adding a drop of super glue to the whip (1/8") do anything to deteriorate or weaken the braided line?
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Thanks!

 

[Wild Bill]

No, but it will create a hard spot. It is possible (but unlikely) that the hard ridge of superglue could in time cut and weaken the braid. If you do it, I would put it on and wipe any excess right away so there is no build up of glue.

As an alternative that will not form a hard edge, you could use thinned Marine Goop. I find many uses for this product. It can be thinned whit Zylene or Toluene. It will seal and lock the thread and not cut the braid.

 

[fishin` fool II]

CVS sells a bottle of super glue with a brush which makes it easy to coat the knot "lightly". I've been using it for years on my mono/braid knots with never a problem.

 

[Hooked Up]

I've been using the super glue and bobber stops on PP for 5 years with no problems. I put 1 drop of glue on and blow off the excess before it dries. I also use differant colored stops. 50'=yellow 100'=pink 150'=yellow 200'=pink etc. Some times when the boats rockin hard it's nice to watch the horizon instead of looking down at the line for the marks. I'm going to try the Marine Goop next time because super glue does make the knot hard.

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[SommerTime]

Never heard of "Marine Goop" where can you purchase it?

 

[Wild Bill]

Never heard of "Marine Goop" where can you purchase it?

Any marine store and many of the better hardware stores. I have used Household Goop, Plumber's Goop and other of the Goop products and cannot see any difference in any of them. I think it is mostly marketing--maybe all marketing. I buy the marine version when I can find it. Very useful stuff full strength and the use is expanded if you thin it.

 

[gooddog]

I don't know that anyone else would care for this method, but I have always used very thin inch-long strips of red duck tape to mark my lines. The strip is about 3/32 of inch in width. I lay the line in the middle of the strip and twist it into a tube around the line. The only draw back I ever ever noticed is that some of the tape's stickiness can be picked up by adjacent line, but this is easy enough to deal with. The advantages are that it takes about a minute to set up a marker; when line length changes for any reason, markers can be relocated with little difficulty; the red tape is very visible even in low light; the markers stay put and one roll of red tape will last two life times. One caveat, my running lines are 40# Momoi. Only my WFB rod ever gets into the spectra backing and this is the first year I have ever twisted the tape onto spectra so its somewhat untested there.

 

[KenCraft]

WildBill hope you check in again for another ??

WB, Are those chemicals difficult to find?
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[Allegro]

After going through all the same problems of marking lines with whatever seems to work (or not work), Sufix has a new braided line on the market. "Performance Metered Braid". The line is colored every 25' with a different color. There are 5 colors- so the pattern repeats every 125'. Kinda of like leadcore without the lead.

Just bought enough line for 4 rods. Hope this line does the trick. It is hard to find, the product is just hitting stores now.

Sufix Fishing Line | The World's Most Hardcore Fishing Line | Home > Fishing Line > Metered Performance Braid

 

[Wild Bill]

WB, Are those chemicals difficult to find?
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No, they are a type of paint thinner for certain types of paint. Check a paint store.

 

[tmacl]

I use bright pink fly tying thread @ 100 foot intervals and use musical instrument laquer to glue the knot. So far so good. This is the same laquer I use to seal the thread on my homemade bucktails and parachutes. Very strong and clear stuff.

 

[Popster]

Wild Bill,

Marine Goop is great stuff. I've it for years to make electrical connection water proof. You can spin on a wire nut or crimp splice and the seal the ends with goop. Great Stuff!

 

[rocksteady]

After going through all the same problems of marking lines with whatever seems to work (or not work), Sufix has a new braided line on the market. "Performance Metered Braid". The line is colored every 25' with a different color. There are 5 colors- so the pattern repeats every 125'. Kinda of like leadcore without the lead.

Just bought enough line for 4 rods. Hope this line does the trick. It is hard to find, the product is just hitting stores now.

Sufix Fishing Line | The World's Most Hardcore Fishing Line | Home > Fishing Line > Metered Performance Braid

Been out for a while now . Designed for deep dropping with electic reels :
Daiwa Saltiga Boat Braided Line

 

[Seahunter]

Don't worry about an hard spots in the braid. Super glue is an adhesive. Has very little if anyand has not structural strength at all. The stuff just cracks up the first time the braid is flexed.

Been using it for years to do exactly what you’re asking about.