Enigma wrote:
About the Whiplash. It is much thicker than stated yes. I have a reel that takes 280 meters of .40 line. It is full with only 250 meters of the (25mm) 80lb Whiplash...The 0.8 hook is for the competition angler who want's to catch everything in the swim in front of him. This because we are fishing to get more points than the guys next to me.
The VMC #8 is equivalent of a Daiichi #2
When playing fish on a 0.8 with it's reduced hook hold you have to use the rod to draw the fish closer and nore reel the fish in. Reeling the fish in and especially with braid you will loose a lot of fish
There is no 0.25mm 80lbs braid. If it is Whiplash the actual diameter of the 0.25mm is 0.37mm