BRAID LINES
DR WEB PAGE 2 BRAID NOVEMBER 2011
Braid line. There’s countless varieties now – flat, special composite, hollow and the like. We stick to the original and the best, being PE, known under the brand names of Spectra and Dyneema. We buy it from one of the largest manufacturers in the world. They produce huge volumes of braid for the European and USA market. We order it without branding and in 1000m spools only, to maximise the economies of scale, then we pass the savings on to you.
Here’s pricing. Note that all prices include delivery within Australia:
1000m 6-pound colour change: $70
1000m 12-pound colour change: $75
1000m 30-pound colour change: $85
1000m 50-pound colour change: $100
1000m 80-pound colour change: $110
1000m 200-pound plain: $200
1000m 300-pound plain: $250
All braid spools are shipped with a free detachable line counter included. So you know exactly how much line you’ve put on your reel, and how much is left to spool up another of your reels or a friend’s reel:
That reduces wasted line and saves you money. Here’s some feedback from our clients. Some are catching giant fish, on our braid. If you’d like to see a sample first, give me a call or send an e-mail? We will put a metre or so in the mail for you, same day.
Hi! Andrew,
Just returned from Swains Reef with a group of like minded mates, it was a first for my son and myself we had a ball, no monsters the largest being a 15kg Chinaman, Lost plenty to the Grey Overcoats never realised how many sharks can appear from nowhere . Big Hammer Heads, Tigers and Reef sharks.
Looking forward to our next trip.The lads that I bought the colour braid for were more than impressed with their purchase thank you, we saw what looked to be very similar line if not the same in one of the tackle shops on the way up at over $400.00 per 1000 mtrs we got a good deal thank you.
Thanks so much Mike, I’m very grateful indeed! Glad to see the weather was good for you, too. We sell huge amounts of braid but there are still some blokes worried that, because it’s so cheap, the quality must be compromised. Just to clarify – we buy from a huge factory who manufactures braid for the biggest tackle company in the USA. We add our tiny orders of 50 or 100 spools onto their huge production runs, and get top quality line at a low price – without the branding. Plus, we open the container doors ourselves, there’s no middleman or distributor between us and the factory. If you would like a two metre sample by post, just send an email.
Phil G went wide off Brisbane and fished 380 metres down, for some beautiful blue eye cod:
And a solid 51 kilo hapuka:
Phil’s report is short and to the point:
Hey Andrew, the braid works just fine.
Glad you’re pleased with it, Phil! After a different trip, he wrote again:
Hi Andrew, it has been four years of planning, finally got the kit together. 24 feet of glass boat, 175 hp Suzuki, raymarine sounder with 1kw transducer, alvey reef king, some Hestelow 200 lb braid, a few tips out of the how to catch deep sea ooglies from the downrigger website and bingo I have my first Blue eye. Yahooooooo. He went 15kg and jeez do they taste good. The little 17kg mahi mahi was on your 24 kg yellow braid. That stuff is good too! Thanks for your part, Philip
A 17 kilo mahi is ‘little’??? Phil, I’m glad to hear our braid has worked so well for you. In a big discussion on various braids on Sydney Angler (November 2011), website member Brownie wrote:
jigging braid
I buy from Andy (downrigger shop) our site sponsor, it works great and is far cheaper than the branded lines. Save yourself some money.
You won’t be disappointed. Thanks for reading,
