daiwa bg 1500 spinning reel BG1500 Saltwater Reel, Black/Gold : Sports & Outdoors Featuring Digigear technology Avet HXW 5/2 Two-Speed Pound Test:200 pound Small Mouth Bass

daiwa bg 1500 spinning reel BG1500 Saltwater Reel, Black/Gold : Sports & Outdoors Featuring Digigear technology Avet HXW 5/2 Two-Speed Pound Test:200 pound Small Mouth Bass

Avet HXW 5/2 Two-Speed Lever Drag Casting Reels Blue

Total length: 6.4ft (193cm) /Joint: 1 /Closed length: 193.0cm /Weight: 89g /Tip diameter: 1.4mm /Lure weight: 1.8-10g /Line: 3-5lb /Material: Carbon 100% /Power: Light /Action: Fast /Manufacturing method: Tubular

Small Mouth Bass

Pound Test:200 pound

Via what I know already and what my industry contact helped clarify to me in plain English, this is how the breaking strain figures are arrived at, and the reasons that a 20lb braid in the US feels somewhat thicker than a 20lb braid in Europe are these: In the US they use what is known as “Test break” - this is based on knot strength, as in a knot is tied in the braid (I don’t know what knot, or whether the braid is knotted to a hook or swivel etc., more confusion!), and then the breaking strain is taken when the line breaks on a line testing machine

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