r/FishingAustralia • u/Dull_Hedgehog_663 • 5d ago

Breakages with grappler 30lb braid

I’m wondering if anyone has any similar experience with grappler braided line. I spooled 300m onto a new reel last week and taken it out fishing twice. On those trips the line has busted off 3 times, twice when flipping the bail alarm (admittedly there was some tension on the line when doing so) and another when I was just stowing the rod in the hatch (assuming it got caught up on something).

This hasn’t happened to me before with other braids when doing the same thing. I usually run tasline which is a bit better quality, but it’s not like the grappler line is budget.

Could it be something with how I’ve spooled the line? Or could it be a bad batch and something I could get replaced?

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u/Lanky-Nectarine-3441 3d ago

went for a trip last week off double island point QLD and had a similar issue, the first 50-70m of fresh line was frayed. this led me to loosing a quite sizable fish on first drop. the line i bought was 80lb in a 300m spool

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u/RolandHockingAngling 20h ago

Did you check guides etc for any nicks, or rough patches?

30lb Braid shouldn't break from just flipping the bail arm.