 Synchro xt
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In reply to Post #53
Im struggling with my 18lb Synchro. Ive never known line coil up like it, although I'm not sure it affects the fishing once in the water.
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In reply to Post #53
It will behave exactly the same once it's been in the lake a few hours,I tried not soaking it and thats what happened to me.I hope im wrong but keep us posted 👍
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XT Update
I spoke to Johnson Ross about the line and explained how it’s been behaving very differently (and not in a good way) compared to how it used to. They suggested I bring the reels in, so I did this morning. A couple of the lads had a look, as did Anthony. They agreed it didn’t look brilliant, but said they hadn’t had anyone else complain about it.
They asked how I’d been loading it. I said I soak it in water first – they said they never do that. Fair play to them, they’ve respooled the reels for free. It already looks less lively on the spool, but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. Something has clearly changed for me, though they go through a lot of line so it’s worth listening to what they’re saying.
I wonder how much difference the soaking actually makes? Thinking about it on the way home, I can’t even remember when or why I started soaking it before loading. I used to use an old Berkley line winder that was purely mechanical – not a million miles away from the set-up they use at JR.
I’ll report back on how it goes. Fair play to JR – this was never about the money, I just want to be able to trust the line to perform like it has in the past. I’d have happily paid for the new line, so kudos to them for sorting it free of charge.
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In reply to Post #49
I've been using the 15lb for a good while mate.
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In reply to Post #50
Undertow, and lightweight hangars 🕵
I was on a big lake in a light wind and in the morning my heavy swingers were right up and tight and my rod tips were bent round 🫨
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one thing I do notice with the xt now is it really takes on water, i fish semi slack lines and every morning the bobbins tight up to the alarm.....not just tight but string bow tight even when I take bobbin off and slacking it off it takes a fair bit of line to get tbe bobbin with a nice drop
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In reply to Post #48
what b/s technium you using?? I see the 15lb is .38
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In reply to Post #28
As I'm new to the joys of Synchro XT I can't compare it to its older self. But last time out I had it on two reels and Technium on the other.
If it was the weather that has caused it to suddenly become a horrendous, unmanageable mess then so be it, but the Technium continued to be it's super friendly, reliable self, despite the hot dry weather.
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In reply to Post #40
Yep me too, I never considered changing for years, I was totally sold on the stuff, never ever let me down.
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In reply to Post #23
TECHNIUM
I bought 6 spools of the 12lb grey Technium, used 1 bulk spool to redo one set of reels and the line has been fine for over a season. No breaks.
I am a bit paranoid due to hearing what others have experienced, so your test gives me a bit more hope
Next time I respool some reels I will give the line a yank every now and again whilst loading it on.
SYNCHRO XT
The fact they admit the coating has changed is proof enough it’s changed. They added the coating of the wiry line (bad) to the limp line (which was good) and now the limp is wiry. I don’t think we need call on the skills of one Hercule Poirot for this mystery…
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In reply to Post #38
To be fair, I used 3 new reels spooled up with it, just checked the spool, XT loaded when I was in France and I can confirm it was wiry but I also put this down to the smaller diameter spools. Wonder if my other stuff is not the loaded version lol
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So before I spool up again do I need the XT or the loaded, or none lol.
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In reply to Post #40
It's written on their Facebook
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In reply to Post #41
Its probably cheaper to put the same coating on both lines,I reckon theyve lost quite a few sales because of it though
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In reply to Post #40
When I first got my current reels I completely spooled up with Synchro XT, then when I needed to change just stripped back approximately 200m and have spooled up since then.
After my last session I cut all the line off to start again and the "original" stuff was a different colour to the newer stuff.
So for ESP to say it hasn't changed is complete tosh! 😡
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