I got some 50 lb braid for my flipping rod and I'm trying to decide what lb line I should put on my 7' MH setup. Would 50 lb with a leader be ok for it too or should I go with something lighter.

5 minutes ago, RedHeadAngler said:

I got some 50 lb braid for my flipping rod and I'm trying to decide what lb line I should put on my 7' MH setup. Would 50 lb with a leader be ok for it too or should I go with something lighter.

Depends what you're using the MH Rod for but for me personally 50 lb is a little overkill. If you want to use braid I would use 30 lb or I would us 17 lb co poly. 

 

 

-Payton

30 lb oughtta be enough. If you're worried about a lower # test "digging in", try Spiderwire stealth braid. It has a color-holding coating that increases the line diameter very slightly and provides a little insurance from digging in.

1 hour ago, pwahmy said:

Depends what you're using the MH Rod for but for me personally 50 lb is a little overkill. If you want to use braid I would use 30 lb or I would us 17 lb co poly. 

 

 

-Payton

I agree, I typically only throw 50lb on a heavy rod. You may be able to get away with it, but on a MH rod I typically try to keep it around 30lb test if I'm using braid

I use 50 on my flipping and frog rods, 30 on my MH's, and 10 on spinning. K.I.S.S.

I mostly have thrown 50lb PP on my medium heavy setups, especially when cranking through reeds and other heavy cover. For deep divers I tend to throw 30lb 832, but not having a lot of good sticks or deck space I have also used the 50lb PP with deep divers with no issues. 

Like farmer though I throw 10 lb fireline on my spinning rods, and that is what I use for most of my plastic fishing. Swim jigs are MH with the 50lb braid. 

The 50 will work just fine, no need to go out and buy more line if you don't really need to.

Don't know what kind of water you normally flip in but 50# would concern me a little If you were flipping into heavy matted areas, for that it's 65# min. I have friends who won't go below 80# but that's them, I'm me and you're you.

IMHO Let your water be your guide. ..Heavy, thick matted weeds and debri...65# min / scattered heavy vegetation with pockets of open water...50# min / submerged emergent grass...30# min. Spinning reel 20# max. 

 

Mike