A while back I had asked if anyone had used this new "invisible" braid from Stren, and I think one person said they heard is was pretty stiff line.  Well I have to say that I have never fished with bailing wire but given the choice between that and Microfuse, I would probably go with the bailing wire.  At least that way I would know that it wouldn't break on me.

I bought a spool of the 30Lb line, 12 lb diameter at BPS on Friday.  I spooled it up yesterday and took it to the lake.  My initial impression is that it felt pretty stiff, but we'll see how it perfoms while fishing. I had tied on a 1/2 oz football jig with trailer and put it on my jig rod which is a Loomis IMX 844C, the reel is a Curado 100, now i keep my brakes and tension control pretty loose on this rod since I use it to pitch with.  I held the rod up at a 45 degree angle and released the spool, and no joke, nothing happend.  The jig barely moved, I had to jiggle the rod tip to get the bait to fall and even then it fell very slowly.  I thought well than can't be good, so I tried casting the same 1/2 oz jig and I basically had to step into the cast to get enough force to get the jig to pull line off the reel to go anywhere.  

Bottom line is, I came home, pulled the line off the reel, put it back on the filler spool and took it back to BPS for a refund.

Again this is my opinion and experience, so take this review as you wish, but this has to be the stiffest most unmanagable line I have ever tried.

Thanks, huskertko.  I was looking for a review from someone who used this line.  It doesn't sound good.  

Bummer.  I wish someone would make a good superline with fluorocarbon attributes.....talk about the perfect leader material for tip-ups.  Maybe next year.  

I've never had good luck with any stren product. A little off topic, but the magnathin should be called magnacrap.

                  -searoach

thats all i had to hear...now just get your self so suffix braid and be done with it.... ;D