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Author:
djmon
Date:
Feb 20, 2009
Subject:
buying line at walmart
Message:
for anyone that is buying line at walmart........dont!
i had some line problem and emailed the company back the info on the boxes like they asked. the boxes were 6yrs old. they looked brand new on the shelves but then again i guess if you dust then thats not hard to do......
Author:
NX 882 BASS
Date:
Feb 20, 2009
Message:
THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP,THERES PROBABLY ALOT OF STORES THAT DO THE SAME THING,ARE THERE DATES ON THE BOXES??IM SURE THE BRAIDED LINE WILL BE OK :roll:
Author:
djmon
Date:
Feb 20, 2009
Message:
i dont know if this trick will work for all brands.... (it so far doesn't show on my cabela's spool but something similar shows on my bass pro spool from last year)
for Berkley Products:
open the box and lift the spool out
at the bottom of the spool right below the "0.00mm" spot there should be a series of numbers and letters looking somthing like this ( K-3-3-2)
now that is off my 6lb XL Smooth Cast Pony spool that i had problems with. i also have the same code on my 4lb spool.
6lb 100% Fluorocarbon A - 13 - 8 - 3
8lb XL Smooth Cast L - 30 - 8 - 1
by what the guy from berkley/purefishing explained to me the 6lb and 4lb spools for the XL are from 2003 and the other two spools were 2008......assuming the middle number dictates what year the line was produced you should be able to figure out if its worth buying or not..... if the line is defective then thats another story aka my fluorocarbon problem.
just a thought
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