About this product
Heavy braid is a different proposition from light braid. At PE 8.0 you are fishing drag settings that put real load through everything in the system, usually within reach of coral, and usually on fish that go somewhere the moment they are hooked. The line has to survive all of that.
The Noeby Infinite X8 uses eight strands of ultra-high-strength Japanese PE fibre. The eight-strand construction matters more at this end of the range than at the light end: more, finer fibres braid into a rounder and tighter line, which resists abrasion better, lays on a big spool more evenly, and runs through heavy guides with much less friction and noise than a four-strand of the same rating.
This spool is PE 8.0 at 103 lb over 300 metres, which puts it in serious offshore work – GT popping, heavy jigging over the drop-offs and pinnacles, and big tuna and amberjack. A 300 m spool fills most 6000 to 10000 size reels, or tops up a larger one over backing.
Two practical points. First, a heavy braid needs a heavy leader – two to three metres of 100 to 200 lb fluorocarbon or mono, joined with an FG or PR knot – both for abrasion resistance and because braid is very visible in clear water. Second, back the drag off: braid has no stretch, so the drag is the only shock absorber in the outfit, and a setting that felt right on mono will pull hooks.
Noeby Infinite X8 PE Braided Line - PE 8.0, 103 lb, 300 m