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I am going to have to agree with Gamedog on this. I bought the 30 lb. I did not touch the line with pliers. I tied the clinch knot with 3-4 wraps. I pulled the line tight by pulling on the hook and the swivel only. I still had 3 out of 10 break on me .I think it is funny how this godsend stuff that everybody swears by can't even stand up to being lightly used by pulling it by hand . This is minor in comparison to a 20lb+ northern tugging at it . I would hate to know how many times a 20+ lb northern or a lake trout stretches it in the course of 5 minutes. I don't know if I want to risk losing a 20 pound fish because of a "bad batch" . I will be using the Malin this coming weekend. I will post my experience with it after I have been able to officially use it .Sorry for the rant.
While you fellas sit here and argue how its good and bad, my mono just pulled me up a 41" pike, so I'm all set :-) lol :tipup