Fishing Rods

After seeing the reviews on tackletour.com and reading the user reports on Bill Dance's website, I'm the proud owner of a HE76HC and a He70MC. Both rods were christened this weekend on the lake, I caught several nice bass on the He70MC throwing a spinnerbait and one fish pitching a fluke on the HE76HC.

I currently have fluorcarbon loaded on my rels, but the lake I fish has hydrilla. So, I was wondering if anyone has any experience using braided lines with these rods. Specifically, I don't want to damage my new rods. Thanks for any info.

Rick

Welcome to our forum Rick and I'm glad you got a couple of Heliums. Four of my five Helium's reels are loaded with Seaguar's Carbon Pro 15 or 20# test f/c. One has P-Line CXX in 15# test for topwater baits. I have one Fenwick Techna AV rod spooled with Power Pro 40# braided line so I can't directly help you but I believe there would be no problem with braid and your Heliums.

Dan