Fishing Rods

is 40 lb braid on a medium heavy kistler to much?

Why in the world do you need 40lb braid when you are using a Med-Hvy action rod? If the rod breaks, you will have voided your warranty. BUT, I do know guys who do this and they know how to play the fish and use their rods correctly without any problem.

That being said, do what you feel is best for your fishing situation. I personally would step down a little from 40lb to 20lb braid and you should achieve the same or better results.

Good Luck,

Trey

I don't use braid lighter than 30lb. on any of my baitcasters. The reason isn't because of the rod I'm using, it's because the lighter braids tend to dig into the underlying line when put under pressure. The trick is to set your drag accordingly. My heaviest drag setting starts slipping at 10lbs. of pressure and that's on my musky rod.

i would personally go down to 20 pound braid because you will still get the same amount of line strength and if u are fresh water fishing there is not much stuff that i know of that can break 20 pound line......but i guess that just depends on where u fish. However, i would go to 20 pound line because the line diameter is smaller so harder for the fish to see but whatever you choose good luck!