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Your cart is empty.Berkley x9 Braid is a conventional braid using 100% PE fibers. 8 stranded braids are popular and Berkley x9 takes it to another level by adding an additional strand making x9 strong, reliable, and built to be smooth and cast effortlessly and far.
GUSS
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2025
Top notch braided line.9 strain , better for me.
D
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2025
Braided fishing line.Haven't got to try out yet,but sure it will work fine.Seems to be strong.
Gpeoples
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2025
Great 9 strand braided line
MH
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2024
I've been fishing with braids for years, and there's MANY brands out there now, almost too many to choose from. And now the latest entrants are the 8 strand and 9 strand.The advantages of braid are apparent, the one thing I like best about braids is the NO stretching, it REALLY makes a huge difference on hook setting and feeling those pesky nibblers. In fact, if I fish with mono or Fluro on a reel, it's almost like I can't imagine how I didn't notice the stretch on those over the years. Hook setting is instant and the castability with Braid is second to none.This X9 braid is very nice and casts very well, it's also nice cause it doesn't flatten out over time. Is that a huge issue? Probably not, but the round shape retention could possibly affect castability and distance over time, so I like to think it matters in the end. Good product and has upheld to saltwater conditions so far.NOW, you also have inherent challenges with braid, especially on spinning reels. You can, over time, develop wind knots, which is basically like a small tangle which turns into a tangle, in line, when you're casting. You'll feel it when it happens, as it abruptly goes through your eyelets and lets you know you have one. Hold up your rod to the sky and reel in, you'll find it. You may have to splice or remove a head section of line if it happens. SOMETIMES you can just pull on the knot, from both sides, and it'll clear itself, other times they don't and you have to cut them out. If you do cut them out, roll up the extra line and keep it with you, don't leave it outdoors or on the beach, not good for wildlife or critters that could get tangled in it.One way to avoid wind knots is to not load the spinning reel up to the very limit of the edge, leave about 3mm's behind the spool face. Also, when you get to the water, do a few casts, gradually in distance, and get the line wet, that helps too..Another challenge is the ability of the line to cut you. If you're using 40 pound or more it's not as bad, but if you're using 8, 10, 20 or 30 pounds, pulling hard enough and you could cut yourself so be careful on that.FWIW I also use braids (heavy braids) for fly line backing too. I mean, why not? You get a 75 or 90 pound braid and it's inexpensive, much MUCH stronger than Dacron and comes in longer lengths, it doesn't rot and it's cheaper..
The outdoors man
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2024
The Berkeley X9 is fantastic braid for larger fish. It's 9 strands of braided line so it's a bit thicker but that's probably the only downside to this braided line. There is a bit of stretch to the line but no kinking at all. I also had no need to work the line enough so it would sit right on the spool of my reel. The other thing I noticed is that it didn't burn out my eyelets on my non braided fishing poles like normal braid does. But the biggest deal for me was that it was incredibly strong. Another positive is, I got about 10- 20 yards more out of my cast. I recommend this product. It's definitely worth the value.
thomas
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2024
Love this line I fish small lures,about 3g this line great super thin great for casting very little resistance allowing further distance
Tulsa Bob
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2024
I've tried them all and Berkeley makes the best braid. X9 is their premium product and it is a great value for the money. Strength and casting distance is incredibly important to me and I'm never disappointed with x9. I gave some to a fishing buddy for Christmas and he says it added 20% to his casting distance!
Rob Lamb
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024
Best of all its a little stiff which prevents wind knots. filled up a spinning reel and put on a half oz jig and casted as hard as i can and no wind knots. With the last brand, i had to take alot of line off the spool or it would knot up alot.
Jimbo
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2024
I got the 20lb test breaking point 37lbs. In lo vis green; I am surprised how flexible and how it it feels. It is not stiff line it’s soft and pliable better for casting. I used it on a spinning reel and it seems it will work great I did a couple of short casts and it flies off. Really nice quality now I can’t tell if it will bleed the color or if it will fray. So for that reason it gets 4 stars. I been using the other older lines I had from other brands. I hope this one becomes my new favorite. Good quality fairly thin for the strength. It’s real easy to make knots with this line. It’s not cheap but less expensive than some other brands.
Juan I.
Reviewed in Mexico on September 4, 2023
Pierde mucho su resistencia en poco tiempo
جيد جدا
Reviewed in Saudi Arabia on July 28, 2023
جيد
junli Chen
Reviewed in Canada on June 11, 2021
good
Alexey Firsanov
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2019
This fishing line wasn't looking good at the beginning and I haven't fit the reel with this line for a while. However, I've decided to give this product a chance and gone for trout fishing with this line on the reel. I was so surprised with the quality and smoothness of this line. Very good and solid on knots. So high breaking capacity with ultralight spinning rod gave me good ammunition for trout fishing. So, this fishing line now on 2 my fishing reels and I'm so happy with it.
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