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Just a little about Paulus and what the Just Fishing site is all about.
This site gives you the Fisherman a chance to compare between the mass of braid and mono lines out there.
The world is shrinking and data flows fast, we have EU braids vastly different to the braids sold in the rest of the World, these are now crossing over with a lot of confusion. Listed / stated breaking strains can be the lines absolute strength and then the lines knot strength, so lots of confusion, especially with listed diameters where the truth is more than often bent a little, so the listings on this site are an important resource.
So who is Paulus.
I am a Joint Managing Director of PCWI International. PCWI manufactures and designs industrial and medical testing instruments -- with 70 distributors in 50 countries.
Within PCWI we have a certified Quality Controlled test laboratory, and amongst the things we manufacture and measure are thickness calibration standards for NASA and companies such Boeing and General Motor Auto manufacturers.
As a sitting member of the Australian and New Zealand Standards association, I have been involved with writing test standards for a long time, so I fully understand test methods, procedures and protocols.
I am considered by many to be the world leader in braid testing and now spend some of my time designing braid, and having the "All White Series" manufactured.
I test braids for many importers, resellers and manufacturers, such as Momoi, Western Filament and BHP Tackle in the USA.
I keep dated test data and line samples as per the requirements of the QC system and laboratory requirements.
My breaking strain test results are generally slightly higher than the likes of IGFA and GFAA, as my braid holding methods are far superior to what is being used.
A lot of my time is spent testing braid and this is all done for free, this involves some very expensive specialized equipment -- we have a lot of costs and upkeep with this.
My testing is a hobby to the side of PCWI, a few sales of special pretested braid is very small payment, and then a few accolades for the free gratis testing is nice.
My customers are the extreme fishos wanting to know the exact breaking strain numbers of their braid.
I may be the only one doing Research and Development (R & D) in braid and mono test methods, including knots, leaders and developing the Pullon leader system.
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A statement from a fellow fisho and friend at the University of Newcastle, Engineering Department.
"Paul Van Gaal lives close to me and is an inventor from the "old school" with a passion for understanding (and improving) fishing lines & knots. Based on his experience from testing hundreds of different types of braids from around the world, his site enables anglers to know what they are getting when they buy a line as known brand or a pretested braid he makes available for the extreme fishos, the site is hugely popular in Oz and now throughout the world."
I spend a lot of time testing knots and how to join braid to braid and braid to mono, and I have found that the best is the PR knot maybe the FG knot but it is not as good, they are both difficult knots to make and if not done properly they can fail. You will see many versions of these knots.
Statement.
The results of line tests are provided from samples provided in good faith as described by the people submitting them. The tests are undertaken with industry standard electronic tensile testing equipment -- using the Worlds best practice techniques appropriate to the material type being tested, each line / braid to be tested is inspected, then a method is chosen to test that particular line to get the best result.
Any branded product of a manufacturer, distributor or reseller who does not believe the test results reflect their typical product as described and tested, are welcome to provide additional samples for comparison testing and inclusion in the line test data set.
All the breaking strain test results are factual and accurate this is due to the superior line holding method I use. I retain samples for retesting should I need to.
Diameters indicated have been measured then averaged, due to the method I use I find that they are thicker than the manufacturers list them. All the listed lines have been measured and tested in the same manner and are for comparison purposes between braids on the Just Fishing site only.
It has taken many years of testing to get to this point, testing every day, a lot of time on researching and developing braid holding methods.
Should you find you can't equal my test results it does not mean that my results are wrong, but that you are testing it and holding it incorrectly.
Many of you do not seem to get the message that you cannot test lines yourself, your own low test results should reflect that fact.
I find that braids differ a lot from brand to brand, I see new lines coming each week, so this is all very interesting. And I love the testing with passion.
Thank you for your time. Paulus
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Just a little about Paulus and what the Just Fishing site is all about.
This site gives you the Fisherman a chance to compare between the mass of braid and mono lines out there.
The world is shrinking and data flows fast, we have EU braids vastly different to the braids sold in the rest of the World, these are now crossing over with a lot of confusion. Listed / stated breaking strains can be the lines absolute strength and then the lines knot strength, so lots of confusion, especially with listed diameters where the truth is more than often bent a little, so the listings on this site are an important resource.
So who is Paulus.
I am a Joint Managing Director of PCWI International. PCWI manufactures and designs industrial and medical testing instruments -- with 70 distributors in 50 countries.
Within PCWI we have a certified Quality Controlled test laboratory, and amongst the things we manufacture and measure are thickness calibration standards for NASA and companies such Boeing and General Motor Auto manufacturers.
As a sitting member of the Australian and New Zealand Standards association, I have been involved with writing test standards for a long time, so I fully understand test methods, procedures and protocols.
I am considered by many to be the world leader in braid testing and now spend some of my time designing braid, and having the "All White Series" manufactured.
I test braids for many importers, resellers and manufacturers, such as Momoi, Western Filament and BHP Tackle in the USA.
I keep dated test data and line samples as per the requirements of the QC system and laboratory requirements.
My breaking strain test results are generally slightly higher than the likes of IGFA and GFAA, as my braid holding methods are far superior to what is being used.
A lot of my time is spent testing braid and this is all done for free, this involves some very expensive specialized equipment -- we have a lot of costs and upkeep with this.
My testing is a hobby to the side of PCWI, a few sales of special pretested braid is very small payment, and then a few accolades for the free gratis testing is nice.
My customers are the extreme fishos wanting to know the exact breaking strain numbers of their braid.
I may be the only one doing Research and Development (R & D) in braid and mono test methods, including knots, leaders and developing the Pullon leader system.
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]
A statement from a fellow fisho and friend at the University of Newcastle, Engineering Department.
"Paul Van Gaal lives close to me and is an inventor from the "old school" with a passion for understanding (and improving) fishing lines & knots. Based on his experience from testing hundreds of different types of braids from around the world, his site enables anglers to know what they are getting when they buy a line as known brand or a pretested braid he makes available for the extreme fishos, the site is hugely popular in Oz and now throughout the world."
I spend a lot of time testing knots and how to join braid to braid and braid to mono, and I have found that the best is the PR knot maybe the FG knot but it is not as good, they are both difficult knots to make and if not done properly they can fail. You will see many versions of these knots.
Statement.
The results of line tests are provided from samples provided in good faith as described by the people submitting them. The tests are undertaken with industry standard electronic tensile testing equipment -- using the Worlds best practice techniques appropriate to the material type being tested, each line / braid to be tested is inspected, then a method is chosen to test that particular line to get the best result.
Any branded product of a manufacturer, distributor or reseller who does not believe the test results reflect their typical product as described and tested, are welcome to provide additional samples for comparison testing and inclusion in the line test data set.
All the breaking strain test results are factual and accurate this is due to the superior line holding method I use. I retain samples for retesting should I need to.
Diameters indicated have been measured then averaged, due to the method I use I find that they are thicker than the manufacturers list them. All the listed lines have been measured and tested in the same manner and are for comparison purposes between braids on the Just Fishing site only.
It has taken many years of testing to get to this point, testing every day, a lot of time on researching and developing braid holding methods.
Should you find you can't equal my test results it does not mean that my results are wrong, but that you are testing it and holding it incorrectly.
Many of you do not seem to get the message that you cannot test lines yourself, your own low test results should reflect that fact.
I find that braids differ a lot from brand to brand, I see new lines coming each week, so this is all very interesting. And I love the testing with passion.
Thank you for your time. Paulus
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