Erlanger, Kentucky — FINS Braids, a leading U.S. manufacturer of high-performance braided fishing line, announces the expansion of its popular alternative to steel cable, FINS Downrigger Braid.
Stainless-steel downrigger cable corrodes, frays, and carries an electric charge that can put fish off before your lure ever gets there. FINS designed Downrigger Braid to solve all three — a synthetic line, American-made in Erlanger, Kentucky, engineered to run smoother and quieter than cable while holding up to the loads deep-water trolling demands.
What Makes It Different
Downrigger Braid is an 8-strand braid made from high-tenacity, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers. With no metal content, it won’t kink, rust, or hum against the water the way cable does, and it spools smoothly with low memory for consistent deployment and retrieval. It’s built for maximum tensile strength, now available up to 250 lb test for anglers running heavier weights. Just like FINS’ Windtamer Pitch Black and Infinity braids, Downrigger’s new, never-fade black color option isn’t a coating — it’s introduced at fiber creation, so it won’t fade or chip over time.
Who It’s For
Downrigger Braid is built for freshwater and saltwater trolling anglers targeting salmon, lake trout, kokanee, striped bass, halibut, tuna, mahi-mahi, wahoo, and king mackerel. The new 500-yard bulk spool option is suited to charter captains and serious trollers who are re-rigging multiple rods or riggers at once.
FINS Downrigger Braid is available now in all pound tests, spool sizes, and colors at finsfishing.com.
About FINS Braids
FINS Braids provides a full range of situational fishing braids that are proudly “Braid in the USA.” FINS Braids are designed, engineered, and made by BBS Tech in Erlanger, Kentucky. Since 1994, BBS Tech has produced products for nearly every major international brand and stands as the last remaining U.S.-owned and -based manufacturer of high-performance lines valued by serious anglers. Visit finsfishing.com and bbs-tech.com to learn more.
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