I made a mistake - the system is 8:1, not 9:1. The line is 3/8" polyester trophy braid with the core replaced with 1/4"
spectra donated from a friend who bought a whole reel in a close out sale. This transitions to the 1/4" spectra with a core to cover splice. The end of the sheet is skinny D12 eye spliced round a small carbo block and buried into the spectra. That may prove to be a weak point, but I did not want the increase in stack height of a block with a becket, and tieing off to the front of the lower block requires a different roving that does not run as twist free.