Fluorocarbon has a much higher tensile strength than say a mono, better abrasion resistance, but can be more brittle, we stick to either 20 or 25lb as a rule depending on what method of Softie fishing we are doing. I have been using this new Stren brand (another PureFishing product) with great success, but there are others like Seagar which I rate pretty high as well. It's gonna be expensive which ever way you go, but Black Magic do put more line/$$ on their spools, as for the quality.... well more than likley out of China. Just as a test try using some of the better Poly Copper type mono's. I did this during a trial to see just what advantage the Fluorocarbon had, to be quite honest I didn't see a great change in results over the 2 months, it may be the rumors that Fluorocabon is more invisable in fresh water than Saltwater are true and the manufacturer's have been creaming it selling us something we don't really need. Food for thought>>>>
Accident Prone wrote: I have had 20lb vanish break on me a few times. I was fishing with 12lb fireline each time and each time the fluorocarbon broke before the fireline did and my knots didn't let go either. I had it break on me twice due to getting snagged on the rocks where I wrapped the main line around a rag and pulled on it till something gave....wound in the line and found that the fluorocarbon broke about mid length of my trace and with no visable signs of abrasion. The last time it happened I hooked into a bloody good fish which almost spooled me on my symetre 4000, he dragged about 100m off my spool then snap.....wound it all back in again and yep the fluorocarbon trace snapped about mid length of the trace and again with no visable abrasion. Weird! each time I was using about 1m of trace. |
of2fsh wrote: Use crystal clear braid and tie directly to the hook or jig head.1 less knot to let go...Tie a double then fold in half and do a uni knot(with the 4 pieces ) strait on to the hook...in the deep they will never no or care what you throw at em.....Ask a diver what the vis is like in 30 mtrs.... |
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