Spy Baiting

[Mitch f]

Yep. I just spooled some 4#, but that is for playing with fish on plastics after catching enough other ways. $12 a pop and 4# line do not belong in the same sentence.

Yep, 4# is not in my arsenal, I was just curious about that...Lake Biwa must be snag free

[dtrs5kprs]

Yep, 4# is not in my arsenal, I was just curious about that...Lake Biwa must be snag free

Well there are more than a few places in the Ozarks that could qualify. Table Rock may turn out to be the toughest lake for it, at least if they are not out on the gravel flats. We probably have the most old wood. Don't think I am going to chuck one at a big bushy cedar. Over brushpiles, maybe, but there will no doubt be some apprehension.

[kjackson]

Let us know. Used to run the old Carbon Pro with minimal trouble, switched to Invizx when it was dc'd. The Invizx handles better, but is not even close in terms of abrasion resistance or strength. The old stuff was like wire, albeit invisible, and you had to handle it correctly to make it work. Wasn't hard, just had to do it.

Think a lot of folks had bad experiences with the old FC's, and the cheap ones (not necessarily price), and gave all of them a bad rap.

Played with the new fluorocarbon a bit today in the pond. Rather than risk being accused of writing a commercial, I thought I'd add to this thread.

The line is Berkley Trilene Professional Grade 100% Fluorocarbon XL. The XL is the important part as there is also a stiffer grade.

I spooled a 2500 Shimano reel with six pound and filled the spool to the rim, just as I would do with monofilament. I started out casting a small minnow bait and then shifted to a small crappie jig.

This fluorocarbon works like it was Trilene XL. It is limp, very limp. It doesn't spring off the spool even when tension is released. In fact, it stays on the spool better than comparable monos.

While the bass in the pond didn't let me test out any other qualities, casting showed me that it was the best fluorocarbon I've used on spinning reels.

[Quillback]

Thanks for that review of the Berkley floro. I use Invisx, on my spinning reels that I spool with floro and am happy with it. But, it ain't cheap. I'll be interested to see where the Berkley is priced.

[Ham]

Berkley seems to be just as proud of their fluro as Seaguar is, but you can at times catch it on sale and stock up if desired.

Thanks for the heads up KJ.

[dtrs5kprs]

Appreciate the follow up.

[Guest]

I'm not sure what it think about nanofil. It feels like spider wire from the 1990's

[Ham]

I'm not sure what it think about nanofil. It feels like spider wire from the 1990's

I love it. I know I must be sounding like a broken record here, but it's so good.

The casting distance, the thin diameter, the abrasion resistance, the sensitivity, and the added visibility are all reasons I love it.

Do I wish it cost less? Sure. Do I wish it didn't twist? Sure. It feels a little funky to my fingers; almost like they treat it with Teflon or something, but the feel of extra fish in my hand makes me forget about it.

I have very few floobies. (where the loose loops spill off from underneath the outer layer of line on the spool). You really need to be careful when this happens though or you'll get a knot and have to cut it out and uni to uni the two parts together. Floobies in Nanofil are not as difficult to get out as floobies in mono are to get undone, but not near so easy as braid.

I haven't had any line failures. I had multiple times with the first generation of braids where a quick wrist hookset would snap the line. A big hard slow pull was fine, but a quick wrist set and it would fail. Not at the bait, but some where randomly between the bait and the rod tip. Understand that when you fish 8 lb Nanofil that it's 8 pound line and NOT a 20 lb line with 8 pound diameter.

I always use a leader rated the same or less than the Nanofil and the leader gives before the Nanofil does.

Fish it a while and let me know what you see. NO product is going to please everyone, but I'm interested in your take once you fish with it.

It'd be really interesting to have three identical rod and reel combos with 8 pound nano, 8 pound mono, and 8 lb diameter braid and fish the same baits with them for a day. I've done really close to that and I found myself being regretful when I had the rod without nano in my hands.

[Pepe]

I can't seem to stop myself from setting the hook too hard, and I broke off the Nanofil on 80+% of the fish the first few days I used it. I have turned the drag down so far now that it sings on every hook set. It works much better that way, for me.