Fishing line choices

[Sac River Jim]

i tried the seagar invizx floro this spring. i wasted my darn money i'm going back to Mc Coy on everything.

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/McCoy_Fishing_Line/catpage-LNEMCCOY.html

[Lifes2Short]

Walcrabass & I are pretty close on our choices. It all comes down to personal choice and experience. I truly believe that floro allowed me to become a better fisherman.

[Bitethis]

Bitethis,

I am an old guy. Old enough to remember when a lot of people used braid because.... well there wasn't any mono that was decent.

Here is the way I handle the line thing:

1.Put masking tape or something else you can write on with a magic marker on your reels. Use C for Fluorocarbon, M for Mono, F for fluorescent line, and B for braid if you can't tell by looking.

2. I use 14 pound Fluorocarbon for daytime Jig fishing/ Spinner Baits/ Worms/ Swim Baits on my Bait Casters.

3. I use 17 pound Fluorescent Trilene XL for my night fishing. With Black Lights of course. On my Baitcasters.

4. I use 10 pound Fluorocarbon on my bait casters for my Crank Baits in the daytime.

5. I use 4 pound Trilene XL on my open face reels for Crappie, maybe 6 for White Bass.

6. Braid, Only on my A-Rig giant man killer rod. About 50 pound test.

Many people say you cannot use Fluorocarbon for top water but this is not true. You simply have to hold your rod tip higher to keep the line out of the water. Sometimes I let it sink on purpose so I can make a chug chug and follow by a darting motion just under the surface.

I use Bass Pro fluorocarbon and as I mentioned Trilene mono. Both of these lines are inexpensive and very high quality. Knot strength is awesome on the Bass Pro Fluorocarbon. I have used Trilene line for over 40 years..... the XL ( extra limp ) is great line.

Don't try Fluorocarbon on an open face .... it is terrible.....don't use braid unless you have to.... it is expensive and requires a leader in many instances.

Wallyboy

This really helps. 1 question: Do you think so highly of Flouro that you would flat out not reccomend mono? I understand the applicational differences of flouro vs. mono (I think), and appreciate the floating/sinking qualities, as well as the invisible underwater aspect of FC. Stretch no stretch....those are the big 3 for me. Line abrasion resistance seems to be better on Mono, imo.

Bottom line...is it worth paying the extra for Flouro? Or is mono sufficient on the majority of applications (flouro only on ned rig!)

[DADAKOTA]

There are no hard and fast rules that cover every situation. Line depends on what you are fishing for, water clarity, and the structure and cover or lack thereof that you are fishing. For crappie fishing LOZ and Truman I use 4# diam/15# test powerpro braid. For trolling crappie on Stockton I use 10# fluoro. About all I use mono on are my topwater stick or an ultralight for clear water crappie. The rest of my bass rods get either 10, 15, 20, or 25 pound abrazX fluoro. Flipping heavy cover brings out the 25#. Brushpiles and coontail fishing on a stained body of water usually gets 20#. real clear water fishing football jig gets 15 as does cranking a squarebill in heavy cover. I use 10 pound on my stickbait rod and cranking rod (clear water).

[Walcrabass]

btlifes2short,

You are indeed an intelligent person.

Bitethis,

I believe in our world today that mono has a place...... on open face reels. It doesn't coil near as bad as Fluorocarbon. I also know for a fact that my daytime fishing improved 2 or 3 hundred percent when I started fishing Fluorocarbon. I tie a form of a clinch knot and it has to be a pretty one. A little bit of spit when you cinch it down makes it about the strongest knot you can tie. I have tested it with my fishing scales. Usually the line breaks before the knot. PM me and I will tell you how to tie the knot.

Walcrabass

[Sac River Jim]

im pretty close to all of you on line size. 10 on jerk baits 12 on my crankin rod 17 flourescent on my night worm and jig rods. 20 on my heavy cranking and spinnerbait rods then i have two arig rods. 20 braid on my lews custom frog rod and 50 on my heavy razor rod. berkley just come out with a flourocarbon designed for spinning reels i put 10# on my med shakey rod and 6# on my crappie and wht bass rods and so far so good put it this way its better than the seagar i had on them.

[Sac River Jim]

btlifes2short,

You are indeed an intelligent person.

Bitethis,

I believe in our world today that mono has a place...... on open face reels. It doesn't coil near as bad as Fluorocarbon. I also know for a fact that my daytime fishing improved 2 or 3 hundred percent when I started fishing Fluorocarbon. I tie a form of a clinch knot and it has to be a pretty one. A little bit of spit when you cinch it down makes it about the strongest knot you can tie. I have tested it with my fishing scales. Usually the line breaks before the knot. PM me and I will tell you how to tie the knot.

Walcrabass

10-4 on the spit!

[junk fishin]

I really wanted to like fluorocarbon but never really found one I liked. I use mono on every rod I own. Stren super knot strength and Berkley trilene xl both in 10 lb. on bait casters and 6 lb on spinning rods. I feel like I get longer life out of mono and it's cheap enough I can strip it off and replace it as often as I like without worrying about cost.

[dprice]

you put braid on all your reels, with a stren (mono or flouro?) leader?

Yes pretty much on all rods. Some are backing using excess up and loaded with stren ....But they still have braid on them. Flouro is great but it doesn't seem to last for a month . my spools have kinked my line to many times to count. I hear xps Flouro is superior but I'd like my money back personally? Braid has un comparable sensitivity and manners. With this I use Mono leaders . I've broke braid on hook set but I needed to re tie I would say?

[Sac River Jim]

most my rods are micro guide and ive had trouble with braid on them. i guess im not using small enough diameter braid. i bought some 20lb powee pro the other day im gonna spool up on a spinning rod using a flouro leader for small to med crankbaits.