Line Size Question

[mixermarkb]

For what it's worth, and I feel silly even posting my thoughts on this thread of guys who have forgetten more about fishing than I have learned, but a few years ago I quit looking mostly at pound tests and just started looking at diameters when comparing line. That sort of led me to Sunline, as their stuff all seems to be consistently thinner per pound test than anyone's comparable products. I haven't used their regular mono, only the Defier Armillo mono which is a specialty low stretch mono for topwater, but I've never been unhappy with any of their other products.

[dtrs5kprs]

Sunline is velly good line.

[Ham]

3 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

I’m still not getting it. Maxima website .009mm. 6lb. BP website  .23 For Excel 6lb. which is a larger diameter. BP does not give the millimeters, it just lists .23 as a diameter, nothing else

Line manufacturers aren’t real helpful. 

Look at P Line CX Premium 

[Ham]

43 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Sunline is velly good line.

Better than a pocket on a shirt

[Brennan]

Don’t know about the line size, but I use 6lb green BPS excel for all things spinning.....I know there are better choices, but I’m a cheapskate. 

Also, dedicated topwater setups have 14lb excel. 

[Bill Babler]

Just for kicks I tried the 5lb lift test with Maxi 4 lb. Ultragreen and it lifted it no problem. It’s .007. I’ve been ok with the Excel but 6lb won’t lift a 5 lb weight and 4lb Maxi will?

Your rod and reel here plays at least an 80% part in not just fighting a fish and cast distance but does that mean I’m better off fishing the 4lb Maxi over the 6lb Excel?

My test was I tied a jug with 5lbs of water in it to exactly 5’ of line wrapped around my MLF scale and tried to very slowly lift it with zero jerk. All the line is the same age and cared for properly

i can throw any of the 3 a mile and it really probably comes down to cost. I’m a constant respooler and the Maxi is 3 times the cost of the Excel

Oh My

[dtrs5kprs]

2 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

Just for kicks I tried the 5lb lift test with Maxi 4 lb. Ultragreen and it lifted it no problem. It’s .007. I’ve been ok with the Excel but 6lb won’t lift a 5 lb weight and 4lb Maxi will?

Your rod and reel here plays at least an 80% part in not just fighting a fish and cast distance but does that mean I’m better off fishing the 4lb Maxi over the 6lb Excel?

My test was I tied a jug with 5lbs of water in it to exactly 5’ of line wrapped around my MLF scale and tried to very slowly lift it with zero jerk. All the line is the same age and cared for properly

i can throw any of the 3 a mile and it really probably comes down to cost. I’m a constant respooler and the Maxi is 3 times the cost of the Excel

Oh My

Yep, if you plan to respool every day, cheaper is better.

[176champion]

I buy cheap line cause I'm the biggest backlasher there is...lol

[Sore Thumbs]

4 hours ago, Ham said:

Better than a pocket on a shirt

That dog will hunt.

[Mr. Smallfish]

tougher than woodpecker lips