I'm interested to hear what views you have on this topic. Fluorocarbon for invisibility but lacks casting ability against mono.
I've got some RidgeMonkey fluoro recently and will be trying it soon on my mainline as opposed to mono.
I've got some RidgeMonkey fluoro recently and will be trying it soon on my mainline as opposed to mono.
In reply to Post #1
I've been using the rm fluro myself as it's a nice half way between a full on fluorocarbon and mono it doesn't seem to have so much memory as the stuff I've used in the past although I have lost a fish where the line broke possibly from the line grating on a snag at the bottom of the lake.
It casts nicely I've found but most my fishing is done under 15 wraps lately.
I've been using the rm fluro myself as it's a nice half way between a full on fluorocarbon and mono it doesn't seem to have so much memory as the stuff I've used in the past although I have lost a fish where the line broke possibly from the line grating on a snag at the bottom of the lake.
It casts nicely I've found but most my fishing is done under 15 wraps lately.
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I'm not fishing clear water so invisibility has never worried me. In one place it tskes on a green tinge
With my x line.
What i like about it is how heavy it is. Nothing ive ever used behaves like it. It doesnt coil or wrinkle
And it cuts through the water like and old chain or rope. It sinks before you think of putting your tip down.
I'm not fishing clear water so invisibility has never worried me. In one place it tskes on a green tinge
With my x line.
What i like about it is how heavy it is. Nothing ive ever used behaves like it. It doesnt coil or wrinkle
And it cuts through the water like and old chain or rope. It sinks before you think of putting your tip down.
I think the RM stuff is just coated mono rather than a proper flouro line. From the few I've tried (Fox, Berkley, Korda) the best all rounder is X-Line. Casts ok, sinks well and behaves ok.
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Horses for courses. Having said that a good sinking mono will out perform fluoro in most uses. Only time I'd use fluoro is for fishing slack lines in highly pressured waters. Think the invisibility thing is hype. Sure there will be many who disagree.
Horses for courses. Having said that a good sinking mono will out perform fluoro in most uses. Only time I'd use fluoro is for fishing slack lines in highly pressured waters. Think the invisibility thing is hype. Sure there will be many who disagree.
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I think it's difficult to compare mainlines that almost designed to do different things. Fluro has better sinking properties than any mono, so for slack line fishing it's very difficult to beat, and very little stretch almost comparable to braid in that department when feeling for a drop. I've found it to be very durable aswell even in lower breaking strains. On the downside it has to be cared for a little bit more, cleaned and stretched every so often and doesn't cast very well, can be fussy with certain knots.
Mono on the other hand is a bit more versatile, a supple mono will cast further, but may lack with feel due to stretch. Can be harder to get ultra slack without it being picked up with any degree of undertow. I don't believe any line is invisible underwater, you'd be surprised at what sticks to it in a short space of time.
I use both for various situations, I fish slack lines anywhere up to 80 yards so use fluro for that purpose, and any further use mono, to help aid with the cast particularity if it's a big one, as generally fishing at bigger ranges slack lines go out the window for me for various reasons, so the need for fluro is then gone.
I've used kontour flurocarbon in 12lb breaking strain since it come out, and both the 15/18lb since they have hit the market, and esp synchro xt in all breaking strains for various applications aswell.
Ridge monkey line is actually fluro coated mono aswell so you won't get the full effect of using a pure flurocarbon mainline, I'd be interested to see how that'd perform up against normal mono and pure flurocarbon.
I think it's difficult to compare mainlines that almost designed to do different things. Fluro has better sinking properties than any mono, so for slack line fishing it's very difficult to beat, and very little stretch almost comparable to braid in that department when feeling for a drop. I've found it to be very durable aswell even in lower breaking strains. On the downside it has to be cared for a little bit more, cleaned and stretched every so often and doesn't cast very well, can be fussy with certain knots.
Mono on the other hand is a bit more versatile, a supple mono will cast further, but may lack with feel due to stretch. Can be harder to get ultra slack without it being picked up with any degree of undertow. I don't believe any line is invisible underwater, you'd be surprised at what sticks to it in a short space of time.
I use both for various situations, I fish slack lines anywhere up to 80 yards so use fluro for that purpose, and any further use mono, to help aid with the cast particularity if it's a big one, as generally fishing at bigger ranges slack lines go out the window for me for various reasons, so the need for fluro is then gone.
I've used kontour flurocarbon in 12lb breaking strain since it come out, and both the 15/18lb since they have hit the market, and esp synchro xt in all breaking strains for various applications aswell.
Ridge monkey line is actually fluro coated mono aswell so you won't get the full effect of using a pure flurocarbon mainline, I'd be interested to see how that'd perform up against normal mono and pure flurocarbon.
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X line is awful, look at the tackle box line tests and it breaks at much lower poundage than stated it's very stiff and coils off the reel terribly..
X line is awful, look at the tackle box line tests and it breaks at much lower poundage than stated it's very stiff and coils off the reel terribly..
In reply to Post #7
Have you ever used X Line ? I've had 20lb on my
Reels for years the odd stretch and it's Alwyss bang on
Ignore tackle box test trust me I've dragged 80lb cats in on 20lb x line it's bomb proof
Have you ever used X Line ? I've had 20lb on my
Reels for years the odd stretch and it's Alwyss bang on
Ignore tackle box test trust me I've dragged 80lb cats in on 20lb x line it's bomb proof
In reply to Post #7
Have you ever used X Line ? I've had 20lb on my
Reels for years the odd stretch and it's Alwyss bang on
Ignore tackle box test trust me I've dragged 80lb cats in on 20lb x line it's bomb proof
Have you ever used X Line ? I've had 20lb on my
Reels for years the odd stretch and it's Alwyss bang on
Ignore tackle box test trust me I've dragged 80lb cats in on 20lb x line it's bomb proof
In reply to Post #7
If you go through the list of flouro mainlines almost every one from any of the manufacturers breaks below the stated BS.
If you go by measured diameter, rather than stated BS then the 20lb X-line comes out comparable to all of the better flouro lines.
In my experience it knots the best and behaves the best compared to other flouro lines I have used. What are you comparing it to?
If you go through the list of flouro mainlines almost every one from any of the manufacturers breaks below the stated BS.
If you go by measured diameter, rather than stated BS then the 20lb X-line comes out comparable to all of the better flouro lines.
In my experience it knots the best and behaves the best compared to other flouro lines I have used. What are you comparing it to?
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Agree with this 5 turn grinner proper bedded down nice and neat the stuff sinks like an absolute brick and is like rope when pulling fish in through snags I've had big cats drag me all over swims on the stuff it's never let me down
Agree with this 5 turn grinner proper bedded down nice and neat the stuff sinks like an absolute brick and is like rope when pulling fish in through snags I've had big cats drag me all over swims on the stuff it's never let me down