Flourocarbon Line

[bigwormy]

im gonna use more flouro this year. i have just not opted to in the past because of the memory. What baits do you guys use when throwing your flouro and why is flouro the better opiton in each situation than the mono? thanks!!

[offdtop]

KVD uses it on almost everything, I use it on baits I am counting on feeling "ticks" "taps" slightest bites. Flurocarbon has high tensil strength and for the most part abrasion resistance, with a good fluro you can feel a bite at the offset of the cast instead of halfway back on a long cast, thus better hooksets on longcasts. it is a sinking line so it doesn't work well at all on topwater baits that is where mono or copolymer excels. I like mono on crankbaits because I use stiffer rods and the stretch help where the rod is lacking as where others use glass rods. It is all about sensitivity.

I can hand you 2 identical rods fishing a worm rig 1 with mono and 1 with fluro and tell you to drag the exact same location and you will give me 2 different answers to what you feel. On mono you'll think you were dragging through moss and with fluro you feel were dragging up a rock or over a tree. Compare this reach out your finger and touch something then pick up a 3ft twig and drag over the same thing, you'll have more sensitivity with your finger because you feel it directly (no stretch ) That is the best way I can describe it, but if your fun fishing .....who cares - mono has worked for years, but if you are seriously looking to capitalize on bites then it matters

[Todd2]

I can hand you 2 identical rods fishing a worm rig 1 with mono and 1 with fluro and tell you to drag the exact same location and you will give me 2 different answers to what you feel. On mono you'll think you were dragging through moss and with fluro you feel were dragging up a rock or over a tree.

True and if you had a 3rd rod with braid you'd be able to tell whether it was an oak or a pine.

[Col Forbin]

im gonna use more flouro this year. i have just not opted to in the past because of the memory. What baits do you guys use when throwing your flouro and why is flouro the better opiton in each situation than the mono? thanks!!

I am going to fish less flouro this year. On baits where sensitivity is a must - bottom bouncing jigs and worms flouro is usually preferred. Also, because it sinks and has a smaller diameter, it really helps getting crankbaits down. Mono is a must on topwater, it floats and you will get a true action.

I am only going to use flouro this year on my deep diving crankbaits, and deep water jigs, only. I had a hard time with flouro breaking last year especially in brush and rock piles - especially when fishing shallower. I don't think you sacrifice much sensitivity when fishing shallow with a good co-polymer like gamma. When you get much over 10 or 15 feet down, I think the sensitivity of flouro really helps - so I will keep it on my deeper water set-ups.

You really have to re-tie often too. I fished with Dave Stewart last year, and he on Gamma, and I had on flouro. He told me if we both had a tiny knick in the line, and both had a fish on - I would have time to help him land his, because mine would never make it to the boat. This echoed in my head repeatedly last year with ever fish that broke my flouro.

For Flouro line, Seaguar Invis-x is by far my favorite. I am just like Offdtop - I tried them all.