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.




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