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Line choice for 2010


BartmanMN

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If we are unable to get Gamma ESP ice this year since Gamma went out of business (I think); are there any other co-polymer choices on the market for ice line?

I love the 2lb. Gamma ESP ice, since it is thin like hair and doesn't have a ton of memory.

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Plain old Berkeley micro ice for me. I was planning on trying something new and exciting this year until I realized how much of the micro ice stuff I got on hand. Oh well, its already paid for and it has never let me down so I can't complain about it.

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I tried a copolymer line from Berkely called Sensation or something like that last year, and was not too impressed with it. Berkely lines are kind of at the bottom of my list these days ..... although I can live with their micro ice line in 2lb and 3lb test ....

PLine FlouroIce is a good line. Not a copolymer, but a good line.

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I've done my homework on it already and will be switching over to ASSO fishing lines, but still have not depleted my current Gamma lines. Pulled my biggest sturgeon in my life that wouldn't fight 8" hole with 3# test ASSO Ice fshing line. Had to break line after nearly two hours. Too bad ice was too thick to get a camera photo out of it. Many times I was sure the line was gonna snap from all that rubbing on the ice, but it held.

Pline Floroice is a copolymer not in the sense of a nylon copolymer. It's a flourocarbon coated line with a nylon core. I've had wonderful performance out of the 3# test, but very dissappointing results with 2# test.

Still using a lot of Fireline Crystal for in the shelter stuff and will maybe mixing it up with 2# Stren Microfuse.

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