useinf flurocarbon

[moviking]

It seems all the pro's are pushing flurocarbon. I don't have very good luck with it. seems to get nicked and break easy. In cold water it seems to get stiff. Here in MO. we fish a lot of wood and rocks. any suggestions. Plus we stay at the Vets camp on Big Marine lake in the late summer,is it a good bass lake, I heard it is.

[Irish]

Yes Big Marine is a great bass lake. It is definitely a numbers lake but there are some big fish in there too you just have to do a little bit of searching to find them.

[RK]

Hiya -

Fluoro is definitely different. I use it exclusively for some things and love it, and wouldn't touch it for other stuff. It depends on what your personal preferences are and what you like.

Personally I use it jig fishing, jigworming, and drop shotting, plus crankbaits in some cases.

It's also definitely the case that not all fluorocarbons are the same in terms of handling and durability. If you gain in abrasion resistance you usually give up flexibility and handling, especially in spinning gear. So it's kind of a trade off depending on what kind of gear you're using. Line that might be great on casting gear may be a nightmare in spinning gear, while a line that handles well on spinning might not be tough enough for rocks or heavy cover. I know I tried several brands before I found some I could live with performance-wise.

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[croixflats]

I am new to the Flouro line and tried a few. So far ASSO heavy ice has treated me well. Very thin diameter while being strong. It does not seem to kink or get nicked like other flouro. It also does not have the severity of some of coiling off the reel like a lot do, a bit stiff honestly no more than mono in cold weather.

I use it for jigging so abrasion I am not sure about it.

I have to say I am happy with this brand. Its spendy .

I stripped off some junky suffix I just put on and relined with some mono rhe difference is night and day. The 6# asso was more supple even in cold and thinner than the monno and sank faster.

[Larson15]

I use fluro for 90% of all the fishing I do specifically the ones mentioned by Robb. In colder temperatures 100% fluro will perform better than mono because it does not absorb water like mono. When mono absorbs water in the colder temperatures it gets very brittle and breaks. Depending on which brand you use you will experience them all act in different ways in regards to handling/management. On baitcasters its not as noticeable as when using it on spinning gear. I have found that Seaguar Invisx handles the best on spinning gear in 8-12lb test.

[mainbutter]

I use fluorocarbon leaders (tied directly to braided line via uni-to-uni knot) 99% of my fishing, specifically when I'm looking for pike and bass.

[Superduty]

Do you guys have any gear and technique specific advice on what brand flouro works best for you?

I used flouro more this past season than ever before. I concluded that the bass pro shops flouro was better than the berkely 100% for me. I used it mainly on baitcasting withcrankbaits (10 lb) and drop shotting and jigworming with spinning reels (8lb).

[Larson15]

I have tried just about every fluro on the market and I believe Seaguar Invisx is the best there is. It is a very soft fluro, almost feels like mono. The other benefit of it is the low diamater of there pound test rating. You can use 12# Invisx and it has the same diameter of most other brands #8. The downside is that it is a little more expensive than some other brands but you always get what you pay for. I use 10-12# Invizx on all my spinning rods for drop shotting and jig worming. I also use 12-15# on my crankbait rods.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I use floro for some cranks, Dropshot and flipping.. thats about it...

And yes,, Big Marine is a good bass lake.. If you like deep weed line bites..

[moviking]

thanks for the info guys. I went out today for a while & the fluro didn't work to good in the cold (35), but, I am not giving up on it yet.

[Deitz Dittrich]

LOL.. better than the -35 it felt like here today.

[BassNut33]

I have tried just about every fluro on the market and I believe Seaguar Invisx is the best there is. It is a very soft fluro, almost feels like mono. The other benefit of it is the low diamater of there pound test rating. You can use 12# Invisx and it has the same diameter of most other brands #8. The downside is that it is a little more expensive than some other brands but you always get what you pay for. I use 10-12# Invizx on all my spinning rods for drop shotting and jig worming. I also use 12-15# on my crankbait rods.

I agree last year I bounced around between brands Seaguar is by far the best for durability and sensitivity. I spend a lot of time on Big Marine, I have seen the numbers of big fish go down over the last few years, but the numbers are still there. Like Dietz said focus on deep weed lines.

[Fishwrench]

I tried Invizx in 2009 and didn't care for it at all. A huge surprise since CarbonPro had been so good to me. Both are Seaguar products, so I was surprised when I suffered many more break-offs with Invizx.

Switching back to CarbonPro solved all of my break-off problems. It's a little stiffer than the Invizx, so hard to handle on spinning gear, but on baitcasting gear I find it almost flawless.

Other bad experiences came from Berkley Vanish. I don't know what that stuff 'really' is, but it's not like any fluoro I've used before... lots of break-offs, the line always seems rough, and it's not nearly as manageable as other fluoros out there.

I'll leave with a little tip --- once upon a time, Cabela's Fluoro was just CarbonPro in a different box. I'm not sure if that's the case any longer, but back in the day (2008?), I was able to save some money getting the 'generic' stuff.

[Larson15]

I think you may have had a bad spool or something. I have never had an issue with breakoff's with Invisx. Carbonpro was good stuff and the Cabelas brand is unfortunately not the same anymore. Seaguar does make another kind of fluro called abrazx that is a little stiffer and more abrasion resistant. I sort of think the abrazx is essentially carbonpro with some adjustments.

[moviking]

I tried Vanish and had very bad results with it

[BassNut33]

I would agree Vanish is junk, has anybody used Vicious Fluro. I see that it is quite a bit cheaper and has gotten some good reviews. For a fisherman on a budget I am always looking to save a buck without sacrificing too much in the quality area.

[Larson15]

Viscous is ok if you can live with a really stiff fluro. I have used the 17lb and found that it is really strong. It would probably not work very well on spinning gear.

[BassNut33]

How is the sensitivity, I would probably just throw it on casting gear.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Someone needs to buy the fisheries side of Frog Hair and bring back Gamma Floro. .that stuff was the best..

[Tom Buckles]

I prefer Seaguar also. I too have not been very impressed with Vanish. Im out in California now and do a lot of finese fishing. With that in mind, I love flurocarbon. As someone else mentioned, I use is as a leader to tie directly to braid.

[slipperybob]

Pro for product.

Flourocarbon lines started out as leader material. Then when they soften it up to make it spool-able, it also got weak. So now there are so many types of flourocarbon lines: flourocarbon coated, hybrid copolymers, and 100% flourcarbon lines.

[NTW]

I used value line last year, it was Triple Fish brand. Not many complaints.

This year I am thinking about trying Vicious just for the sake of changing. Have any of you tried that and want to share an opinion?

[Larson15]

Viscous is a pretty tough line. I would only recommend using the 15 or 17lb test. Both of these lines are really strong. Anything higher is too thick and too stiff. The lower pound test lines seem hard to handle on spinning gear. I do see that Vicious has introduced a new flurocarbon line this year called Visious Elite. It does carry a higher price tag but I will be curious as to how good this line is. Another thing about Vicious is that its made in USA.

[NTW]

Larson - I think you typically have the toughest reviews on products so I am encouraged that you didn't dump on them. I am pretty sure that I will be putting it on my casting setups. Goes without saying, you'd still recommend seagur on an 8lb spinning setup?

Something else I wonder --> I see that many pros have sponsorships with Vicious...safe to believe they all use the line exclusively?

[Larson15]

Thanks for the compliment. I try to give the best and most straightforward answers I can with any product experience I have. In all honesty I dont think there is a bad line out there. I just think some lines are better than others and it also depends on what # test we are considering. I'm not going to preach about how I think Seaguar is the best. Prior to Seaguar I used Gamma and I liked that line so much Seaguar seems to be the only line that I have tried that has similar like qualities. On a baitcaster I don't think a stiff line makes much difference. There are a lot of guys that actually prefer a stiff line. On spinning gear its a bit different. A stiff line will uncoil off the bail due to being stiff and also twist. This is where I have found Seaguar to shine. So yes I strongly recommend using Seaguar on spinning gear.

Many pros do use vicious and I would say that they use it exclusively. A strong number of pros use braid on there spinning gear and tie a fluro leader.