Nano line vs monofilament

[laker1]

Has anybody switched over to some of the new lines and away from mono?

Pro line,nano line diameter is smaller,but don't know enough about the Pro's and Con's?

[delcecchi]

I pretty much use braid for everything. There was long thread somewhere on here about it.

[Deitz Dittrich]

each has their advantages and disadvantages. Try it, see if its for you. I have some rods that have powerpro super slick on it, but also have some rods with copoly, and some with florocarbon.

[Hawg]

Hands down, Nano was the worst line I've ever purchased in my life. One guy repied, "When I burned it even the smoke went up in coils."

[PerchJerker]

I'm trying Berkely NanoFil this year for the first time. I am not a fan of most Berkely lines but they got me with their sales pitch about NanoFil being designed specifically for spinning reels ..... not twisting or coiling, and casting farther.

So far I've been happy with the NanoFil, even very happy. I have it spooled onto a couple of panfishing reels and 1 walleye reel. It's been good enough so far that I'm also going to try it on a reel I use for skipping under docks for bass.

[tunrevir]

You gotta be careful with the nano as the lighter weight micro diameter is not very shock resistant. I think I have the 2# diameter on a rod and it is really a great line for feeling a bait, be it a jig or crank but it tends to bust off with any hard shock to the line. I will go up a weight or two and see what that does for me. As far as castability and coiling, it has been great, and casts a country mile on a spinning rig and the feel is excellent.

Tunrevir~

[NoWiser]

I put Berkely NanoFil on one of my walleye rods shortly after it came out, and took it up to Canada for some walleye fishing. Man, I couldn't rip that dump off my reel fast enough! I hated it! Switched back to 6 lb mono and was happy again. I can honestly say it was my least favorite of any line I've ever tried in my life!

I use braided for most of my bass and pike fishing, as it cuts through the weeds easily. I use mono for everything else.

[silverbulletguy]

I have some 6 or 8 on a rod and it seems fine to me. Cast's a long way and I haven't had it break unless it has some wear and I should've cut it and re-tied but didn't. I'm typically a fan of braided line but gave it a shot and haven't been disappointed.

[toddb]

Another thumbs down for nano, coating is crappy and not very abrasion resistant. I'll stick with good old Fireline for my no stretch applications from now on...

[mainbutter]

I gave it a shot and wasn't a fan.

I stick to braid main line and fluorocarbon leaders for pretty much all my fishing needs in MN and Canada (when I'm not using the fly rod). I use swivels with heavy musky leaders, otherwise I just use back to back uni knots to tie on lengths of fluoro leader in 12lb or 25lb depending on the application.

[pikerliker]

Hands down, Nano was the worst line I've ever purchased in my life. One guy repied, "When I burned it even the smoke went up in coils."

Hawg now that was funny!

[Fish Head]

I'm surprised to hear some guys hate the nanofil. I put it on one of my walleye rods last year and I've had no problem with it at all...and this rod gets a LOT of use. This is on a rod that had power-pro on it and was due for a replacement, so I thought I would give nanofil a try. It's worked well for me so far.

[laker1]

So far it seems O'kay. It casts about 50% farther than mono. Super sensitive. I wonder it's visability to fish vs mono.

I know when trolling with a plug,its super sensitivity just has the rod shaking. Kind of annoying. But you do feel everything. There is a place for it. To bad it did not come in clear color.

[Fish Head]

So far it seems O'kay. It casts about 50% farther than mono. Super sensitive. I wonder it's visability to fish vs mono.

I know when trolling with a plug,its super sensitivity just has the rod shaking. Kind of annoying. But you do feel everything. There is a place for it. To bad it did not come in clear color.

I always use a 3-5 foot fluorocarbon leader.

[wormdunker]

First of all it is improtant to note that I was an big fan of Power pro. I was fortuante enough to use it since its inception. I used it in all tests but primarily I used 10lb paired with 12 lb Seaguar Floro for bass fishing (Jig worm, Senkos, florida rig, flukes, texas rig). Never had a single qaulity issue with either product.

My initial results with NANO were positive. I spooled up 10lb on 2 spinning reels then added 2 more because I was impressed. I do not like the 150 yard spool size. It makes it way too difficult to back the reel and get accurate amounts of Nano on the spool.....splitting 150 yards was not easy...at least not for me. I ended up with something like 90/60first go round which sucked. The second 2 reels i had my kid take a 75 yd run. they need to go to 200 yd spools.

Short term results were great after the spooling debacle. However this my second season with the line I have noticed excessive fraying(6ft or more each time),resulting in line removal, resulting in short spools. My reels got short lined very soon.

Last year I also spooled to rods with Power pro silk 10lb. i am way more impressed with the Silk than Nano. Yes the color fades in time but it is not pure white like Nano. I have found it to be strong line.

Castability was very good with both. Sensitivity is very good with both. Toughness goes to Silk. Color goes to Silk. Knot Strength equal.

i want to add I use the Uni knot to join Floro and Silk/Nano. I never experienced any slippage like others report. I typically wrap the knot 7/8 times on the nano side of the knot vs 5/6 like I would when joining other lines.

[delcecchi]

Wormdunker, do you have any economic interest in power pro, sponsor, rep, etc?

I ask this a lot to help establish credibility of recommendations.

[laker1]

Nano now has a camo-green and the last 2 days I trolled with 6 pound test in camo-hgreen and than today fished sunfish with it. The 6 pound test I loved it. Trolling for small rainbow trout with very small lures I liked it for it had no memory and twist formation. Quick hook setting. Also you can cast a long ways with hardly anything on the other end.

Want to try the nano in the 16 pound test later for trolling,but feel like it is going to be to much rod vibration with the bigger plugs. Also everybody tells me you will have more breakage because there is no initial give?

It is fun to try something new. After all these years something should be better than mono?

As mentioned I am wondering about fraying of line with the nano.