Trilene Vanish Line

[Bud]

I wonder if it would be a good idea to use Trilene Vanish to make snells and walleye rigs?? A little more expensive but maybe the invisable line would help??

[Random guy]

I don't know how much the invisable factor will help you walleye guys, it sure cant hurt. I think the vanish is a flourocarbon line and it is tough stuff. I make my musky leaders out of flourocarbon line and them toothy things can't chew through it very easy.

If you make snells/rigs from it it you now have invisability and added strength for the fat ones.

[markkstanley]

Vanish is great for snells and rigs. I've used it for a few years. For the ultimate in sensitivity use braid for the main line connected to a Vanish leader. You will feel everything. You can also go up in line weight with Vanish. I've used 17lb test a lot which is nice if other toothy critters are around.

[big musk411]

It should be good for snells, but watch out for wear. The stuff is not real abtaision resistant. I had a buddie bring a rod spooled with it to the Boundries, and it was awful. He casted off all kinds of lures and broke off alot of fish. After seeing that I would be checking my leader every fish.

[RainyEye]

I had several Vanish leaders I used last summer that were over a year old and I lost some big walleyes on my hooksets. I think they make an effective leader, but I'll never use a Vanish leader again that isn't new.

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Try Berkly Transition for leaders.

I used it all last fall and all winter on my walleye and crappie rods and found it to be very tough. Just make sure you wet your knots before you tighten them!

Cliff

[ASMOLEY]

big musk411 i can relate to that. I spooled a reel with that stuff and every half hour or so you would need to take 10ft off because it would have all sorts of abrasion on it. Granted we where fishing on Leech in the rocks but i've never had a line wear so quickly.

[Boedigheimer]

Bud, I have had many bad experiences with vanish. It has lots of memory, poor knot strength, and repeated break-offs (which should never happen). As far as flourocarbons go vanish is stinky. I really like Silver Thread(copolymer) and P-line for leader material.

[burl]

I have used vanish for walleye snells for the last four years and can say i have never had the line break because of strength issues.I usually use 6 lb. test and have never had the line break at the knots.I use a high quality swivel before i tie the snell on.You need to wet the line when you make the knot,this is important.I dont understand why this line gets such bad reviews.Burl.

[deepportage01]

vanish is what I run on snells also and it will ware faster than mono but it is well worth the trade.A good rule of thumb is anything you can do to be a more stelthy walleye fishermen do it!

[LoonASea]

I have used Vanish line and I have no complaints ...althou it touched my heater while ice fishing once and it did vanish ..but other then that... the smaller lb test doesnt seem to have much more memory then mono...and I retie often so abrasion hasnt been an issue ... but again thats just my experience

[Northlander]

I also quit using Vanish for most things. I used to tie spinners with it but had way too many break offs. The abrasion resistance isnt very good in my opinion. I do however use it for jigging lakers in clear lakes. Just as a leader/shocker.

I like clear Trilene XT or the new Gamma line for my spinners. The Gamma is new to me so I will see how it works out on my spinner rigs. I also like the Transition line. Especially for jigging when I want to see my line better than I can with Fireline or XT.

[Fish Head]

I've been using P-line Floroclear the last couple years and I like it. It's a floorocarbon coated line. I haven't had any problems with line breaking at all and I usually fish with 6# test.

Has anyone else tried this stuff?

[slick814]

I made the switch from Vanish to Transistion last year, and never had any problems with break offs. Like Cliff said, make sure to wet the line before you tighten the knot, and the knots will hold just fine.

With just about any line you need to check for abrasions, just run it through your fingers after catching a fish. If there's nicks, replace it. I like the Transistion because of the change of color that it has when exposed to sunlight. Makes it easier to see about where you're at when reeling in.

I also haven't had any problems with it having a lot of memory to it. It spools off great when casting, works wonderfully in clearer water, and is a great "between" line, between mono & braids. I think you get good parts of both in the fluorocarbons.