new fireline "crystal"?

[Luck e 1]

Is this another gimmic? It looks white. I would still use a two foot tippet, but it just seems like it would stand out more.

[fiskyknut]

Luck e.....Take a peek at the Walleye forum as a few of us were talking about this stuff just a short while ago. I used it on a couple of my longline trolling setups thru the summer and liked it. Sounds like the jury may be out yet and I'm sure thru the winter season we'll hear more and more about the stuff.

Regards.....fiskyknut

[Corey Bechtold]

Awesome product!!! I've used it this Fall for Walleye's and Crappies. Typically for Crappies I have had more success with Mono but that's changed now.

For Ice fishing I am really looking forward to using it. A little trick I like to use is to color the last few feet of it before your lure. This way you know when the fish is getting closer to the hole!

Good luck,

Corey Bechtold

[backlash 1]

So you're saying with 2 lb crystal you would tie directly to lure?

Would coloring the last few feet of line have any effect on line visibility at all, IYO.?

[Corey Bechtold]

Yep, directly to lure! I don't know what the effects of line color the fish would prefer. I like to stick with red because it's easy to see coming out of the hole. A lot has been hyped about the use of colored lines. Let's look at all the florocarbon lines, invisible under water. Cajun promotes that red is the first color to disappear under water. Some high vis golds work for some situations. What does this tell me, nothing really. Half of it is just a marketing scheme. Companies are looking for an edge over their competition. My opinion is to use what you are confident with. Let the fish tell you what they want. For every situation there can be a specific line that works best. Like I said, I like to color the last few feet just as a reference so I know when the fish are getting close to the hole. I am going to start making a colored stripe for every 5 or 10 feet of line out. This way I will know how far down I am fishing without having to use the locator all the time.

Good luck,

Corey Bechtold

[MASON38]

After playing with it for a little bit, I cant find a good reason to switch from the Power Pro. The 4 lb Fire Line Cystal is still stiffer than the 8 lb Pwr Pro. After looking into it a while back and checking out Fire Line, Stren, Spiderwire & Stealth, P-line, and Tuf-line, the Pwr Pro won out as the best choice for ice fishing. Higher strength, better knots and how limp the line was for looking into a 1 lb diameter line when comparible. Unless its walleye or perch fishing, I do like the to tie on a lead when it comes to gills and crappie. Think the fish definitely become spooky as winter progresses, which is why in a lot of cases the smaller jigs for harder bites get tied on. Seems like a leader of fc line would be a better choice than coloring the line to tell how much of a fight you have left on your hands.

I'm always looking at it from what kind of tournament edge a set-up can give me, I'm sure just about any line will catch you fish under normal conditions. Look forward to hearing more feedback from others on how the Crystal performs. Good luck with it.

[scooter409s]

I just loaded new 2# crystal on one of my poles, I've used it the last couple years and it worked very well, but i've learned if you find the smallest clips you can find. i've found by doing some fishing in the fish tank, that if you clip the jig heads or vert lures they move more nat. in the water. when I tied them onto the line they didnt seem to move right, try it, I check out all my stuff to see how it works in the water, and other plus with the clips, you can change stuff very quickly.