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Fireline Crystal for ice fishing

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I used the heck out of it and it worked awesome. The main thing is to be sure to have some sharp clippers along for changing jigs. If the line is frayed on the ends it can be tough threading it through a tiny jig eye.

One other tip would be to take it easy on the hooksets. The line has almost no stretch so you could end up with lips on the hook instead of a fish. grin.gif

Good fishing,

Corey Bechtold

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hanson Grand Master

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I've got Fireline Crystal on my open water walleye jigging rods and I do love it.

I used to fish Fireline (smoke grey color) through the ice exclusively but have been fishing P-Line Floroice for the last 3 years now. I dunno, I've had success both ways.

If I could name 1 reason why I prefer a floro or mono, its that your bobber stops stay put on the line. Its an all day activity keeping them in the right place on a superline in the winter.

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I spooled all my ice reels with it last winter. I then spooled all of my open water reals in the spring. I will be spooling my boys first "big boy" rod/reels in the spring. Lost way to many green jigs in the lily pads this fall, who new they would figure out how to cast so well and so far!! blush.gif I think I might like it a little. grin.gif

I have a pair of rapala pliers that have a side cutter built in, it works pretty good. A have a good set of clippers but the side cutters seem to work a little better. That and the pliers are always out.

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Only complaint i have is that it is too strong. I had 8lb on one of my summer walleye rods and got stuck i couldnt break the line. Finaly once i got it wrapped around a dowel I pulled hard and the line snapped, I fell backwards and broke my rod. I wouldnt go any heavier then 6lb. I caught a nice northern on 6lb he tangled up a bunch of lines and took me a long time to get him out but it barely frayed at the hook.

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I have it on most of my crappie rods..Not so much on my trout rods cause I dont like the visibility of braided line in clear water...just my preference...As for the crappie rods I really like it. Sensitive and strong. Caught a 40" pike on 3lbs test last winter even. The more I use it the more like it also cause it seems to limber up and become less stiff and chaulky after a few uses also.

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The stuff is tough as heck and no stretch I used the smallest diameter I could find last year and caught both walleyes and bluegills on the same stuff. The only problem that I have encountered with it is that, with the super small diameter you pay heck to notice any knicks in it and it will break very easly so retie often when fishing for critters with teeth.

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Only complaint i have is that it is too strong. I had 8lb on one of my summer walleye rods and got stuck i couldnt break the line. Finaly once i got it wrapped around a dowel I pulled hard and the line snapped, I fell backwards and broke my rod. I wouldnt go any heavier then 6lb. I caught a nice northern on 6lb he tangled up a bunch of lines and took me a long time to get him out but it barely frayed at the hook.

One thing about superlines are that they don't stretch, so they can't handle shock absorbtion. A lot of times, I'm snagged on rocks so it's very easy to break the line with a fast twitched jerk. You have to have a rod that won't break under that kind of use and it won't absorb all of the shock. The biggest problem would be hooking up on some underater branch or weeds that don't come out.

10# line snapped on a cast as line wrapped around tip. I was a very windy day and I didn't notice that until the cast.

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Quick question guys. What lb. test would you recommend using for walleyes. Planning on spooling Fireline this winter for the first time. Just wondering. Thanks--

On URL I've got 4, crappies or walleyes...

I've got 6 on the other rod just for walleyes...

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The small diameter casts a mile and doesn't have the momory that Mono has.

This line works great for bobber fishing as well. your line will fall straight down instead of dragging back towards you as well, just wait a second before you close the bail. I do use a Floro leader!

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