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Location: Bagley,MN 56621 | hesitant to ask this, kind of like "whats your best line?" and you get all responses like tuff-whip-power pro,etc. BUT
I want to order some of this and I see Rollie's has 100# Climax brand.
Anyone have a problem with Climax? Rollie's has some other things I want too, so kind of killing 2 birds with one stone.
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| I've been using the Scientific Angler Flourocarbon. So far, so great! I sent some to Mark H last year, and also got some for Jason Smith a few weeks ago. Maybe they will post on their results. I could bring some up for you next week. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I am going to try the Stren fluorocarbon. That is all I could find in my area. I will let you all know of how it works. |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Greg,
The stuff I got from Shep has worked well, if memory serves me correctly it was 50 or 60 pound.
If you thinking sucker rigs I don't know why Hard Mono wouldn't work just as well and it's a heck of lot less expensive..?
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Location: Bagley,MN 56621 | so whats is the difference between fluorocarbon and mono...now there is a hard mono???
please explain... thx much. |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | Greg, I am not an expert, but, I believe the difference between the two is strictly in visibility. The flouro disappears in water where the hard mono is still visible. If you are looking to build the rigs that Howie has spoke of try the Hard mono (that is what I am using). I have used that stuff for leaders before also and never had a problem. R&H's sell it ten yards for about $3, a heck of alot better than $55 for thirty yards of flouro.
If your fishing gin clear waters you might want to go to the flouro. |
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Location: Bagley,MN 56621 | Thx Norm
I'm remembering something now from a few years back that I had forgot about. I bought one of those clear leaders cuz I had been hearing about "visibility" concerns. I have no clue anymore if it was hard mono,fluoro or even how heavy it was.
I was throwing a magnum hawgwobbler, got a backlash and it snapped!!!
When I went to pick up the bait floating, the knot that was still attached was almost about to come undone also.
Again, not sure of the weight, the knot used, the brand...it certainly didn't have any glue on the knot.
I think that is why I'm so far behind the 8-ball with this stuff, every time I saw a post about it, i passed it up thinking I'd never use that type of material again.
suckers are a pain in the arse, plain and simple, but they WORK. I do believe what I have read about too much "junk" on them and they don't get picked up. The design is easy to make and to put on the suckers. The other alternative to less "junk" on a sucker is a circle hook on their head with a rubber band..that I will NOT do.
soooo, If I wanna improve my pick-up's/hook-ups and ease of use with suckers I'll give it a go...with 100# fluoro and a good glued knot.
thx all!! |
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Location: oswego, il | Greg, flourocarbon is a very dense material and will sink. The density makes it very abrasion resistant. I use seaguar for my keaders and sucker rigs. I get it from cabelas. For my trolling reels, I use stren flourocarbon. Just make sure you are using 100%. The brands I mentioned above are. |
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| Any bad experiences with P-line?
MJB |
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Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | I have used them all,the only one that is any good is Seaguar brand. |
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Location: oswego, il | MJB, I have some P-line on one of my trolling reels because I could not find stren. It's not 100% flourocarbon which worries me. I was promised it was good stuff so I decided to try it. I did have another brand of flourocarbon that was not 100% start to separate and peel like string cheese on me. Luckily I did not lose anything or a fish. |
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Location: Hazard KY | I like sufix brand mono and flourocarbon leaders. I have had zero failures with either one. I think they have a site at sufix.com or any of the salt water catalogs have them. I have even made sucker rigs from the stuff. no more wire for me except jerkbait leaders.
Good fishin Chris Haley
www.kentuckymuskie.com |
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