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ok so between say... 15lb and 8lb test flourocarbon line:
which will sink faster?
15lb because of the mass? (flouro is denser, so does the thicker line allow it to sink faster?)

or

8lb test? (because of the thinner line diameter, and lesser friction?)

stumped...

lastly, will flouro sink in saltwater even though salth20 is denser than fresh20.

thank you all

I do not know if I am 100% correct or not, but I do believe 15 will sink faster than 8 in the flouro. As for Saltwater and sinking, yes it will sink. Remember Flourocarbon got it's start in salt water and big game/fish situations. Bill K

thank you

Brian,

I'm sure your question could be answered on the Tackle Tour Forum.

They did a Fluorocarbon study a few months back that was very informative.

www.tackletour.com

I've found that, on long casts with the same lighter (1/8-3/8oz shakey heads, jigs, Senkos, Ikas) weight lure, the 8 falls faster because of it's smaller diameter. A long cast's worth of 15 has a lot of surface on the fall.
And on heavier jigs, the fall rate difference is minimal.

Mark,
I was going to say the same thing, you're right on.
Technically speaking, the differences in the 2 line weights should have some degree of measurable differerence, but its going to be miniscule.

As you stated, your going to notice the difference the most when using a light weight bait and making long casts to deeper water. a heavier bait will all but void any differences.

The root cause of why 8lb line (even with just plain mono) is going to sink faster than the 15lb is not due to the flouro or density of the line, but a simple nemesis called "friction". The bigger diameter line has more surface area and is going to "drag" thru the water, thus drop slower than the smaller diameter 8lb line.

Even then the differences, say with a 3/8 weight, is going to be in the realm of 1-2 seconds at most, likely much less. With a 1 ton jig you wouldnt be able to count the difference.

Something surely of interest. it would be a great test for tackle tour to do and measure.

Kopper_Bass

Kopper Bass,
I must have read that stuff from one of your earlier posts.

The heavier the test the faster it will sink. Fluorocarbon has a very high specific gravity (density), it is much akin to leadcore line, just not as exagerated. I figure that when using fluorocarbon, you can bump up you test weight buy 3/5 lbs over copolymer/mono, and get the same results with sinkrate etc.

Reserve your carbon for jigs and senkos. You could use it for flippin/pitchin, but I prefer the handling characteristics of a good copolymer for that stuff.

Bass Man Dan