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I want to try flourocarbon line. I use 4 and 6 lb. test on my spinning reels and 10 on my baitcasters. Any suggestions for brands, etc., for spinning reels in particular? Anything I should know about using flouro?

What is available near you? The BPS flouro is pretty good stuff. New Berkley 100 percent is good. I have a lifetime supply of Sunline which is my favorite. There are plenty of good products. Go 6 pound over 4. Not much difference in visibility, feel. Big difference in strength.

I have become a big fan of Seaguar InvizX. I have tried a lot of the different fluoros out there and I like the Seaguar the best. I have not tried the new AbrazX.

P-line Halo

The Berkley 100% gets my vote. Love the 6lb. My favorite line, period.

Robert F wrote:What is available near you? The BPS flouro is pretty good stuff. New Berkley 100 percent is good. I have a lifetime supply of Sunline which is my favorite. There are plenty of good products. Go 6 pound over 4. Not much difference in visibility, feel. Big difference in strength.

P-Line and maybe Seaguar are available around here. I use 4 lb. for tossing mini-jigs, but 95% of my fishing is spinning reels with 6 lb.

I have read about flouro being a bit troublesome for noobs on spinning gear, so I want to find something that is nice and supple, easy to use.

The Seaguar Invisx is really good 6lb flouro, I fished that until I tried the Sunline Guide Special which I do like a lot more but is also about 2x the price of the Seaguar.

Maxima florocarbon is awesome. Ive had for about a month and love it. The 6lb casts very well off of my stradic and is stong.. I also like sunline sniper 7lb, but its a little more limp

outdoorsman wrote: I also like sunline sniper 7lb, but its a little more limp

I like the Sunline as well and McCoy has come out with a Fluro that I'm getting ready to try.

DB

You cant go wrong with Invisx. Best line for the money. Others may cost more, some will cost less, but Seguar Invisx I have found to be consistently the best bang for the buck. Does not spool off, good abrasion resisitance, and good durability. Does not get brittle and break as easy as most others.

jazzwannabe wrote:P-Line and maybe Seaguar are available around here. I use 4 lb. for tossing mini-jigs, but 95% of my fishing is spinning reels with 6 lb.

I have read about flouro being a bit troublesome for noobs on spinning gear, so I want to find something that is nice and supple, easy to use.

If this thread goes too long you will have a suggestion for every line on the market. I have never used the Seaguar but have used P-Line. It is stiff. Get some Seaguar if that is what you have access to. After you load the reel go out on the water, let the line out with no lure while idling down the lake. Reel it back with the drag of the water and it will be tight and twist free. You can do that in a grassy field if you do not have a boat. On the water is the best.

Another thing with spinning gear, try not to spin your drag unless necessary. That is where line twist comes from. Maintain your line with those tips and you will be happy with most every Flouro.

dbbasser wrote:

outdoorsman wrote: McCoy has come out with a Fluro that I'm getting ready to try. DB

Yeah, I heard about that...can't wait to try it too. Love McCoy co-polymer. Otherwise, I like Berkley 100% fluoro.
Anyone try Stren 100%?

I use the Berkeley Trilene 100% on all of the weights you mentioned and have had no problems at all, other than occasionally putting too much line on the spool..If you do that, you will almost always have the line jumping off the spool, no matter which line you might choose to use..

mac

P-line 100% floro. Just make sure that the line spools closer to the top of the actual spool. You can achieve this by pulling the spool off and removing one or two of the plastic spacers. I only fish shamamo reels and the higher end spinning reels have the small plastic spacers under the spool. Good luck. Nate

P.S Always remember to spool the line onto the reel the same way it comes off the filler spool!!! Less line twist.

Sugoi from Yamamoto. Expensive but strong and lasts all year.

I use fluoro a lot. I've tried many different brands.

Cabelas No-Vis is garbage.

P-line and Invis-X are good, but I had issues with each of these breaking at a kink after a backlash.

Trilene 100% fluoro is the best all around. It is very strong, doesn't break with the smallest kink, very sensitive, and most importantly handles better that others. It has no weakness. I am very happy with Trilene 100% fluoro.

Seaguar has more stretch and is limper than P-line. A few years ago I actually compared the stretch of the two by attaching weights to the line and the Seaguar stretched a whole lot more. I believe that this translates into more limpness but less sensitivity for Seaguar. So... I would use Seaguar on spinning gear where limpness is important and P-line on baitcasting where limpness doesn't matter to take advantage of the increased sensitivity.

Truth be told, I got tired of the line twist from fluoro on spinning and went back to regular mono. . I still use P-line pure fluoro on my baitcasters though.

I have been using the Berkley Vanish Transition you years now and I haven't had any problems with it.

Toray Bawu Super Finesse in 5#. Invisible, strong line with great abrasion resistance. I've tried most of the lines mentioned and this is the one I use now

I have been using Berkley Vanish for years and more recently the Trilene 100%. have you given any thought to using braid with just a couple of feet worth of the fluorocarbon? That's what I have been doing lately. I've also been playing with the Big Game Fluorocarbon leader line and had no complaints.

fluro on spinning, I ended up spooling power pro with a fluro leader[ with a uni to uni knot] stoped twist problems and saves MONEY.

Rod Martin wrote:fluro on spinning, I ended up spooling power pro with a fluro leader[ with a uni to uni knot] stoped twist problems and saves MONEY.

Exactly what I've started to do, except I've been using a surgeon's knot. I even have a baitcasting outfit rigged this way.

I started my and it includes power pro on everything I can, with a leader if needed either mono or fluro. $20.00 or better for fluro, buy 1 spool and use it 5' at a time