04-13-2003, 08:06 PM
Hey again halibutralph,
I'm thinking you're wanting to use these lines like I do on fish under a 300lb tuna. I'm using Fireline, Spiderwire, PowerPro, Ironsilk as a main line and fluorocarbon material as leaders for fishing from both my float tube and the open-party boats I ride for the usual species inshore.
As stated, you should not have a guide problem. There's lots of pros and cons on the choice of these new lines with the co-polymer, co-filiment, gel-spun construction so it pays to focus on if you're going to use the stuff to do mostly a drop or drift or cast fishing. For casting, Ironsilk wins hands down but it can't be called a true braid like spectra.
There are some knot and splicing issues with these lines but I think that's a bit overated problem when using this stuff with fish that are NOT the gorilla tuna, i.e. 10 or 20lb fish.
A well tied knot holds a lot better than a fancy knot not tied properly. Experiment.
JapanRon
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I'm thinking you're wanting to use these lines like I do on fish under a 300lb tuna. I'm using Fireline, Spiderwire, PowerPro, Ironsilk as a main line and fluorocarbon material as leaders for fishing from both my float tube and the open-party boats I ride for the usual species inshore.
As stated, you should not have a guide problem. There's lots of pros and cons on the choice of these new lines with the co-polymer, co-filiment, gel-spun construction so it pays to focus on if you're going to use the stuff to do mostly a drop or drift or cast fishing. For casting, Ironsilk wins hands down but it can't be called a true braid like spectra.
There are some knot and splicing issues with these lines but I think that's a bit overated problem when using this stuff with fish that are NOT the gorilla tuna, i.e. 10 or 20lb fish.
A well tied knot holds a lot better than a fancy knot not tied properly. Experiment.
JapanRon
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