best surf reel mono for clean beaches

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Re: best surf reel mono for clean beaches

#21 Post by MC »

carpets wrote:15lb daiwa tournament , for clean ground fishing ,great line lay,casting and knot strength and its the nuts for night time fishing ,when i"m out most..


have to agree its what i use on clean beaches
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Re: best surf reel mono for clean beaches

#22 Post by dfella25 »

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I've been using this for a couple of months and find it very good.

My two cents anyway :P
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Re: best surf reel mono for clean beaches

#23 Post by craigo »

I use the sufix Tritanium 15lb mono and think its good line and 60lb Sufix Superior Leader .
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#24 Post by roger de dodger »

you can get tapered shockleader for carp fishing that goes from 30lb to 10 lb ,15lb to 40lb,16lb to 50lb and 18lb to 60 or 70 lb ,if you dont like a leader knot or weed is a headache it can make things more user freindly ,smaller tip rings can be a nightmare on some rods,the cost isnt bad when you add up the cost of lost tackle if you are suffering from crackoff,s alot ,
best mono for clean beaches is BRAID :twisted: only time i dont use it is in a bad cross wind!
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Re: best surf reel mono for clean beaches

#25 Post by Eoin »

years ago i got a bulk spool (3600yrds) of zebco rhino line which was excellent allround. about 15.6kg but with a very low diameter (at the time of purchase) needed a shackleader for weights above 3oz. ran out last year and now i am using teklon gold - a superior line but costly.
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#26 Post by Dave »

I just re spooled my reels with Ultima F1 after reading some of the comments here, I have say its a very nice line to use. Its much thinner and more supple than the rubbish I was using before, knots well too.
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#27 Post by samo »

I'm using trileine big game 12lb its super tin but super strong
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#28 Post by theshoreking »

Dave wrote:I just re spooled my reels with Ultima F1 after reading some of the comments here, I have say its a very nice line to use. Its much thinner and more supple than the rubbish I was using before, knots well too.


Where did you get it? No sign of it in waterford tackle shops I visited?

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Re: best surf reel mono for clean beaches

#29 Post by Al »

They have it in Coutown angling Centre if thats any use to ya? I know Eric bought some there before!
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Re: best surf reel mono for clean beaches

#30 Post by Dave »

theshoreking wrote:
Dave wrote:I just re spooled my reels with Ultima F1 after reading some of the comments here, I have say its a very nice line to use. Its much thinner and more supple than the rubbish I was using before, knots well too.


Where did you get it? No sign of it in waterford tackle shops I visited?

sk


I don't think that it will be much help to you because I actually got it from Veals, I was getting a couple of bits and pieces so I just tagged it onto the order.
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#31 Post by theshoreking »

Thanks,

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Re: best surf reel mono for clean beaches

#32 Post by James Barry »

sk the closest place to Waterford you can get the F1 line is cork angling center on the Kinsale road roundabout, your better off getting it on ebay!! As the prices in that place :shock: :roll:
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Re: best surf reel mono for clean beaches

#33 Post by kstaff »

saw it for 7.50stg in Torbay Angling in the UK, their advert is in TSF. About 8.99 on eBay.

The 15lb in Black or Titanium colour is only .32 too. I'm pretty certain Henry from Henrys Tackle can get it in too and ships countrywide.
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Re: best surf reel mono for clean beaches

#34 Post by theshoreking »

kstaff wrote:saw it for 7.50stg in Torbay Angling in the UK, their advert is in TSF. About 8.99 on eBay.

The 15lb in Black or Titanium colour is only .32 too. I'm pretty certain Henry from Henrys Tackle can get it in too and ships countrywide.



I have TSF so I will have a look.

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