Which 15lb Flurocarbon ?

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#1 Post by **JOHN LYNCH** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:04 pm

Any reccommendations for a good 15lb Flurocarbon line. One that doesn't kink when a knot is tied ?

Cheers

#2 Post by **hughcronin** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:28 pm

I find's the frog hair floro in 12lb spot on john-but then again I didn't have any counters on sunday either-maybe we shoulda used kinkyer traces. shoulda seen the filt that gangster what won the comp was using alongside me!!!
I've the bro in the Shtates bringin me back s*** loads of froghair durin the week so I'l give ya some by wknd

#3 Post by **MAC** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:36 pm

Try SeaGuar John. Very nice Fluro. Frog hair is excellent but very expensive. Seaguar comes in 100M spools for €20ish

The club sponsor [url=http://www.henrystackleshop.com]Henrys Tackle[/url] Does various line strenghts. Give him a bell, he'll post it off to you.

Kev

#4 Post by **eric** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:01 pm

sightfree is deadly, used by trout anglers for fly fishing, but doesnt tangle and doesnt kink, nice stuff, 15 euro for 100m

#5 Post by **JOHN LYNCH** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:24 pm

Cheers for the replies lads, have heard about the frog hair and seaguar lines alright. will do a bit of research on the sightfree.

Hugh, that frog hair seems to get good reviews alright, expensive stuff all the same. What strenghts are u getting it in? Sunday was though going alright, only seen 1 counter in the first dozen pegs and that was a fish just over the 20cm mark and only a handfull of undersized.

#6 Post by **MAC** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:28 pm

Hey John,

I just checked one of my spools. It's 200 Yards for €20. I don't think you'll do better than that for a good quality Fluro.

Sightfree is by Airflo and unless you are looking for 20lb or over, IMO stay away from the stuff. It is very brittle at 15lb or below.

Kev

#7 Post by **eric** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:54 pm

MAC wrote:Hey John,

IMO stay away from the stuff. It is very brittle at 15lb or below.

Kev

havent had any problems with it, landed 4lb bass on it while scratching for flats,

#8 Post by **MAC** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:13 am

It's not bad Eric, but I've had a few too many problems with it previously and I'm one of those Trout Anglers. I've switched to Froghair for my trout fishing, but it's just too expensive for sea fishing where you need much more of the stuff. I hear the newer Airflo sightfree is better, but once bitten twice shy.

Stick with Seaguar. They are the only company in the world that make their own resin. Aparently, they have ove 40 patents in flurocarbon line production. That's plenty for me. I used to import spools of the stuff from Japan. I'm glad Henry has started to sell the stuff. It saves me a fortune. :wink:

Kev

Liamo · #9 Post by **Liamo** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:06 am

Hi John,

I left after the first cast on Sunday and went home - sounds like I made the right choice!

Seagur all the way for the reasons mentioned in the above post. However I find the Varivas Fluoro available from Veals in 15lb excellent and diameter wise I it can't be beaten.

Liam

#10 Post by **Pat** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:45 am

Used Seaguar all last year and found it excellent. However, used the same spool (15lb) this year and it kept breaking on me. It must have perished somewhat. Lost a good bass last week over it :x .

#11 Post by **JOHN LYNCH** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:55 pm

I think the Seaguar that Henry sells in 200m spools is a running line ?

The Seaguar Ace flouro carbon for leaders and snood line comes in 50m spools. The frog hair seems to be excellent stuff but it seems hard to get in anything higher than 12lb.

Think I will go with the Seaguar Ace flouro and give the varivas a go aswell.

Thanks for replies.

#12 Post by **MAC** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:17 am

JOHN LYNCH wrote:I think the Seaguar that Henry sells in 200m spools is a running line ?

The Seaguar Ace flouro carbon for leaders and snood line comes in 50m spools. The frog hair seems to be excellent stuff but it seems hard to get in anything higher than 12lb.

Think I will go with the Seaguar Ace flouro and give the varivas a go aswell.

Thanks for replies.

Ye Have me there John. I use it for snoods and Rig Bodys anyway. I'm not sure what the difference is.

Kev

TREEMAN1963 · #13 Post by **TREEMAN1963** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:32 pm

The Varivas Fluoro 15lb is excellent and very thin as mentioned above. I also use the new Stren Fluoro 30lb for heavier fishing, boat rays etc - £10 for 100m - this is fantastic stuff. It never kinks and is extremely abrasion resistant. I would recommend this every time. Haven't used other Bs but I am sure it would be excellent.

Steve :D

#14 Post by **keith** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:11 pm

Yo zuri HD Carbon, is the best I have come across.

#15 Post by **Dave** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:21 pm

keith wrote:Yo zuri HD Carbon, is the best I have come across.

I'm also using the Yo Zuri stuff myself and have found it very good. Its got a slight pink tint to it which if you believe all the blurb helps it to double the invisibility of the line. I'm not sure if I believe that but it knots well and is strong.

teacher · #16 Post by **teacher** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:42 pm

I've been using the new Berkely Professional (gold packet, not the vanish) all season as a lure leader. Zero failures so far and it's seen a lot of use.