Ultima F1 Line

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Ultima F1 Line

#1 Post by FisherKing »

Was thinking of trying some Ultima F1 Surfcasting Line for rock & beach fishing just want to know if any one has tried it & what ya think of it !?
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#2 Post by fishermannum1 »

FisherKing wrote:Was thinking of trying some Ultima F1 Surfcasting Line for rock & beach fishing just want to know if any one has tried it & what ya think of it !?

have used it a lot and it is very good line mate, but recenty i have tryed the ultima powersteel, and now have most of my reels filled with it. its more expensive than the f1 but i feel its the best i've come across yet, check it out here
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#3 Post by FisherKing »

Cheers fishermannum1, il try a spool of each & see which one suits me the best
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#4 Post by Al »

I've used F1 for the last few months. I found it really good initially but it gets damaged quite quickly and can snap..which i discovered on a few sessions :( Have started using Sufix tritanium so I will see how I get on with that :)
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have used it a lot but its hard to see it at night so have gone down another road
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fishface wrote:have used it a lot but its hard to see it at night


maybe you should get a better headlamp?? :D :D :D :D :D :D
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#7 Post by croppyboy »

ive used it and think its a great line had no probs with it yet
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#8 Post by eric »

red wrote:
fishface wrote:have used it a lot but its hard to see it at night


maybe you should get a better headlamp?? :D :D :D :D :D :D



high five! :lol: :lol:

ive used it before, found the black version was good, but the titanium colour was as al described, back to using big game in 12lb now.
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#9 Post by Al »

eric wrote:
red wrote:
fishface wrote:have used it a lot but its hard to see it at night


maybe you should get a better headlamp?? :D :D :D :D :D :D



high five! :lol: :lol:

ive used it before, found the black version was good, but the titanium colour was as al described, back to using big game in 12lb now.

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I was using the black and found it as you described the titanium by using my description of the black. :|
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#10 Post by m.b3 »

FisherKing wrote:Was thinking of trying some Ultima F1 Surfcasting Line for rock & beach fishing just want to know if any one has tried it & what ya think of it !?


a lot of people swear by it but not for me. suffix tritanium is one of the few things in life that makes me happy :lol: . it casts well and takes a lot of punishment for its breaking strain. i'd recommend it.
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#11 Post by red »

i've started using suffix tritanium too and so far so good. havent really had anything big enough to test it yet tho.
and at €27 for 4000m its good for the pocket too :D
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#12 Post by baitdigger »

Nasty, wirey, weak on the knots, tried two seperate spools of 18lb, wont try it again. Mono seems a very personal choice though.
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#13 Post by EricH »

suffix synergy, its nice and soft, sits well on the reel and bs to diameter is pretty good too.
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#14 Post by smartie »

This you will not have tried yet

At only £20 a 1/2 kilo you could do worse the .35mm dia has a b/s of 20.5lbs

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#15 Post by john kane »

I use the F1 all the time it hasn't let me down yet.
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#16 Post by seahorse »

Had heard enough good about it that have sprung for a reel of the 18lb from Veals earlier. Baitdigger's point about mono being a personal thing is a good one though...
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I use F1 too and find it very good.
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#18 Post by stevey »

super line never had any problems with it.
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#19 Post by FisherKing »

Cheers lads, Im gona try a spool of F1 & power steel to see which one is best suited to me for spinning & beachcasting!
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