Thread: Fluorocarbon

Originally Posted by Wildman

Yeah sorry should have said it was for soft baiting and traces for Kingy stuff, stickbaits, poppers etc. Straylines too... I think there is some good info here, will keep reading though.

Unless its very snaggy ground I would doubt fluro would add much real world advantage.
When I did a lot of sea fishing I would tie poppers straight to the mainline with a bimini or spider hitch.
From there I'd go an albright to 50-80lb leader for strayline. No swivel. KISS fishing for me.

Same. Bimini in the braid and the double tied straight to the leader with a double uni. Then a uni to attach lure/hooks or whatever.

Yeah so I'm using braid which I thought is quite visible, especially with the doubled bit. So essentially using it as tippet... Im just use to using say 60lb mono trace for a 20lb main line.... Seems strange using 20lb fluro for trace...

Originally Posted by Wildman

Yeah so I'm using braid which I thought is quite visible, especially with the doubled bit. So essentially using it as tippet... Im just use to using say 60lb mono trace for a 20lb main line.... Seems strange using 20lb fluro for trace...

If you have 60lb mono just use that.

I have 37kg braid and use 100-120lb mono for trace as i find it is softer and easier to tie with thick lines. For softbaiting i have 6kg braid and 20lb fluro trace

Originally Posted by Wildman

Yeah so I'm using braid which I thought is quite visible, especially with the doubled bit. So essentially using it as tippet... Im just use to using say 60lb mono trace for a 20lb main line.... Seems strange using 20lb fluro for trace...

I wouldn't use 20 lb for a kingi trace. If you want to use fluro carbon just treat it as you would mono. If you use 60lb mono trace then use 60lb FC. As has been said, the advantage is that for the same size/breaking strain it is less visible in the water.

Originally Posted by Shearer

I wouldn't use 20 lb for a kingi trace. If you want to use fluro carbon just treat it as you would mono. If you use 60lb mono trace then use 60lb FC. As has been said, the advantage is that for the same size/breaking strain it is less visible in the water.

And much more abrasion resistant!

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I use Black Magic Fluorocarbon for my sea traces and Double XX for fresh water

I'm considering grabbing 300m of Dragon flurocarbon from complete angler for my Canals/ big water setup.

I've been told it's smaller diameter and it has breaking strain around 5pound above the line weight ( I stand to be corrected)?

Caught this jigging over the weekend in ToePaw- 6lb flouro traces on the flies/8lb backbone
Brown was 3.4kg

Originally Posted by Rock river arms hunter

I'm considering grabbing 300m of Dragon flurocarbon from complete angler for my Canals/ big water setup.

I've been told it's smaller diameter and it has breaking strain around 5pound above the line weight ( I stand to be corrected)?

Mono and FC vary a lot in diameter (for a given breaking strain) depending on brand. Almost all non IGFA rated lines break above their advertised weight unless the manufacturer is deliberately going for "super thin" bragging rights.
Some FC is stiffer than other brands, some are more abrasion resistant, some are softer and some have better knot strength. Difficult to know exactly what is best for you until you try a few.

Cheers for the information :-)