1 lb line

**BobC** · 01-28-2022, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by LVSpinfisher1

Skeet, you won't miss much by selling off your 1lb stash. The going consensus on the board as we speak are #2lb line anyway, with line diameter getting smaller and smaller its a good thing. I'm also with you on the fence on the JDM braid, but if its anything like American braid i'll pass for now. I used to get my fingers cut up real bad years ago chasing striped bass and pier fishing with braids.

Two pound does the trick for me. Right now I am using Gamma which tests about 4+ something which is certainly strong enough for my usual water. JDM 3 lb is about perfect and I have used that. I’m going to buy more of that this year, hi viz.
Bob

**Ketchn** · 01-28-2022, 08:58 AM

Anything mono under 4 can’t handle me , just saying .....

**DockShootinJack** · 01-28-2022, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Ketchn

Anything mono under 4 can’t handle me , just saying .....

It's all those fish you catch

**BobC** · 01-28-2022, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

It's all those fish you catch

A better argument might be all the slingin and flinging!

His equipment live a tough life!

Bob

**DockShootinJack** · 01-28-2022, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by BobC

A better argument might be all the slingin and flinging!

His equipment live a tough life!

Bob

I have trouble not breaking 4 lbs line on the rare occasion I fish mono.

**catchNgrease** · 01-28-2022, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by MCG1

I've been using the 1.2# Varivas for ice fishing. 30" Ul rods, inexpensive reels. It works great, inside a shanty. Sitting on the ice in the open it does have disadvantages. Not just because it is so thin, and hard to see, but because the line is made accurate to the test weight which means if your reel freezes up, the drag doesn't work, and line breakage becomes an issue. The knots hold well, and I'm looking forward to trying this line this spring on open water. So far, the fish have been small and the line hasn't really been challenged but I expect it will perform well.

That's the reason we remarry younger. We need help tying the knots..lol..

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**DockShootinJack** · 01-28-2022, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by catchNgrease

That's the reason we remarry younger. We need help tying the knots..lol..

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That statement will get me in trouble this evening. As soon as I repeat it to the wife.

**skeetbum** · 01-30-2022, 09:37 PM

Bob, the two pound Stren crappie I use fits the way I fish for mono, and I don’t break it often. Don’t know the diameter but I’m sure it breaks over it’s stated weight. Got a 5lb1oz tilapia on it two years ago. None of the mono I have tried, and the list is long, have cast anything close to what I need with jigs under a 1/32. I also have some 2 lb Sufix nanobraid that does the best of any of the domestic braids I’ve tried. Good knots and much better abrasion resistance. I haven’t been cut by this but I imagine it would be brutal as strong and small as it is. I’ve been cut by the heavier braid and its unforgiving. I still keep a rod or two with mono, problem is remembering what test is on which rod. I don’t use them often enough.

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