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I love the stuff
Back in the late 60's I was stationed in Germany. We had base ponds for fishing but all they stocked was trout. I had a Mitchell 308 on a Mitchell 3206 rod and used 4# line to fish with. Found some stuff in the base exchange called Crystal sewing thread and tried it out, being stupid, and the stuff worked on the smaller fish. Try selling the hook on a 10" to 12" fish and you'd break the line. Had a lot of fun with that stuff over there but have not looked for it here. My favorite crappie rod is a very small Ocuma UL on a 5' Ocuma UL rod rated for 1/32 to 3/16oz lure's and have SOS 2# line on it. Took a long time to find the line. Had to go to the valley to find it, 150mi one way! The rod is rated for 1-4# line but I have never seen 1# line other than that Crystal thread.
You can get all the true 1# test line you want out of Japan. I’m all about UL
angling and I fish with true 2# test line but going down to 1# is really not practical. I tried using 1.5# test but it really did not work out.
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Thank you for sharing that! I have found myself looking at the 1lb line before and talked myself out of it. 2lb seems just strong enough to make catching large panfish and small bass challenging. I have really enjoyed 2lb line and think it is my favorite. Aside from JDM, I think I also saw some 1lb or 1.5lb line made by sufix in their ice fishing series. It’s high vis, also. Haven’t tried it, and probably won’t. Just sharing for anyone looking. I’m thinking the lines lighter than 2lb must be for “Micro Fishing”? I think that style of fishing is popular in Japan? I’ve watched some on YouTube where they catch tiny fish the size of your thumb. It’s neat to watch.
While stationed I Germany I fished rod and gun club lakes with my old 308 Mitchel and crystal sewing thread I got at the base exchange. It was a hoot but easy to break the line if I set the hook a bit to hard. Seems using a fish scale it tested out right at one pound. Love my 2# test today!
I put some JDM lines up FS in the classifieds section.
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