Thread: Berkley Nanofil

Originally Posted by Bartman

Hi guys, It's been awhile since I've posted but I'm still fishing. I'm sure many of you have noticed the cotton wood trees are releasing their blooms. I picked up some Berkley Nanofil to see if it's everything as advertised. It's better than I expected but the thing that really amazed me was the cotton wood blooms didn't stick to it. I fished all day and never once did I have to clear my line. My other lines were a mess. If your tired of cotton wood bloom messing up your cast, clogging you eyelets and truly do want to cast further, give this stuff a try. I did put KVD line conditioner on as I spooled it but I don't think that contributed to the cotton wood not sticking.

Oh yeah, the crappie were biting good at Missy today. Casting 1/8 road runners in 10 FOW mid cove. Using southern pro hot grubs KY Killer and White Lightening were best colors. I kept a few 10"er to eat and let the larger ones go. Had one that was 15-1/2 on the bump board.

crappie love that bait! I use the curly tail version with a retrieve just fast enough to get the blade fluttering.Did yours hit pretty aggressivly?

Only caution I've heard about the Nanofil is using the correct knot. I can't remember which knot was recommended but it appeared that some of the more common knots we use would fail, especially with lighter test lines. I want to try it, because it sounds really good.
Anyone know about the knot issue??

If you tie directly to the lure/hook, use a double polamar knot. I use a leader and tie it with a double albright knot. Just remember to cinch the knots up s l o w l y with plenty of saliva. Nan o fil doesn't tolerate friction generated heat. Been using 4# since it came out. Love it.

Originally Posted by jigflinger

If you tie directly to the lure/hook, use a double polamar knot. I use a leader and tie it with a double albright knot. Just remember to cinch the knots up s l o w l y with plenty of saliva. Nan o fil doesn't tolerate friction generated heat. Been using 4# since it came out. Love it.

Agree... "High Tide" recommended it awhile back back I'm just getting around to using it lol. Here's a video for direct tie https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?...&hsimp=yhs-001

I put it on my wife reel today and she loves it. I did an experiment and didn't put KVD line conditioner on it. Not the first problem with cotton wood on the ones with Nanofil that we use for slow rolling the Road runners. Our jigging rods have Power Pro Slick and they are a mess with cotton wood blooms. We fished for 3.5 hours and caught around 40 but only 10 keepers