Thread: Florocarbon

Tries it. It's almost unusable on a spinning real. Not sure I've ever hated a product more than flourocarbon. Pretty much the worst outdoor product I've ever used. BTW, every single flouro claim is overblown.

Yeah I could see how it would be a pain on a spinning reel. Only thing I use on a spinner is braid. I use flouro for tightline jigging with and I use a mini baitcaster just to hold the line,don't cast and and reel at all.

Used flurocarbon just once, 8 lb test. Maybe it's just me, but I couldn't see it to tie on and when retreiving casts. Pulled it off the one reel it was on after the first trip with it and went to high vis. braid.

Guys, I've been preaching the pros and cons of fluorocarbon since it first came out, and experience has taught me a LOT of both.
The main problem I see here is that some of you are trying to use it for your entire line. I have no clue as to why the manufacturers insist on selling it in 175-plus yard spools, but if you use the stuff ONLY as leader-material, you'll get a lot of leaders off such a spool, and you will still benefit from the advantages that FC offers. I use it exclusively for all my freshwater and saltwater leaders except when I use surface lures - casting rods, fly rods, crappie-jigging rods, and trolling rods, but NEVER as an entire line.
Just remember to wet the knots - preferably with spit - before you draw them tight.
Pete

This shootout confirmed my suspicions that flourocarbon is pretty much the worst product ever made and it a big lie,

Fluorocarbon Line Tests Abrasion Tensile Knot Strength

To analogize, some of the best medicines available will kill you if you don't take them properly.
Pete

Originally Posted by sneakypete

To analogize, some of the best medicines available will kill you if you don't take them properly.
Pete

Well, at least they do one thing well.

Originally Posted by sneakypete

Guys, I've been preaching the pros and cons of fluorocarbon since it first came out, and experience has taught me a LOT of both.
The main problem I see here is that some of you are trying to use it for your entire line. I have no clue as to why the manufacturers insist on selling it in 175-plus yard spools, but if you use the stuff ONLY as leader-material, you'll get a lot of leaders off such a spool, and you will still benefit from the advantages that FC offers. I use it exclusively for all my freshwater and saltwater leaders except when I use surface lures - casting rods, fly rods, crappie-jigging rods, and trolling rods, but NEVER as an entire line.
Just remember to wet the knots - preferably with spit - before you draw them tight.
Pete

I use floro as my main line on my jigging setups.....but I might have 15-20 yards of line on the spool as I only fish with no more than 9' of line out. Main reason I do that is when I get hung up and break off I don't have to keep retieing uni to uni knots if I were using it as a leader. On casting setups I use stren sonic braid with a floro leader. I use this setup for casting a cork as well as all my redfish/trout/flounder rods. I was did not buy the hype at first with floro but I do see advantages over mono. Biggest thing to me is the sensitivity and abrasion resistance. That line test with tackle tour is interesting though,shows bass pro shop to be the best all around,and it is the cheapest.