Thread: JDM lines relating to panfish

Originally Posted by StantheMan2567

Quick update on the line, the 3lb Ester from Sunline performed excellent this morning. I think the inaugural run last night was needed to set (seat) the line. No over runs or flying off the spool. Also, I think the Cross Wrap of the Diawa Presso helps keep the line from jumping off the spool at the end of the cast. I did break a fish off in the pads, but that was my fault for not retying after tangling with a tree limb. Will do a full report with fish pics later today, up to my eyebrows in Barbies and Grand daughters!!


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Good to hear. I meant to pass on the same info. I’ve found when spooling up Ester it is best to do it about 3 days before you want to use it. I noticed the same about line lay on the Presso Limited....it’s pretty darn good.

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Are you filling up the spool to the lip, below the lip, 2/3 full?

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Originally Posted by slowhand

Are you filling up the spool to the lip, below the lip, 2/3 full?

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About 2/3 full, I will post a picture later.


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Diawa Presso with Sunline 3lb Ester


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I had the first opportunity to try the orange ester line yesterday. In the wind. Perhaps I had too much spooled up but this stuff seems to be pain to fish with. It kept unspooling after the cast. I kept breaking the line in snuggling up the knot with the FC leader. Then the wind caught it. Knotted up and I just cut it and started over. I am wanting to try to learn to use this JDM equipment. But I am getting old and my eyes don't work as good nor do my fingers. Help!

Originally Posted by Quailtail

I had the first opportunity to try the orange ester line yesterday. In the wind. Perhaps I had too much spooled up but this stuff seems to be pain to fish with. It kept unspooling after the cast. I kept breaking the line in snuggling up the knot with the FC leader. Then the wind caught it. Knotted up and I just cut it and started over. I am wanting to try to learn to use this JDM equipment. But I am getting old and my eyes don't work as good nor do my fingers. Help!

I’m certainly no expert on polyester line....though I have used it almost exclusively for a year now. I experienced the same issues as you the first time I spooled up. I had filled it too full and I had a mess. I had my wife walk all the line off the spool and I reeled it back on. By this time the spool was just a little over half full and I thought no way will I be able to get much casting distance. Much to my dismay it cast great. The fluoride coating they use on the line is slick. It also took me a while to get my knot down correctly. Finally switching to a 3 turn instead of a 5 turn surgeons knot. Too much room for error using a 5 turn on the thin diameter ester line. Then I learned it is best to spool the line on and let it set....to actually get some memory of the spool......for a couple of days. It for sure has a learning curve. My son has used it for about 4 trips now and is sold on it. He still remembers the day I was catching a KY bass out of 21 feet of water almost on every cast and he was catching nothing......the only difference was the line. I guess you could say it cost me about 16 bucks to learn the line.....yes I used 2 spools to figure it out. One thing I have not figured out is drag setting using the line. Well let’s say I do have it figured out as long as I keep a loose drag. There is so little room for error with this line I just keep the drag loose. I get a lot of grief on YouTube about my drag setting. Just this past week I have watched several videos out of Japan where they are fishing for trout, and or Aji using ester, and or light line. They keep a loose drag also. I’m still going to work with the drag setting though. In about 11 days I’ll be getting a new hip. I’ll be recovered by the end of July when those KY bass show up at my spot. I am extremely excited to know that with this line it will help me catch a lot of those.

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Thank you for the information. I will get some line off the reel. Perhaps that will help. Will try it again as soon as I can.

I used the Varivas 2.3 lb ester line for the first time a couple weeks ago on my annual Maine smallmouth bass trip.

Quailtail - I would recommend flipping the bail or at least putting your hand on the spool as soon as your lure hits the water. That will prevent coils from coming off the reel even if you fill the spool to the same level you'd do with nylon mono.
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For the life of me I cannot understand why people have breakage issues. I caught numerous 14-17" smallies with it and the only time my line broke was when I got snagged and I had to break it on purpose. I was using trout rods (both Area and Native) rather than ajing or mebaru rods, and my drag was set about the same as I'd have it with a 2.5 lb nylon line (I don't have a scale to measure the drag setting). I used a 3-turn surgeons knot to attach the ester to 4X (5.1lb) nylon tippet for abrasion resistance. Obviously, I wasn't putting a lot of pressure on the fish with an Area trout rod, but the line certainly didn't seem to me to be any more susceptible to breakage than a nylon line.