Thread: high vis line

Originally Posted by dennisafields

I'm with you on the Fire Line. I spool 6 pound test and it is about 2 pound size. No line memory, pretty good visibility in green and very little stretch makes it very sensitive. A little pricey though when you are spooling a bunch of reels.

I was beginning to think I was the only one that used Fire Line. It is a little pricey, but it will last and last. A full winter season for me and about the only thing it does lose is a little of it's color over time, but that's all. No memory, strong as an ox, small size that let that jig work like it's suppose to.

I use the viscious hi vis yellow 4# for my longline trolling. I got it cause it was made in the usa.

Originally Posted by rango

last quarter lb spool i used i noticed the fluroscent green was fading to a light blue where the sun was hittin it.

You hit the nail on the head. Fluorescents are particularly vulnerable to UV.

I got a spool of 6# Mr Crappie hi vis yellow couple years ago. Haven't had any problems, but line doesnt stay on reel a year before I change it out.

Originally Posted by gcromer

I was beginning to think I was the only one that used Fire Line. It is a little pricey, but it will last and last. A full winter season for me and about the only thing it does lose is a little of it's color over time, but that's all. No memory, strong as an ox, small size that let that jig work like it's suppose to.

Gerald ... I don't use Fireline, but I do use PowerPro 10/2 braid in hi-vis. Of course, with braid comes the necessity for a pair of Child Size Fiskar Scissors, to cut a blunt tag end so you can poke that limp line thru those tiny hook eyes ... and a wood dowel rod or towel, to wrap the braid around when pulling free from a snag. That braid will cut you three ways, long - deep - wide, if you wrap it around your hand/fingers and try & break or free it.
PowerPro's hi-vis color will also fade over time ... but it's still very visible. It loses nothing in the strength dept. even after years of use. You can off reel the line, onto another reel or spool, and get the brighter hi-vis section back into use. I've done that before.
You also don't need to fill the whole spool with braid. You can leave old mono on, and just add enough braid to where you have 50ft or so more than the greatest amount of the braid that you'd ever have out. That saves you $$ & line, making a spool last longer or fill more than one reel.
Braid is also light weight, and tends to float, so it slows down the fall of your jig more than mono, and certainly more than copoly's or fluorocarbons. But, with the no/low stretch properties of braid, hooksets need not be in the "cross their eyes" category. A simple sweep/lift of the rod generates enough power to sink that hook !! In fact, your drag should be loosened a bit more than what it would be when using mono ... so in case you forget you have braid on, or get excited and do JERK back/up with your hookset, you won't break a pole (or wrist) and still input enough power to slam the hook home (even if the drag slips).

Glad to see you're still out there, on the hunt, my friend !! Take care & keep on keepin' on !!

... cp

CP, It's good to hear from you again, brings back some good memories from Watts Bar.
I'll have to try the PowerPro 10/2 and see how I like it. Everything you said, I've been down that road other than swapping the line to get the bright line back on top. I usually put on just enough over the backing to get the job done. It didn't take me long when I first started to use the FireLine to find out how strong it was and it'd cut you real quick. I do use the blue gloves most of the time because I don't have any oil in my hands and the tip of my fingers crack open a couple of days later after fishing from being in the water so much, so I can usually pull and not cut up my hand from the line. But I do carry the large wooded dowel in the boat still, just in case.

Tight lines.
Gerald