flurocarbon vs mono
 

in the how many leaders do you tie thread, I noticed a lot of people saying that they are using heavy mono vs flurocarbon

wondering what you guys are using mono or fluro

given we are fishing the dark


i've always been a seagar fluro guy...50lb
got introduced to orvis mirage last year, 52 lb.....stuffs real good..limp, abrasion resistant

30 , 40 , 60 and 80 # mono . I do have floro but seldom use it

Been using 52 mirage for a while now for jigging, good stuff, it holds up with a little knick in it. I used to use 40 lb ande, that works well also.

on the beach, 30-40 seagar

for sluggos in the skiff, I like 20-25 lb seagar

I have always gone w/ fluro 40or 50 # orvis,frog hair is good too, I use to love varvas when it was avilable. At the end the year I started to use 50# mono and think all my eel rigs will be mono and keep my plugs with the fluro as at first light I will most likly be plugging.

I prefer fluro for its abraision resistant qualities. 50 lb Ande and Segar are my favorities.

I use 50# or 60# Yo-Zuri FC.

I use Sufix for my leaders. It's soft, knots well, strong like bull.

60# mirage

Ande mono.

50 lb. berkley floro for the day. a little limper than seagar. high nick quotent

40# clear Ande mono for most of my Canal fishing. I probably run thru 150 yards of leader a season. Flouro would break the bank.

I carry a spool of flouro in my plug bag, but usually I run 40# mono anyway.

50# Berkly Big Game in the canal, Flouro everywhere else; Mostly Triplefish and Vanish 30-60#

30-50# Ande Clear Mono. I spend ridiculous amounts of money on fishing gear but FC is just about the only thing I have not been able to justify buying. I think mono is fine for bass.

40 or 50 pound Trilene big game clear is all I have ever used

8 to 10 feet of 50 lb mono tied to 2 or 3 feet of orvis mirage flouro
works for me.. mono gives me the bounce and the flouro gives me the abrasion resistance and supposed disappearance in the water. I really dont like the pounding straight braid to a short flouro leader gives you.

50# Yozuri Pink flouro

Used to use seagar. Now like shadow, 50lb Big Game.

Mono - I change leaders so often I would go broke buying floro.:jump1:

I know it's different than fishing eels or plugs, but alot of people that jig wire forego the leaders and just twist the wire right to the jig.

Food for thought when you're short on dough and think you have to use flouro to get bit.

Used mono for all my life, Ande 50lb test...never lost a fish because of it ever, never had a problem getting fish, never seemed to spook fish even in the full moon...Tried the Flouro in 2005,,,,No difference exept in my wallet... Mono is fine for a leader, alot cheaper and at night it makes no difference...

30 and 40 lb. mono, usually Big Game.

orvis mirage its softer ties up better

Albright knot, never failed on me using mono ties easy, also never failed on me using flouro, its a wash....

o man now i gata %$%$%$%$ can the mirage and buy some ande 50:laughs:

50# big game since it came out in the 80's. Actually used to use 25# big game on the beaches. I use flouro sometimes now, but believe me, there is no difference. Maybe in the daytime flouro helps, but at night you are wasting $$ by using flouro IMO.

Yup and yup..what I said:btu:

50# green big game. It is a lot softer and easier to tie than most other 50# mono. On the boat during the day I use 50#seaguar.

Something I've started using the past two years is Yozuri Hybrid.
A flourocarbon line - not a leader wheel. 1/4 pound spool of 50 lb test will run about 10-12 bucks. Couple hundered yards. Nice abrasion resistance, not to stiff, strong. Not as "springy" as Big Game or Ande. But I agree big game or ande mono works just as well.

DZ

I usually use 50# big game and it has not failed me. I went to flouro because of the rave reviews by some people. I lost two very nice fish because of my inability to tie a good knot with flouro. I started using a Centauri knot since and that has held well. I use both now but I definitely prefer flouro during the day especially when chasing tuna.

I use no more than 40lb flouro for my leaders and as little as 25lb in the middle of the day during the summer.

I never ever use mono leaders. I also rarely fish at night. Its daytime rips for me...

Bingo! DZ is right on. I have been using 30 lb Hybrid clear for two years now. 9 bucks a spool. Never had a problem both islands or beach (e-Islands that is). Tuna, bass and everything in between, you could land and elephant with 30lb.

For me, just me personally I think is a confidence thing.

For example, a golfer who's got a good driver ie. mechanically and in its static appearence will often times out drive another golfer who's got a beat up set of clubs. Its not because the level of skill for either differs, its just that one has faith in his tools, or clubs rather.

The last thing a guy putting for a chance at a few million dollars on one putt wants to see is a scratched up p.o.s looking club. The guy who's got his nice new shiny club, making that putt for a few million, looks down to make his putt and his club is fine not all beat to heck.. he can concentrate on his putt and isnt distracted by how beat up it is.

If you feel it helps rock on with it. You only go through once, do it how you want.

I go mostly with mono, unless I'm fishing clear sandy areas etc which really isnt too often. I use it (flouro) during the day because well... It being daytime my confidence is down like the dude with the beat up club, and the flouro kinda boosts my conf. a bit. Not a big fan of day time fishing. if I luck into a deal with a 2 for one purchase for the flouro etc I'll pick it up, but I wouldnt say "I cant possibly fish tonight, the shops are closed and I'm out of flouro for leaders/eel rigs." Its how you want to go about it I guess.

I use Seaguar almost exclusively. Just got into the habit. From shore compared to the past slightly better ratio, but in the boat bottom/bait fishing there has been a noticable difference in fish caught w/Seaguar as opposed to any other line used as leader material.

I use , HI-SEAS QUATRO #50 for jigging & drifting chunks ,live bait
& #25 when tossing plugs from boat, I use SPRO swivels mostly and breakaways F11.
Link Sr:tm:

50# green big game, a spool for $7.50 will last a few years compared to flouro, I don't see any grandiose difference in hookups

Orvis Mirage...30, 40, and 60 pound.

Mixed bag of monos - Ande's 40 Clear ....BigGame 40/50,,,,

I've been using seagur exclusively for the past five years, but thinking of mixing it up with the Yozuri hybrid after reading this thread. Also, I've had some success in the open sand tying direct from the fireline to the lure- no potential snag areas and I could feel every tap like a telegraph wire. I didn't do it much, but remember clearly the times I did and think it could be worth another shot.

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