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08-09-2005, 08:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
Posts: 1,142
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cheaper alternative to flourocarbon ???
I just finished going thru my 3'rd spool of seaguar flouro. At 17 bucks a pop it's starting to add up and the rocks in the canal can really chew it up. I'd rather be spending the money on plugs.
At this point I am almost exclusively fishing at night so I don't think that visibility is really an issue, so I am not sure I even need to be using the flourocarbon.
Does anybody have a cheaper leader material other than wire that they like and will hold up reasonably well ?? Also I need to be able to break it when I get hung up, so the pound test has to be 40 to maybe 50...
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08-09-2005, 08:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Onset
Posts: 1,228
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I use 50# mono for canal at nite, yet to notice diff at nite.
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08-09-2005, 09:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
Posts: 4,949
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Go wit 50 lb big game
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08-09-2005, 10:35 PM
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#4
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
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Ande also makes a fluro which is cheaper than Seaguar.
Ande = $27 for 50 yards
Seaguar = $20 for 25 yards
Ande Fluro
Ande also makes 50 yd skeins of mono leader material for $4.50
Ande Mono Leader Material in 50yd Skiens
Its nice to have in the plastic holders as you can bring it along in case you don't have enough leaders tied up in advance. |
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08-10-2005, 05:46 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Use big game 30,40,or 50. Don't believe what anyone says about flouro being better than standard mono, because it isn't. It may give you an advantage in clear, shallow water in the daytime, but the advantages end there.
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08-10-2005, 06:20 AM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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Plus once its nicked or scratched its like a set of white christmas lights underwater  |
Domination takes full concentration..
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08-10-2005, 06:22 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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I have had a breakage problem with Orvis mirage 44lb.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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08-10-2005, 06:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
Posts: 1,142
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Sounds like I'll pick up some 40lb big game and give that a try. .
Thanks guys..
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08-10-2005, 08:03 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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I use 50 Lb Ande pink or 60 lb Ande green. One big spool lasts about 3 years and costs less than $10.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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08-10-2005, 08:17 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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I'm back to 50# mono. I also do not see a difference at night using the flouro and that's the only time I fish.
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No boat, back in the suds.
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08-10-2005, 08:18 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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50# Big Game at night, lifetime supply for $7, well make that longtime supply.
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Lets Go Darwin
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08-10-2005, 08:53 AM
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#12
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 32
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good to read that others feel the same way. i feel like a sucker buying a spool of fluro. i switched to big game this year.
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08-10-2005, 09:14 AM
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#13
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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I tried flouro and hated it. Not a question of cost , it just wasn't durable enough for my liking at the Canal. I tried Stren flouro which poeple say was crap but anyway , I like the Ande , tough stuff.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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08-10-2005, 10:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,690
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90% of the time i use 50 lb big game. Although i am going to try some of that suffix siege or that back Country stuff... its supposed to be stronger around rocks.
That Orvis Mirage flouro stuff is the best.. I dont like flouro becuase its hard to tie good knots with it due to its stiffness, but on the otherhand, The only reason i would use flouro at night would be for its abrasion ressistance.
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08-10-2005, 11:42 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 2,031
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I use Ande pink like Saltheart
In 20, 40, 60 & 80
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--Mike Malone
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08-10-2005, 03:34 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,408
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Ande 50lb under 10 clams
Momoi 60lb, 4.99 for 50or 60 yds at Boters World...
Quatro 80lb (boat)
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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08-10-2005, 03:38 PM
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#17
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EVERY FISH COUNTS!!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: south plymouth, MA
Posts: 727
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clear or camo yo-zuri hybrid. its a mix of regular mono and flouro.this line has amazing abrasion restance and little strech you cannot see this line in the water. it costs about the same as regular mono
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todays schoolie is tomorrows keeper,todays keeper is tomorrows cow,practice catch and release!!!.
GOD BLESS THE NRA!!!!
ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!
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