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02-07-2007, 04:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: somewhere on a rock
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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
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02-07-2007, 04:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
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30 , 40 , 60 and 80 # mono . I do have floro but seldom use it
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02-07-2007, 04:27 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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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
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02-07-2007, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: New Haven Ct
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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.
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02-07-2007, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Mid Coastal CT
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I prefer fluro for its abraision resistant qualities. 50 lb Ande and Segar are my favorities.
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02-07-2007, 04:36 PM
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No Trolling allowed
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: North Kingstown, RI
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I use 50# or 60# Yo-Zuri FC.
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02-07-2007, 04:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: South County
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I use Sufix for my leaders. It's soft, knots well, strong like bull.
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02-07-2007, 04:49 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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60# mirage
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02-07-2007, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Ande mono.
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02-07-2007, 05:20 PM
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slow eddie
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 1,494
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50 lb. berkley floro for the day. a little limper than seagar. high nick quotent
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02-07-2007, 05:48 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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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.
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02-07-2007, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Onset
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50# Berkly Big Game in the canal, Flouro everywhere else; Mostly Triplefish and Vanish 30-60#
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02-07-2007, 06:24 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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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.
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02-07-2007, 06:26 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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40 or 50 pound Trilene big game clear is all I have ever used
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02-07-2007, 07:22 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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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.
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02-07-2007, 08:24 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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50# Yozuri Pink flouro
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02-07-2007, 08:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Used to use seagar. Now like shadow, 50lb Big Game.
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02-07-2007, 10:46 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Mono - I change leaders so often I would go broke buying floro.  |
low & slow 37
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02-07-2007, 11:36 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: 14000 / 44031.5
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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.
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02-08-2007, 05:25 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
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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...
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02-08-2007, 05:53 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: its an easy guess
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30 and 40 lb. mono, usually Big Game.
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02-08-2007, 06:45 AM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
Posts: 749
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orvis mirage its softer ties up better
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boat fish dont count
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02-08-2007, 07:27 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,036
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snake slinger
orvis mirage its softer ties up better
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Albright knot, never failed on me using mono ties easy, also never failed on me using flouro, its a wash.... |
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02-08-2007, 08:29 AM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
Posts: 749
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o man now i gata %$%$%$%$ can the mirage and buy some ande 50  |
boat fish dont count
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02-08-2007, 08:34 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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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 $$ by using flouro IMO.
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02-08-2007, 08:43 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
50# big game since it came out in the 80's. Actually used to use 25# big game on the beaches. I use flouro sometimes now, but believe me, there is no difference. Maybe in the daytime flouro helps, but at night you are wasting $$ by using flouro IMO.
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02-08-2007, 08:52 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: marshfield,ma
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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.
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02-08-2007, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,574
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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
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02-08-2007, 09:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: People's Republic
Posts: 1,025
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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.
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02-08-2007, 09:46 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Corona Del Mar, CA
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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...
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