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Old 02-20-2007, 02:15 PM   #61
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The best of both worlds in my use is Yozuri Hybrid in clear. It;s tough and has that added touch of Fluoro. I use 30lb mostly.

On flats and Albies I use ten pound fluoro. Tunoids have the best of fishdom's acuity senses.
Yup, fluoro will give you a measurable edge when fishing for the tunoids (albies, bones, yellowfin and bluefin and albacore). I actually tested the difference on a daytime charter during an October albie blitz and a few offshore trips. Fluoro outperformed clear mono by something like 2:1.

I also think that fluoro is better than mono for certain bottomfishing applications. Fluke and blackfish come to mind. I can't explain why (you're dropping your offering right on its head?).

As far as bluefish go, fluoro is obviously a waste. But there's always a spool in my plugbag for the bass at night, not that I am terribly religious about using it over plain mono leader.

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Old 02-20-2007, 04:01 PM   #62
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The best of both worlds in my use is Yozuri Hybrid in clear. It;s tough and has that added touch of Fluoro. I use 30lb mostly.

On flats and Albies I use ten pound fluoro. Tunoids have the best of fishdom's acuity senses.
I've played with the clear Hybrid and it's good, but the knot strength isn't even near what the purple stuff has. The clear may have an optical advantage, depending how much you believe in that.

Take 50 clear and then take 50 pound purple. Tie the same knot in 2 leaders with the same hardware and then attach one end of the leader to something you can get a good grip on, and then attach the other end to something solid. Then smoothly pull.

Compared to pretty much every 50# test fluoro and mono we had on hand, the purple Hybrid dominates due to knot strength almost every time. It wasn't the most scientific of tests, but the advantage is typically so obvious you'll never need a scale to notice it.

It was a slow afternoon in the SWE a few years ago when we took the time to figure this one out...

The bonus is obviously that Yozuri Hybrid is as cheap as anything out there and it's awfully tough among the rocks.

I'm will always be loyal to true fluoro for tuna though.

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50 pound Ande pink or 60 pound Ande green. Worked for me for as far back as I can remember. Tried flouro once at the canal. It sucked.

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I'm making Aglio oil over flouro tonight if anyone wants to come by for dinner. Bring all your old stuff. Make sure its at least 40# so it doesn't get caught in your teeth.
U probably wash it down with white wine spritzers..

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