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| View Poll Results: What do you use as your mainline? | |||
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33 | 56.90% |
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12 | 20.69% |
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12 | 20.69% |
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1 | 1.72% |
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21-03-2003, 01:14 AM
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What Mainline You Use
Hey guys, what line do you use as your main line???
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21-03-2003, 01:40 AM
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Fireline......always!
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Jim Your own boat is better than somebody else's tricked up Hornet
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21-03-2003, 01:54 AM
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ooops I should have added, when baitfishing I usually use 6lb maxima.
The 6lb Maxima doesn't make a bad leader either if you haven't got fluorocarbon.
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Jim Your own boat is better than somebody else's tricked up Hornet
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21-03-2003, 02:02 AM
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Hey Guys.
If your not using fireline, can you give a reason why your using something else. I ask this, because we know why everyone loves fireline, but i want to know why some prefer other lines! Dave
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21-03-2003, 04:32 AM
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I use mainly Penn 10X, for mono line it has very little stretch in it and it very abrasion resistant. I use Rio's Flouroflex Plus for a leader on the end of the mono. I am just starting out with Fireline for my plastic/lure spinning.
FATMAN
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21-03-2003, 05:46 AM
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If I use mono I generally tend to use Maxima Ultragreen, it really works well on threadlines of all sizes and seems to have a good balance of characteristics that suit my fishing.
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07-08-2003, 06:54 PM
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The terms braid, gelspun, gsp, etc are used rather loosely I've found.
Gel Spun Polyethylene is the base material from which many braided and fused lines are made. Fireline is a fused GSP line, the fine fibres are laid out side by side, quite loosely and then some patented heating/squeezing process is used to fuse the fibres together into a usable fishing line. Braid (to use a generic word - Harro's Bionic Braid would be a specific example) is made of the same base material, but the fibres are braided together by machine into a usable fishing line. This is a more complex, time consuming operation and uses more of the raw material for a given length of line. If you were to consider the example of a human head of hair; a ponytail would be like the fused line, all the strands lay side by side and a rubber band or three used to keep them together, on the other hand a plait would be analogous to a braided line.
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08-08-2003, 02:34 AM
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I used to have a problem in tackle shops with the braid/fusion thing.
"hello, i'd like some braid please" "here have this fireline" "no thanks, thats not braid" "yeah tis" etc etc I had some dislikes with early fireline compared to braid, particularly in heavier sizes. Must admit to being converted with the newer fusion, for the lighter stuff. I'd be interested to try some of the new "FINS PRT" braid. Its resin impregnated and in theory should have the better aspects of both braid and fusion. Unfortunatly only available down to 10lbs at the moment. You can check out the website, http://www.finsfishing.com/
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Not associated with any brand or retailer, except by the liberal use of my credit card.........hehehe Just look for the big pink Elegant.
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08-08-2003, 05:11 AM
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oh dear........
i voted braid but i use 4lb fireline, i didnt know that it was gel spun, but fireline rules to the max!
 Evileye
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Evileye Fishing is OK, but Breamin' is better. // shimano rack raider 6'8 3-5 kg 1 pce// shimano stradic 1000FH //
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08-08-2003, 05:23 AM
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I use 4 pound fireline but am still undecided on what leader I'm going to use.
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