A New Type of Line - Gliss

Joely · #1 24-09-2014, 10:25 PM

Hey guys,

Just saw a post on facebook about a new "type" of line that the manufacturers claim will replace braid. Obviously there is some invested interested in their claims but how sceptical should we be?

It's meant to have hmpe fibres in it and have zero stretch. They claim it is similar to mono in appearance but has an incredible diameter/breaking strain ratio - "At 0.010 diameter, it has 4kg strength".

Apparently one of the other benefits is the massive decrease in time needed to create these lines. I'm not sure about material costs but this could potentially drastically decrease the price of said lines.

Release here: https://www.angling-international.co...acement-braid/

What do you think?

Joel

MiSCrEANT · #2 24-09-2014, 10:57 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-h...e#Applications

^Wikipage to HMPE. Spectra and Dyneema are made from this too. Look at the production section and it is extruded too.
0.010 diameter? What units is that?

Partizan Fk · #3 25-09-2014, 12:06 AM

Smells like nanofil.

stella fella · #4 25-09-2014, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Partizan Fk

Smells like nanofil.

Nope. It's a single solid strand of PE. Nanofil is non-braided fibres fused together.

Breamtim · #5 06-10-2014, 10:13 PM

Sounds great! I wonder what the costs will be like, mono or braid?

Partizan Fk · #6 06-10-2014, 10:48 PM

Anything new that will imrove fishing is a good thing.

stella fella · #7 25-09-2014, 12:07 AM

It looks promising. I have been hoping that someone would develop a single filament PE line sooner or later. Should be interesting to see how it performs.
If it's 0.010" then that would make it about twice as thick as a decent braid. If it's 0.010mm then that would be absolutely ridiculous.