Fluorocarbon on baitcaster .

[Megabass]

Many of you guys doing it or have done
It what are your thoughts ??

[Klinkerfish]

They do it over in the USA for their bass
It will give you extra stretch when fighting the fish

Give it a try? only way you can find out if you like it
Not that i have tried it

[kiwi_angla]

Depends what you're fishing for and I can see the advantages... Gives more stretch than braid which will give you, in theory, less hook pulls but I don't think it'd make much of a difference for our species here. More abrasion resistant than braid is another plus about fluoro, as well as the completely invisible aspect to fluorocarbon which cuts the braid to leader connection. That leader also weakens the line which you don't get with straight through lines.. I'd have to say, I've tested mono on a baitcaster and it is harder to cast but it does give you distance. Oh, and it sounds sick when you're fighting a fish and winding in...

In the US they're all about mono and fluoro, mostly mono really. They say it gives more hook delay for 'crankbaitin' and a better hook set. Bass are an implosion feeder, much similar to a barra or a bass. (Cod? And goldens? I think they are too, correct me if I'm wrong) so thy want the line to stretch enough so that they let the implosion effect work and get the crankbaits down it's gob. They use fluorocarbon more for 'flippin' and 'pitchin' as it gives you more sensitivity than mono, a quicker hook set and a finnese approach rather than braid (they will use braid straight through when it's heavy cover, when they're flipping heavy cover or frogging weed matts.)

Give us a bit more detail on what you're fishing for and where.... You could always buy and extra spool for the reel and chuck fluoro on it, see how it feels. If you don't like it you can chuck some heavier/lighter braid on it, in turn giving you an excuse for a new rod ;

[matt jorg]

Originally Posted by kiwi_angla

Depends what you're fishing for and I can see the advantages... Gives more stretch than braid which will give you, in theory, less hook pulls but I don't think it'd make much of a difference for our species here. More abrasion resistant than braid is another plus about fluoro, as well as the completely invisible aspect to fluorocarbon which cuts the braid to leader connection. That leader also weakens the line which you don't get with straight through lines.. I'd have to say, I've tested mono on a baitcaster and it is harder to cast but it does give you distance. Oh, and it sounds sick when you're fighting a fish and winding in...

In the US they're all about mono and fluoro, mostly mono really. They say it gives more hook delay for 'crankbaitin' and a better hook set. Bass are an implosion feeder, much similar to a barra or a bass. (Cod? And goldens? I think they are too, correct me if I'm wrong) so thy want the line to stretch enough so that they let the implosion effect work and get the crankbaits down it's gob. They use fluorocarbon more for 'flippin' and 'pitchin' as it gives you more sensitivity than mono, a quicker hook set and a finnese approach rather than braid (they will use braid straight through when it's heavy cover, when they're flipping heavy cover or frogging weed matts.)

Give us a bit more detail on what you're fishing for and where.... You could always buy and extra spool for the reel and chuck fluoro on it, see how it feels. If you don't like it you can chuck some heavier/lighter braid on it, in turn giving you an excuse for a new rod ;

Great explanation mate!
Makes me wanna go out chasing natives with flouro

[kiwi_angla]

Dude, I'm wanting to try it... It'd be perfect for finessing golden perch or cod in clear water with something like a megabass griffon or Tn60, maybe even bass at blue rock with a few crankbaits and spinner baits.. I'll be loading my alphas up with some 12lb straight through and buying a nice rod for it, looking forward to that!

[Henry90]

You don't get anywhere near the amount of sensitivity as you do with braid, also crank baits don't swim nearly as well or crisp with fluro due to being thicker it creates more drag and lag through the water also causing your lures to not dive as deep, when twitching you don't get the same response from your lures due to the mono having the stretch it does. For a more finesse aproach I'd be using lighter braid with a longer leader makes more sense, only real advantage I find with mono is when trolling with a tight drag setting.

[T Curve]

Originally Posted by Henry90

You don't get anywhere near the amount of sensitivity as you do with braid, also crank baits don't swim nearly as well or crisp with fluro due to being thicker it creates more drag and lag through the water also causing your lures to not dive as deep, when twitching you don't get the same response from your lures due to the mono having the stretch it does. For a more finesse aproach I'd be using lighter braid with a longer leader makes more sense, only real advantage I find with mono is when trolling with a tight drag setting.

I agree with these comments, I don't think it would work as well for barra or cod as the leader is sometimes up to 60 to 70lb for abrasion resistance. I reckon most low profile bait casters would only handle about 80 metres of 30 lb mono or flouro at best. Doesn't leave much line left when trolling 40 to 50 metres behind the boat. Can't really comment on finesse applications.

[Megabass]

Sorry guys should have gone into detail
A bit more.have ran and use fluoro
Religiously on my spin gear not very often
These days the braid comes out. understand the
Benefits and disadvantages but have been interested
Lately in running it on one of my baitcasters
For natives mainly bass.has anyone made
The switch with significant improvement
In there catch rate bites per session.
Thank you for time and information guys

[Henry90]

I personally don't think there would be any advantage even for natives, I personally would continue to run with the braid and maybe a longer leader in fluro? Having a 4m flu ro leader to braid will still offer much greater sensitivity as appose to straight through fluro. Braid also comes off the spool with less resistance and doesn't have memory at all resulting in further more accurate casting. Give it a try mate you may like it?

The bass blokes in the USA use it because they pole there bass out of deep cover the stretch in that situation helps to not pull hooks, they basically max there drags and skull drag them in..

I still have a few baitcasters loaded with low stretch 'platypus pink', small baitcasters in the Shimano bantam range and higher were my starting point and I go back to my roots every now and again.

I can cast the rapala ultralights without much worry, just wind has to be favourable...

Give it a go, I may just get some fc for my Callisto.