Darn Nanofil!

[Jagg]

Tried Nanofil when it first came out and gave up on it. Tried it again in Spring 2016 when I noticed they had a green line and it's my favorite for some of the stuff I do now. 

 

I use use it on my spinning rigs UL - M when I'm fishing finesse. I tie a mono leader on with an Alberto knot and make sure I moisten the knot before I slowly cinch it down. That seems to be the biggest problem everyone is having. Doubling the line, moisten knot and slowly cinch it down. I also tie on about a 5' mono leader in about the same diameter line.

 

My favorite UL rig and ML rig now have this line on the main spool and straight mono on the spare spool. I fished these rigs heavily this past year and they never let me down. Didn't have one break off, cast a country mile with light jigs and rigs and caught fish that I had been missing when they would bite on the end of a long cast.

 

I did buy some Gliss from Academy last month when they had it on sale, but have not been able to try it out yet. Hoping it's as good as the Nanofil.

[OCdockskipper]

My experience with it has been the complete opposite.  I use 8 & 10 lb test Nanofil on all my spinning rods, with the lone exception being an ultralight with 4 lb test on it.  I use a crazy Alberta knot to tie P-Line fluorocarbon leaders and use a drop of superglue on the knot to help with the abrasion of going through the knots.  Used it for over 3 years and have had none of the problems many people have reported.  I know many consider it an insult to their angling skills to suggest they are not tying their knots correctly, but I don't know what else it could be.  The line is not mono or fluoro, it has its own characteristics, but it can be a great tool if used correctly.

 

As for strength, I have landed five bass over 7 1/2 lbs with the 8 & 10 lb strength.  My drags are set at about 30% of line strength and I never horse fish in.  I have also caught dozens of catfish and carp over 10 lbs with no issue or break offs.

 

I have never used Gliss, but I haven't had a need to try anything else.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

18 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

My experience with it has been the complete opposite.  I use 8 & 10 lb test Nanofil on all my spinning rods, with the lone exception being an ultralight with 4 lb test on it.  I use a crazy Alberta knot to tie P-Line fluorocarbon leaders and use a drop of superglue on the knot to help with the abrasion of going through the knots.  Used it for over 3 years and have had none of the problems many people have reported.  I know many consider it an insult to their angling skills to suggest they are not tying their knots correctly, but I don't know what else it could be.  The line is not mono or fluoro, it has its own characteristics, but it can be a great tool if used correctly.

 

As for strength, I have landed five bass over 7 1/2 lbs with the 8 & 10 lb strength.  My drags are set at about 30% of line strength and I never horse fish in.  I have also caught dozens of catfish and carp over 10 lbs with no issue or break offs.

 

I have never used Gliss, but I haven't had a need to try anything else.

 

 Its the subpar knot recommended to use by Berkley it just slips too easily. People think of it as a braid and think it should be stronger than rated like most true braids.

Once I figured out a knot that increased my strength by 50% to the rating Ive not had a lost fish due to knot failure, pike bite offs yes.

[aquaholik]

I believe the op about line failure. But it's really more like knot failure. Just use FG knot with a leader and your problem will go away. I've done extensive testing with FG knot strength in nanofil. I can truthfully tell you that it's FG knot strength is 150% of it's labeled strength from 6 lbs Nanofil to 14 lbs Nanofil. I have used it the last 3 seasons and it has landed thousands of fish from countless jacks and pompanos to sheepshead and large drum and plenty of bass to 5lbs in the backyard pond.