What Is Diff Between P Line Flouroclear And Flourocarbon?

[xxjace]

I'm wanting to give p line a try and I'm a fan of flourocarbon lately..what's Diff between p line flouroclear and flourocarbon..

[Darren.]

Floroclear from P-Line is a copolymer that is coated with fluorocarbon. It is not pure fluorocarbon thru and thru.

 

I actually like this line a lot, and use the mist-green as my main leader material. I use Yo-Zuri Hybrid along side, as a #2 line. Got plenty of both.

[The Next KVD]

Darren is right on the nose.  The Floroclear is just coated and only has a few properties of pure fluorocarbon.  Floroclear benifts with added Abrasion Resistance, UV resistance, helps slow down water absorbsion (not 100% water absorbsion resistant like pure fluorocarbon), more sensative than mono but not anywhere near the sensativity level of pure fluoro, and is suppose to be more invisible than mono but I don't think line visability matters much even in clear water.  Floroclear also floats until the surface tension is broken so it does sink alittle, but again nowhere near what pure fluoro can do. 

 

Floroclear is kinda like the middle child.  Has some benefits of big brother pure fluorocarbon but has some attributes of mono including price.  I don't use it and have not used it much as I'd rather pay alittle bit more to get everything pure fluorocarbon can do for me.

[SirSnookalot]

I gave up on Pline floroclear, I was using 20# offshore in the Atlantic, too many weak spots in the line, lost fish due to breakage.  I went back to my old standby, trilene..problem solved.  I do use the floroclear for 2-3 leaders, it's been fine for that.

[thehooligan]

I also use the mist green flouroclear and love it. Ive tried full flouro on spinning reels and hated it. Its very nice though if used as a leader with braid. For baitcasters, i havent tried it yet, only braid, mono, and copoly's.

 

Everybody talks about invisix and sunline so ill probally try those two out soon....

[jhoffman]

Honestly, I dont really think any fluro or fluro blend has a place anywhere but in leaders. Its simply too d**n stiff. You can take a spool, soak it in warm water. Crank it on a reel while coating it in L&L. The next day, spray the whole spool and let it sit and if you dont get to it within 5-6 hours first time you open the bail its a mess. L&L says it works on fluro, I dont know what planet they live on but it certainly doesnt work for me on this planet. Maybe I am holding my mouth wrong when I put it on, ive tried every trick in the book.

[Koofy Smacker]

Honestly, I dont really think any fluro or fluro blend has a place anywhere but in leaders. Its simply too d**n stiff. You can take a spool, soak it in warm water. Crank it on a reel while coating it in L&L. The next day, spray the whole spool and let it sit and if you dont get to it within 5-6 hours first time you open the bail its a mess. L&L says it works on fluro, I dont know what planet they live on but it certainly doesnt work for me on this planet. Maybe I am holding my mouth wrong when I put it on, ive tried every trick in the book.

I spooled up 5 rods with new invisx from 6 lb to 12 lb 4 days ago. Just went yesteday out yesterday for the first time with it. I had only sprayed it with L&L after I spooled it and I would have never known that it was fluoro was that supple

[jerzeeD]

Ill have to disagree with the notion P-line flouroclear ( or cx for that matter) is too stiff for spinning reels. I have all spinning reels and most of them run both of theses lines in 10 and 12 lb. test with no issues. I don't even use line conditioner. Both of these lines are very supple compared to pure flouro and work great on spinning rigs.

[WRB]

P-line FluoroClear and YoZuri are both hybrids; mono with Fluorocarbon outer jacket. Copolymers are a blend of 2 polymers; P-Line CCX is a copolymer line.

The advantage of FuoroClear is better knot strength and less memory than 100% FC line, with some of the same light refraction quality....good line choice, but not a small diameter line for it's pound test.

Tom

[ReelScreamer]

What is L&L?

 

[garroyo130]

18 minutes ago, ReelScreamer said:

What is L&L?

 

KVD line and lure conditioner

[BrianMDTX]

I tried the Floroclear. To be frank, I never had a knot simply fail at the hook like I did with this. I believe it was 8 lb. I had two Palomars and one IC break at the hook in a few hours, and only one bass was truly good sized. I’ll take a hard pass. 

[Boomstick]

Fluoroclear is as others said, a copoly which is basically fluorocarbon coated.

 

Now I gave some to my oldest son some years ago and it cast horrible and had awful memory issues, far worse than I have seen with any line (even Vanish). For what it's worth he did land two or three fish that day, but spent more time picking out birds nests than he ever did before or after. I couldn't cast with it either. I went home and ordered some Yo Zuri Hybrid and that worked much better.

[new2BC4bass]

I spooled some 10# on a reel I took to Florida with me.  Removed the reel that night after getting back to B-I-L's home.  Line broke way too easy. Luckily I take an extra couple reels with me.

[ChrisD46]

*P-Line FloroClear has a reputation for being weak for it's pound test rating and experiencing break offs . Before I would write off FloroClear I would test using the three knots shown in the enclosed links which work well for FC line knots :

 

Berkley Trilene Knot : 

 

Gerald Swindle Fluorocarbon Line Knot : 

 

Brent Ehrler Fluorocarbon Line Knot : 

 

 

 

 

[Team9nine]

Eight years later, but nothing has changed my opinion. Main difference is Fluoroclear sucks and fluorocarbon doesn’t ? 

[roadwarrior]

Fluoroclear ties with Vanish as the worst lines I have ever fished.