Fluro For Spinnerbaits?

[Sherlock 60]

Your opinions regarding using floor for spinnerbaits, please. Been using 17# mono for years and am considering making the switch.

[Arv]

Go for it. Worked well for me in the past.

[MacP]

I know some anglers use it.  May have to hold your rod up to keep the spinner near the surface of the water. 

 

I fish braid to mono for all my topwater/shallow stuff.  Spinnerbaits expecially.  I like mono for the stretch.  I can whip it out when it I get hung too.

[Trey Harpel]

Go for it..

I use Lake forks 15lb power silk for SB, but flouro should be fine

[Mike L]

I use either 15# Invisex or 12# Yo Zuri Hybrid depending on the depth I want to go.

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[dam0007]

I've tried it, didn't really see any advantage, other than the lack of/less stretch. If your ripping one through a downed tree or something like that would nick away at a good portion of line, it's money down the drain.

[jtesch]

Not worth dealing with the cost or the line memory for spinnerbaits. A co-poly would work fine if you don' like mono's stretch.

[tgm]

I use 12# fluoro with 1/2oz sb. More bass than i can count.

[BrianinMD]

Caught on a spinnerbait with 20lb Abrazx,  fishing in shallow wood/rocks. The lack of stretch and abrasion resistance makes it a good choice. If I am fishing deeper or less cover I drop to 12lb Abrazx.

[Siebert Outdoors]

I use flouro for spinnerbaits all the time.

[mjseverson24]

I used floro last year with medium action rods, but I am switching to mono with MH action rods this year. i liked the floro, but mono is a little more reliable for me as far as casting relaibility, and strength. floro for all bottom contact.

 

Mitch

[J Francho]

20# Tatsu has replaced my longtime favored 15# CXX for spinnerbaiting. 

[iabass8]

20# Tatsu has replaced my longtime favored 15# CXX for spinnerbaiting. 

[J Francho]

Your point?

[rippin-lips]

^^^ yeah I don't get it either.

On another note there's multiple people on here commenting about the less stretch of fluoro. It's already been tested and shown that it's close to the same if not more in some cases vs mono.

For example take the invizx that everyone praises so much. More stretch then trilene xl mono.

http://www.tackletour.com/reviewfluorocarbontest.html

http://www.tackletour.com/reviewfluorocarbon2.html

[BrianinMD]

The test provided is for Invizx, the only mention of using flouro for lest stretch was in regards to Abrazx. Others mentioned lack of stretch but did not specify a brand.

[ColdSVT]

I use flouro for everything but heavy cover jiggin and froggin

[Todd2]

I don't think the cost justifies the advantages. I use Copolymer for spinnerbaits.

[J Francho]

I find I change fluoro MUCH less than I change out spools of CXX.  Most mono and copoly gets "ratty" -  for lack of a better term - after a couple weeks of fishing.  Good fluoro doesn't.  I can only assume it's from sun or temperature damage. I would probably change out my spinnerbait rod every two weeks, but I've had that 20# Tatsu on since mid June.  It's still looks fine.  I do use KVD Line & Lure Conditioner on all my reels..

[JWOA]

 I use 15 Tatsu FC and havent changed since, but it gets kinda of pricey so on the Lower go with Abraiz. The feel is so much better

[rippin-lips]

The test provided is for Invizx, the only mention of using flouro for lest stretch was in regards to Abrazx. Others mentioned lack of stretch but did not specify a brand.

I think you're missing the point. The test shows multiple fluoro lines that have MORE stretch then mono. I simply picked invizx because it seems to have a huge following but on paper it's junk.

[J Francho]

I think you're missing the point. The test shows multiple fluoro lines that have MORE stretch then mono. I simply picked invizx because it seems to have a huge following but on paper it's junk.

 

 

There's ton of cool data in those links - thanks for posting them up! Being a Business Intelligence guy at work, data is my thing, so I'll share a couple of points.  Think of it as seeing the forest through the trees.  I know the testing was set up to prove some points about "stretch," and that strech has been charactarized as a poor attribute ever since the first PE super lines were marketed to fisherman.

 

What I noticed is the consistency most better fluoros showed after soaking, as in no change after soaking. Mono, being variably porous showed poor consistency. This is important, since we use the line under water. Anyway, that's what I take from the test.  Also note, that Invisx's popularity is due to it's ease of handling, especially on spinning gear.  A little bit of stretch, and a little bit of memory aren't a bad thing, though we've been conditioned to think this is bad.  But those are exactly the complaints registered by 1st time fluoro users - often times using a stiff fluoro like Toray Superhard or Seaguar CarbonPro.  If you only use stretch as a measurement of good or bad line, then everyone would agree, Toray Superhard or Maxima 100% is the best line.  They are good lines, but that isn't the whole picture.

 

As for spinnerbaiting, I stand by my original comments, Tatsu is by far the easiest FC to use, and after trying many, many others, and always returning to CXX, that's saying a lot.  I don't always notice much difference between lines when fishing moving baits, but this is a case where I've found something I really like.

[fishguy613]

just made the switch from braid to 15lb abrazx for spinnerbaits, havent fished the setup yet but already i am liking it. Casted it several times without any issue.

Will probably go invizx for cranks as it seems to have more stretch, and tatsu for my spinning bottom contact rod

[McAlpine]

I used to use Flouro then moved to Braid for Spinnerbaits.  The low stretch line is really nice because you can feel the blades rotating and keep the speed where you want it.  I think it made me a better spinnerbait fisherman.  However; I lost the biggest bass of my life last year on 10lb flouro on a break off a the boat.  I went to 15lb mean green and have definitly lost some sensitivity with the spinnerbait but the line is great, no memory, still relatively low stretch and I have a ton of confidence in it's strength.  I only put it on for the last 1/4 of last season so I will know more after this year.