Favorite Fluoro

[DBL000006]

Yes,  Seaguar Red Label is a great line to use. You guys should also try High seas. That's a great line also. I have it spooled on a few bait casters.

[webertime]

So... I have a solid base of 50 lb p-pro braid on my Abu Revo S, getting her set up for this spring. This is my first baitcaster, so i am going to be pitching with it mostly, and doing some cranking with it potentially. Paired with a veritas 7' MH, fast action (I realize not a great cranking rod).

 

What is everyone's favorite brand of Fluoro to use as a leader attached to braid?

 

I know to match up my diameters, but I have seen a lot of mixed reviews out there on different sites. I wasn't sure if people have a differing opinion on fluoro to use as a leader vs. using it for the entire line. Budget doesn't bother me that much, as a spool should last me a while using it as just leader.

 

Thanks guys

I think you mentioned somewhere else that you started as a fly fisherman.  Do you have any old spools of 0x Fluoro leader material?  Heck go down to Orvis and get a spool of their Mirage 0x to start with.  That stuff it great!

[VTBassman11]

I think you mentioned somewhere else that you started as a fly fisherman.  Do you have any old spools of 0x Fluoro leader material?  Heck go down to Orvis and get a spool of their Mirage 0x to start with.  That stuff it great!

 

I dont have any Mirage leader, but had thought about that. A 70 meter spool of 0x tippet is $36 on the Orvis website. I could probably get some amount off that retail, but 200 yards of seaguar 15 lb is $26 shipped on TW... so that's where I have landed.

 

Good thought tho!

[The Pennsylvania Kid]

Really how can I not take offense?  That was pretty blunt, but since you're a kid I'll take it easy.  If you look and search you will see I'm not alone.  Plus you don't even "know me" to state your statement. 

I don't have to know you to make a general statement that sometimes human error is to blame for some things that go wrong when your out on the water....Everyone makes mistakes whether they want to admit it or not, and nobody is perfect......that's why you shouldn't take offense to it. Also everyone has their favorite brands no matter if its fishing line, lures etc.....Im sure there are just as many ppl in the world that like Berkley products as there are ppl who like Seagaur so research is really not applicable for anything because its all product marketing and personal preference in the individual when it comes down to it......I guarantee you if you were to rip the names and brands off of all fishing line spools and put them in a pile of all the same color 95% of people would not be able to tell the difference by brand in fluorocarbon lines..... Lastly if your going to criticize something be open and prepared to take some criticism in return.....or don't put any negative feedback out there at all.

[backcast88]

I have had great luck with Sunline Sniper.  The only problem is I cannot find it around my house with any consistency.  Some places will have it one week and not get anymore for 6 months.  Others get it in every lb test except what I am looking for.  

 

I have found Trilene XL Pro (new stuff in the red package) is great on a spinning reel.  I am tempted to try in on a casting reel once I need to respool a couple reels.

 

My old faithful is BPS XPS fluoro.  Its cheap and works really good.  I tried Sunline Super Fluoro.  It was ok.  Abrasion resistance was decent but it had a lot of memory very quickly.