Okay Im A Believer Now

[d-camarena]

This morning i found myself at cabelas looking for some tubes. The bait monkey made me buy a pflueger president ultralight rod and reel combo. So i had to go test it out. I put on some 10lb nanofil and a 6 pound mono leader, grabbed some small tubes, 3 inch senkos and some flukes.

I went to creek that has been out fished and is real hard to catch anything. As soon as i started fishing i start catching fish left and right. It was crazy they were hitting the flukes on the fall. The past few weeks if be using the same lures but on 10lb line and couldnt buy a bite.

I credit the 6lb line for todays success.

I used to never fish under 10lb line.

I ended up catching 8 fish in 40 minutes and lost a 4lbder that i have caught before because i had no way of lifting him up out of the water over some rocks. My line was gonna break and before i could make my way down there he spit the hook.

Anyways im now a beleiver in line visibility. And ultra lights are fun!

[Smokinal]

That's the best way to figure it out! Nice work.

[desmobob]

Years ago, I used to do a lot of smallmouth fishing in a very clear lake.  When I switched from 10-lb. to 6-lb.test  line, it seemed to have a positive effect on my fishing, too.  If I was fishing there now, I'd be using 6-lb. fluoro...

 

Tight lines,

Bob

[Montanaro]

More likely the effect the line has on lure action than visibility

[d-camarena]

Montanaro you could be correct, but i meant to say that dropping down in line size had a good effect on my fishing. Im thinking of buying some 6 pound sniper.

Its gonna be hard to drop my ultralight now

[Montanaro]

There are some pros who swear by 4lb!

That's pushing it for me...but I fish a lot of timber.

[d-camarena]

Yeah 4 is pushing it, but when i was fighting a 4 pounder earlier i never felt my line nearing its breaking point. My drag was set loose enough that during the whole fight the fish was taking in drag. Idk about 4 lol i was thinking either 6 or 7 sniper

[I.rar]

Ultralight is definitely a blast and is my favorite way to fish. I have 4lb floroclear on my current UL rig but have used 15/4 braid/leader combo with excellent results landing a ton largemouth and peacock bass.

I now use the same 15/4 braid on my bfs reel but that's a whole other topic.

[Raul]

This morning i found myself at cabelas looking for some tubes. The bait monkey made me buy a pflueger president ultralight rod and reel combo. So i had to go test it out. I put on some 10lb nanofil and a 6 pound mono leader, grabbed some small tubes, 3 inch senkos and some flukes.

I went to creek that has been out fished and is real hard to catch anything. As soon as i started fishing i start catching fish left and right. It was crazy they were hitting the flukes on the fall. The past few weeks if be using the same lures but on 10lb line and couldnt buy a bite.

I credit the 6lb line for todays success.

I used to never fish under 10lb line.

I ended up catching 8 fish in 40 minutes and lost a 4lbder that i have caught before because i had no way of lifting him up out of the water over some rocks. My line was gonna break and before i could make my way down there he spit the hook.

Anyways im now a beleiver in line visibility. And ultra lights are fun!

I seriously doubt line visibility had something to do with your success.

[d-camarena]

I could be wrong, my buddy only caught one fish using 10lb line. It could be a more nutural fall of the lure on smaller line

[Lund Explorer]

I could be wrong, my buddy only caught one fish using 10lb line. It could be a more nutural fall of the lure on smaller line

 

You aren't wrong.  Unless you are fishing some pretty heavy slop, you can land fairly big fish on light line.

 

Tip: Have a net handy to increase the chances of landing those bigger fish.

[Kyle46N]

Like someone mentioned, I think your bite improved due to the action imparted on the lure by the lighter line.  I fish a clear local lake for crappie.  We will fish side by side with the same jig (color and weight), but one rod with mono, the other with light braid.   Mono gets bit 2 to 1 over braid.  Well, I thought for the longest time it was a visibility thing.  Until I experimented and decreased the jig size on the braid from 1/16th to 1/32, keeping the plastic and color the same.  Bites evened out.  In summary, the mono was creating a slower fall, which on this lake over brush piles makes a huge difference.  But as you can imagine, it was very easy to think it was a line visibility thing.  

[Raul]

I could be wrong, my buddy only caught one fish using 10lb line. It could be a more nutural fall of the lure on smaller line

 

In a mano a mano situation the reason why your buddy only caught one fish because he was using heavier line than you not because the fish could see it, lighter line allows the bait to move in a more attractive fashion.

 

Heavy line has it´s time and place and when the fish are active it does´t matter, but when fish are not active instead of changing lures you may want to start by fishing with lighter line ( reason why I always carry extra reel spools with different line diameters ).