Sinking Braid Line

[bigturtle]

Anyone can recommend a SINKING braid, preferably around 15lb and comes in a high vis color (yellow, pink, orange, etc) for finesse fishing? I heard sufix 832 sinks, but can anyone confirm?

[zachb34]

I'm not aware of any braid on the market that truly "sinks" besides lead core which is mainly used in salt water or deep water trolling applications. Suffix 832 is more neutral than a drinking line. It'll float on top of the water but once it gets below the surface it'll sink, possibly a little faster than most. If you do ever find a braid that sinks like fluorocarbon, let me know I've been searching for years. Typically, at a diameter like 15 pound it won't really have much floating resistance on your bait since it's so thin.

[Retired@176]

I tried Spiderwire Flouro-Braid advertized as a sinking braid, it never really sank like flouro, had very poor abrasion resistance and after losing a couple of fish with break offs I went back to PP and never looked back.

[Mr_Poche']

I use suffix 832 20lb in high viz green. It sinks once the surface tenttion is broken. I've trough a light Texas rig into my pool to test it. It sinks. Not like fluoro but it does sink.

It doesn't hinder the action as far as I could tell. I will continue to use it.

[FryDog62]

The only 2 sinking braids I'm aware of are the Spiderwire Fluoro-braid mentioned above and Tuff-Line Hevi-Core. I have only used Hevi-core and plan to do a review after I compare it to Spiderwire Fluoro-braid... Hope to do it this year but will see if I get time...

[papajoe222]

I don't know of any sinking braided lines, but I am curious as to why you're looking for one.  Is there a specific application that you feel needs a sinking line?

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Braid actually neutrally bouyant. Once the surface tension is broken it's not going to float your bait. I could see a lead core for deep trolling or something. 

[roadwarrior]

Just what the doctor ordered:  http://www.tuf-line.com/products_Specialty-Lines_15.html

 

 

 

[bigturtle]

I don't know of any sinking braided lines, but I am curious as to why you're looking for one.  Is there a specific application that you feel needs a sinking line?

same applications where you use a fluoro, without the line memory and other problems of fluoro.

 

As far as Im concerned, YGK and Sufix Gravity2 are the only 2 non-lead core braids that actually break the surface tension and sink by themselves, but both are expensive as hell. Looking for cheaper alternatives.

[papajoe222]

If you're looking to replace fluoro with a braided line, you don't need one that sinks. Line visibility is the only benefit fluoro offers to those applications and many prefer using it as leader material with braided line.

[bigturtle]

sinking line offers advantages over a floating or neutral line in many techniques.

[FryDog62]

same applications where you use a fluoro, without the line memory and other problems of fluoro.

 

As far as Im concerned, YGK and Sufix Gravity2 are the only 2 non-lead core braids that actually break the surface tension and sink by themselves, but both are expensive as hell. Looking for cheaper alternatives.

 

And... the braid would have zero stretch compared to fluorocarbon.  

 

I bought 150 yards of Tuff-Line Hevi-Core for $20.  I also plan to buy the SufixGravity2 product (because I tend to like Sufix regular braid) and Spiderwire fluorobraid as comparisons.  So far, the jury is out on Hevi-Core and I'll reserve judgment until I compare to others.  At $20 its not any more expensive than other braids so worth trying to me...

[zachb34]

And... the braid would have zero stretch compared to fluorocarbon.

I bought 150 yards of Tuff-Line Hevi-Core for $20. I also plan to buy the SufixGravity2 product (because I tend to like Sufix regular braid) and Spiderwire fluorobraid as comparisons. So far, the jury is out on Hevi-Core and I'll reserve judgment until I compare to others. At $20 its not any more expensive than other braids so worth trying to me...

Please post a review of the gravity 2 line once you get a chance to use it. I'm curious to see if it'll have any better slack line sensitivity. In theory if it sinks ot should have less slack line to start and of its denser it should have more similiar slack line sensitivity to floro. Being a little more resistant to wind would be nice as well.