Old Fishing Line: Feeling Nostalgic

[wdp]

2 hours ago, J Francho said:

Magnum - that's the stuff.  Awful.

Yeah, it really was bad. I had forgotten all about it cause I only used once, maybe twice at most, before taking it back off my reel. 

 

I now remember how excited I was to try it after reading and hearing stuff about it. But it never worked as claimed. It never would lay on the spool correctly and would twist. Seems like my casting distance stunk & I was constantly digging out small bird's nests. 

[Raul]

7 hours ago, Catt said:

 

Try doing that with a Penn International

 

I've fished braided Cotton, Dacron, Micron, Suture Material (Silk), Micro Dyneema®, Kevlar, & Spectra.

 

Now that's a real knuckle buster.

 

Stren Magnathin, man that line handled beautifully and :........had ZERO abrassion resistance !

[IndianaFinesse]

And for all you guys who think bass care about line visibility, people caught fish on those old ropes!  Our current superlines are far thinner (and stronger) than that.

[wdp]

14 minutes ago, IndianaFinesse said:

And for all you guys who think bass care about line visibility, people caught fish on those old ropes!

?????

How true! Kinda hard to believe. 

[J Francho]

Weren't you mostly using moving baits with those lines?

[WRB]

In the late 80's before Seagaur or Sunline came out with 100M spools of Fluorocarbon line, DAM  Tectan came out with 100% Fluorocabon line and I bought it. First experience with fresh water FC, before that it was salt water FC leader line. First experience fishing during the day was very good so I tried Tectan FC during a night tournament and what a mistake. Tectan FC has very poor impact strength and at night bass fishing is shorter casts, bigger average bass and I broke off every bass I hooked. I would set the hook, the would break the line and continued jumping trying to through the jig, very frustrating. I put my cranking reel with 12 lb Big Game on my jig rod after losing several big bass and managed to savage the night. DAM Tectan took on another meaning!

Tom

[Scott F]

1 hour ago, wdp said:

?????

How true! Kinda hard to believe. 

Why is that hard to believe? I don't remember anybody saying bass were line shy until the companies who sell FC lines told us they were!

[Catt]

4 hours ago, J Francho said:

Weren't you mostly using moving baits with those lines?

 

Nope fished T-rigs & jigs

[wdp]

4 hours ago, Scott F said:

Why is that hard to believe? I don't remember anybody saying bass were line shy until the companies who sell FC lines told us they were!

Well, that was kinda said tongue in cheek. I def believe people caught fish with that line. Back in those days it meant supper for the table I'd bet. 

 

Like you said, we get it pounded into our brains that the fish are skittish & line shy. I think there might be rare occasions when that's somewhat true, but a lotta days it doesn't matter at all.

[J Francho]

12 hours ago, Catt said:

 

Nope fished T-rigs & jigs

 

I guess I thought by the time you good plastic baits (Creme, Mann's, etc.) I figured mono would have been prevalent.  I guess not.

Thanks!

[Catt]

2 hours ago, J Francho said:

 

I guess I thought by the time you good plastic baits (Creme, Mann's, etc.) I figured mono would have been prevalent.  I guess not.

Thanks!

 

Long before Dyneema & Spectra I understand the benefits of "non" stretch line.

 

A problem with braided line is their limpness; Cotton, Dacron, Micron, Suture Material (Silk) are the worse for wind cause it wrap around everything.

 

And don't even think about backlashes!

 

Modern Dyneema & Spectra lines are coated to make them less limp.

 

Early monofilament was not what we use today!

[Tucson]

When I was about 10 years old (57 years ago) I bought a Ted Williams bait caster from Sears and loaded it with silk line.  Never used it,  it's still sitting on a shelf brand new.  Anyway, silk was the way to go back then.  Not exactly stealthy.