Yellow Line

[papajoe222]

For years I've had two spinning combos rigged with yellow line for teaching kids about line watching. With my eyesight being hindered by my advancing age, I'll be switching over my worming rod to yellow line also.  While BPS HyperBraid is what I use for the kid's rods, I'm looking for a 'better' option for my casting gear. Any suggestions?

[NorthernBasser]

Hard to beat Power Pro yellow braid.

[Born 2 fish]

Yellow suffix 832 

[BigAngus752]

X2 for Sufix 832. 

[new2BC4bass]

I am trying some Fins.  Good so far.  I am not a big fan of PowerPro Original.  Quite noisy through the guides.

[Blacktail 8541]

Vicious NO Fade Braid in Hi vis yellow. Color never fades and the line is small diameter vs strength. Low noise going through guides.

[FishTank]

Sunline Xplasma in light green.  It may be green but the color is easy to see out of water.   Another I have not purchased but have seen out on the water is Berkley X9.  I didn't think it was braid at first.  It looked smooth and cast a mile.  It was also super bright. 

[WRB]

Learn to detect strikes using your fingertips. Fish at night and yellow line is meaningless.

Tom

[ChrisD46]

10 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

Hard to beat Power Pro yellow braid.

+1 ... #10 lb. to #15 lb. yellow braid + leader . Keeping a finger in contact with the line plus the visual indicator of a yellow line is the best of both worlds.

[NHBull]

Finns is great and will not fade, Gamma also makes an orange that works pretty good. All my braid is colored.  Pink from Hitena is awesome for topwater (expensive) 

[CountryboyinDC]

11 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

Hard to beat Power Pro yellow braid.

That would be what I use.  I use Power Pro green for all my baitcasters.  The yellow line (I use on my spinning gear) doesn't fade as bad as the green.  I also used some yellow Tufline Force, and it's very similar.

[new2BC4bass]

1 hour ago, NHBull said:

Finns is great and will not fade, Gamma also makes an orange that works pretty good. All my braid is colored.  Pink from Hitena is awesome for topwater (expensive) 

Love Siege Neon Tangerine! Very easy to see. 

[waymont]

Power pro original or Super Slick V2 or 832, both are great lines.

I like the lime green 832, it’s easy to watch

[WIGuide]

Yellow 832 would be my recommendation. 

[TcRoc]

12 hours ago, WRB said:

Learn to detect strikes using your fingertips. Fish at night and yellow line is meaningless.

Tom

I have always struggled with this, not so much as detecting with my finger tips but palming the reel in a manner I’m comfortable doing so with a finger on the line and sticking to it..if that is the technique your speaking of... may sound dumb but..

[WRB]

Palming a bait casting reel on a rod without any type of fore grip/ comfortable lock ring doesn't work well trying to run line over your index finger.

Spinning reel are more difficult to touch the line.

High modulus rod reel seats with exposed blank area helps on casting rods, more difficult to do with spinning rods.

Strike detection is critical to me to feel the line and learned to hold rods so I can.

Tom

[JustJames]

As of currently I have 3 reel with yellow braid, Sufix 832, original PP and Windtamer. The yellow braid is hold up better than chartreuse and not faded as bad. I like Sufix 832 the best.

 

This is how pro feel the line on spinning.

 

[RoLo]

 

Nevermind...I thought "Yellow Line" was about too many Diet Cokes     

 

 

[Bankc]

On 7/23/2020 at 12:33 PM, TcRoc said:

I have always struggled with this, not so much as detecting with my finger tips but palming the reel in a manner I’m comfortable doing so with a finger on the line and sticking to it..if that is the technique your speaking of... may sound dumb but..

It's a lot easier with a rod with a grip in front of the reel.  You just hold it there with your palm on the bottom and fingers wrapped around the top with your index and thumb resting against the line.  That's how I learned to fish back in the days of fiberglass rods and 6-8lb mono, where if you wanted to feel what was going on, you had to use your finger tips.  The rods balance better up there too versus palming the reel, so you have a bit more control over what it's doing.  Kind of like what the deep sea, saltwater guys do, only you don't have to stab yourself in the gut with the butt end unless you need more leverage.  

 

But I guess it looks goofy and causes you to hold your rod higher which wears out your shoulders and arms faster. And that's probably why it fell out of favor.  And since most rods don't even have anything to grip up there anymore, I've largely switched over to palming the reel myself.  I've actually got a bunch of different ways to hold a rod that I'm comfortable using, and will generally go with whatever works best for what I'm trying to do.  I even cast with my opposite hand from time to time.  And if there's another fisherman trying to sneak up on me to see what I'm using, I may just grab my spinning rod and fish it upside down.  Why not?!

 

 

[galyonj]

On 7/23/2020 at 1:33 PM, TcRoc said:

I have always struggled with this, not so much as detecting with my finger tips but palming the reel in a manner I’m comfortable doing so with a finger on the line and sticking to it..if that is the technique your speaking of... may sound dumb but..

This is how I do it, for what that's worth. The line touch is a little extra to be more visible in the photo, but I just let the line rest on my index finger while I'm working a lure that needs it. Easy peasy.