Your Most Basic Mono

[TnRiver46]

I’ve fished with this stuff in 6 lb forever, hauling in all kinds of fish . Got a 10 lb drum with it the other day that gave me a workout on a fiberglass rod 

[Skunkmaster-k]

Vicious is good mono. 

[T-Billy]

17 hours ago, Deleted account said:

Berkley has changed most of their mono lines over the years, not sure if it was intentional or not, but it's a thing. 

It was a good thing with XT. Still tough mono but way less memory.

[Deleted account]

On 6/26/2022 at 8:17 AM, garroyo130 said:

 

***EDIT*** just to be clear, this is a joke. I am not a mod and no warnings have been applied for recommending omniflex

 

I got a stack of those, some deserved, some knot...  

[LrgmouthShad]

1 hour ago, Deleted account said:

I got a stack of those, some deserved, some knot...  

can’t have restrictions applied if your account is deleted 

 

[garroyo130]

The most basic mono

 

[J Francho]

I don't use mono for bass fishing, but my steelhead centrepins are loaded with Sufix Siege, mainly because it comes in bright orange, which helps other see you drifting on a busy stream.

17 hours ago, new2BC4bass said:

I used XL from 1954-1986 when I quit fishing for 23 years.

According to Berkley, Trilene was introduced in 1959, the same time DuPont introduced Stren.

 

I'm wondering what you were using those first few years?

[WRB]

Fishing price, why are some brands so cheap and others more expensive?

1. Virgin Nylon vs regrind Nylon is 1 factor. Some manufactures use up to 75% regrind to 25% virgin Nylon.

2. Virgin Nylon blended with virgin polyurethane or polyester resign and UV additives vs regrinds is a factor. Some Copolymer lines don’t use additives to protect UV degradation.

3. Quality control of the extrusion process to insure proper temperatures, cooling and consistent diameters. Unctrolled processing results in poor quality.

4. Precision spool equipment with consistent winding pressure and lay onto the bulk spool so the line doesn’t cross over itself causing weak spots. High speed winding equipment results in poor quality.

Look closely at your filler spools, the line lay should be perfect, flat and smooth without any line crossing over.

Time under pressure will damage Mono/Nylon lines from crossing over on storage spools. 

Tom

 

[tholmes]

On 6/25/2022 at 8:08 PM, bowhunter63 said:

Big Game 

This or BPS Excel.

 

Tom

[Deleted account]

6 hours ago, WRB said:

1. Virgin Nylon

"Where does virgin wool come from?... Ugly sheep"...

[new2BC4bass]

7 hours ago, J Francho said:

I don't use mono for bass fishing, but my steelhead centrepins are loaded with Sufix Siege, mainly because it comes in bright orange, which helps other see you drifting on a busy stream.

According to Berkley, Trilene was introduced in 1959, the same time DuPont introduced Stren.

 

I'm wondering what you were using those first few years?

Now you have me wondering.  I assumed that was what my father put on my reel as XL is what I got when I started buying my own line in my teens...because it was cheap.  I can almost guarantee it is whatever the local K-Mart carried.  Shakespeare maybe?  A friend I got into fishing while in my late 20's always used Stren.  I always used XL.  I started fishing at 5 in 1953 with a cane pole and the next year my dad got us 3 boys Mitchell's.  The problem with being oldest is when I got something, they got it at a younger age than I did.  Doesn't seem right. 

 

EDIT:  Obviously I wasn't buying my own line at 6 years old.  Or 12 for that matter.

[WRB]

K-Mart carried (Berkley) Blue Lake Mono In 600 yard spools 60’s to 70’s.

Tom

[flatcreek]

I remember we used Blue Streak mono in the 60’s.i still have an old spool of it in a Union tackle box.

[scaleface]

I use 17 lb test Clear blue flourescent XL on my worm rod . The stuff is hard to break and .15 in diameter , Same as 15 lb Big Game .  I like the stuff .