Line types?? Help!!

[dukeintex]

If this has been covered elsewhere, please let me know.

My question is what is the diff between 'superline', fluorocarbon, copolymer, hybrid, and 'fused' line???

Anyone have any ideas? Do most of you prefer one type over the other? and why?

[Marty]

If this has been covered elsewhere, please let me know.

My question is what is the diff between 'superline', fluorocarbon, copolymer, hybrid, and 'fused' line???

Anyone have any ideas? Do most of you prefer one type over the other? and why?

I'll try just part of that question. "Superline" covers both braided and fused lines. These lines are extremely strong for their diameter, have little-to-no memory and little-to-no stretch. Braided lines are, to the best of my knowledge, multiple fibers that are, well, braided together, and fused lines are fused, that's all I know about the process.

Fireline is the best-known fused line, of which I am aware of very few, while there seem to be many more braids out there.

[hookem12_0]

Stay away from fused lines. They will go flat which will decrease your casting distance.  Braided lines are good.  I prefer Sufix or P-Line Spectrex braid.  The advantages to braid are the fact that you can up your lb. test and keep a low diameter.  30lb braid has a diameter of 8lb mono.  Braid is also ultra abrasion resistant.  If you are going to be fishing really heavy cover, lily pads(the braid will strait up slice the stalks in half, thick grass, or a lake with a bad zebra mussel problem, braid would be a good choice.  The down side to braid is that it has no stretch and is not the most invisible line on the market.  I have still fished some very clear water and had success with braid though.  As far as the no stretch goes, I have only broken one rod setting the hook on a fish while using braid.  I like it.  Copolymer lines are good to.  The advantage to a copolymer is the fact that instead of just being made up of one thing it is actually 2 or more components fused together.  The best copolymer currently on the market is P-Line's evolution.  It has the best abrasion resistance of any of the copolymers.  It also has a very low memory which is good if you dont like to change your line every couple of weeks during the summer.  As far as flourocarbon goes, Im not 100% sure how it is manufactured.  What I can tell you is that of all the lines on the market, flourocarbons have the lowest visibility under the water.  P-Line just released a new flourocarbon called Halo.  Until Halo, I wasnt 100% sold on flourocarbons.  They had always seemed to not be very abrasion resistant.  Halo on the other hand has held up for me, even against zebra mussels.  It also has a very low memory and great castability.  Last but not least are just your plain monofilaments.  If you are looking for the best mono on the market it would have to be Sufix.  I prefer the Elite.  It is some tough stuff.  I hope I helped out some.  Good Luck and Good Fishing.

[dukeintex]

Hookem and Marty

Thanks for the reply? I'm still a little confused though....is fused line the same as braided line? Also, whats the diff between copolymer and fluoro? And, what about hybrid line??

[Marty]

Hookem and Marty

Thanks for the reply? I'm still a little confused though....is fused line the same as braided line? Also, whats the diff between copolymer and fluoro? And, what about hybrid line??

Fused and braided are different, but the two taken together constitute the superline category and they share characteristics of limpness and lack of stretch, as well as great strength for their diameter. Sorry I can't offer more details about the process.