Your Favorite Nylon Mono?

[rgasr63]

I am going back to Big Game. I have been using some other brands and they don't work as good as Big Game.

[Columbia Craw]

Super Natural

[zell_pop1]

I still have some Sunline Defier around it's the best.

[FishTax]

Trilene xl casts really well and is smooth. Big game always on shelf. Also trying bps excel, got a great deal so it’s on shelf imagine that. 

[new2BC4bass]

On 12/4/2024 at 6:30 PM, rgasr63 said:

I am going back to Big Game. I have been using some other brands and they don't work as good as Big Game.

Why not?  I'm not against Big Game.  Actually have large spools of 8# and 12# but if I had to chose using only one line between Big Game and Siege, it would be Siege.  Is Big Game more abrasion resistant?  Fortunately that doesn't figure in where I fish...or ever fished.

[rgasr63]

3 hours ago, new2BC4bass said:

Why not?  I'm not against Big Game.  Actually have large spools of 8# and 12# but if I had to chose using only one line between Big Game and Siege, it would be Siege.  Is Big Game more abrasion resistant?  Fortunately that doesn't figure in where I fish...or ever fished.

I have tried a bunch of lines..That suffix line did me ok but if it gets stretched it will get very curly. I used a red box that said elite on it. That I read is called rebound recovery. Big Game has better rebound so I get some longer service life IMHO. The other lines I tried were working with a thin diameter. They advertised a 15 lb line that had the diameter of a 10 lb line.knots and abrasion strength became a issue for me. Big Game from 8-20 lb test works best for me. Everyone has their favorite and that's a good thing. The old saying goes "One man's trash is another man's treasure" 

[LonnieP]

16 hours ago, zell_pop1 said:

I still have some Sunline Defier around it's the best.

My favorite mono as well, but sadly it’s been discontinued 

[VolFan]

I have actually really enjoyed Suffix ProMix in 8 and 12 lb test. I have never heard anyone else even mention it. It is pretty inexpensive. YMMV 

[FishTank]

Currently it's Sunline Deifer (both versions)and Machinegun Cast. Sadly, I think all are discontinued. 

[WRB]

All we can do is hope Sunline brings Defier Armilo back.

Tom

[Catt]

On 12/6/2024 at 9:54 PM, rgasr63 said:

Big Game has better rebound

 

Absorption: the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another.

"shock absorption"

 

Highly overlooked aspect of fishing lines. 20 lb line & below Big Game is the best at absorbing shock. 

[MyKeyBe]

12 hours ago, VolFan said:

I have actually really enjoyed Suffix ProMix in 8 and 12 lb test. I have never heard anyone else even mention it. It is pretty inexpensive. YMMV 

I tried it a couple of years ago in 12 lb for a month or so, I really liked it as well. I actually tried a bunch of mono/copolymer lines that year on a bait cast reel. Pro mix was one of the better ones for me. Then again almost all of the lines were pretty good.

[Hulkster]

On 12/6/2024 at 7:43 PM, new2BC4bass said:

Why not?  I'm not against Big Game.  Actually have large spools of 8# and 12# but if I had to chose using only one line between Big Game and Siege, it would be Siege.  Is Big Game more abrasion resistant?  Fortunately that doesn't figure in where I fish...or ever fished.

I use Siege on spinning gear all the time.

 

Not sure I would try Big Game though I think its too coily??

[tholmes]

I like Big Game for my baitcasters and BPS Excel for spinning reels.

 

Tom

[FishTank]

On 12/8/2024 at 1:42 AM, WRB said:

All we can do is hope Sunline brings Defier Armilo back.

Tom

 

Have you tried Machinegun Cast? You would need to get it from a JDM site. I tried the old version and hated it. The newer offering has been great. It is similar but different from Deifer Armilo. It doesn't last as long and is not tough. I'm not sure how the larger sizes will handle swimbaits though.  I use it for crankbaits and topwater. 

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Big Game is really hard to beat on casting gear.  I have as much confidence in 10lb BG in cover as 15lb InvizX. 

[A-Jay]

24 minutes ago, GetFishorDieTryin said:

Big Game is really hard to beat on casting gear.  I have as much confidence in 10lb BG in cover as 15lb InvizX. 

I like Big Game as well.

It's been the standard for me when it comes to 'comparing' all other nylon lines.

However, while I do prefer Tatsu in almost every FC scenario now,

I started out with InvisX and it treated  me OK.

Landed this Freaky of a Musky on 10lb InvisX while fishing casting gear & a jerkbait for Smallies.

So it's not too bad In my mind, especially for price.

A-Jay

 

[WRB]

32 minutes ago, FishTank said:

 

Have you tried Machinegun Cast? You would need to get it from a JDM site. I tried the old version and hated it. The newer offering has been great. It is similar but different from Deifer Armilo. It doesn't last as long and is not tough. I'm not sure how the larger sizes will handle swimbaits though.  I use it for crankbaits and topwater. 

I have a spool of 11# Armilo and the green Shooter Nylon can still be found on eBay.

Tom

[GetFishorDieTryin]

8 hours ago, A-Jay said:

I like Big Game as well.

It's been the standard for me when it comes to 'comparing' all other nylon lines.

However, while I do prefer Tatsu in almost every FC scenario now,

I started out with InvisX and it treated  me OK.

Landed this Freaky of a Musky on 10lb InvisX while fishing casting gear & a jerkbait for Smallies.

So it's not too bad In my mind, especially for price.

A-Jay

 

Wow, nice...I can see 10lb being strong enough to get her in out in the open, but its the teeth I would worry about.  We have so many pickerel around here.  I've lost so many 110s and TN60s to 2lb pickerel when they turn and dig.

Im not dogging InvizX, I really like it, its pretty much all I use on casting gear.  I used to use Big game in the winter when cheaper FCs would stiffen up and get tough to manage, but since going totally to invizX I dont use mono at all.  I still think mono, particularly BG has some advantages over InvizX and most budget-mid priced FCs.  I feel like when FC stretches to near breaking point, it weakens the line and I havent noticed that at all with BG.  I think the abrasion resistance and knot strength on BG and other good monos is better than most if not all FCs Ive used.  

[senile1]

I haven't used every brand so I can't say I have a favorite.  I have some I have used that I liked so I continue to buy them.  Currently I have spools of Sufix Siege, Sufix Elite, Berkley Big Game, Trilene XL, and Trilene XT.  Quite a few years ago, I used Stren but I had some batches that seemed to have more stretch than I liked so I stopped buying it.

[KP Duty]

Pline CXX.  Shopping by diameter is key here.  I use the 8lb (.012") for 80% of my cranking, and it breaks at about 14lbs.  

[newapti5]

On 12/10/2024 at 2:43 PM, A-Jay said:

Landed this Freaky of a Musky on 10lb InvisX while fishing casting gear & a jerkbait for Smallies.

 

How? I used 12lb fluoro for smallies mostly, and almost all my encounters with unexpected muskie ended with broken lines, even with 12lb tatsu.

[senile1]

@newapti5  If your drag is set correctly the line should only break if the musky's teeth cut it.  Rules of thumb for setting your drag range from 20 to 30 percent up to a third of the pound test of the line.  I have always used approximately 1/3rd of the pound test of the line.  

[A-Jay]

17 hours ago, newapti5 said:

 

How? I used 12lb fluoro for smallies mostly, and almost all my encounters with unexpected muskie ended with broken lines, even with 12lb tatsu.

This fish was hooked outside the mouth, top of her face actually.

After that I took my time, relied on years of experience fighting & landing Pelagic fish much bigger than this from the Gulf Stream, AND I got supremely lucky.

Got the whole thing on video.

First part of the clip is "the story".

Second part is the actual landing of the fish.

 

btw - I landed a pretty beefy musky this past Sept on a chatterbait fishing 15 lb Tatsu and she had totally choked the bait.

Again I got lucky.

Is it spring yet ?

A-Jay

[Bankbeater]

I use Big Game in 8 lb, 10 lb, and 15 lb for bass fishing.  BPS Excel in 4 lb, and 6 lb for panfish.