Seaguar Tatsu

[F14A-B]

Are any of you elite fisher-men and women using this in the 4-6 pound? Is it worth the coin in these pound test categories? No braid here, just straight FC on 2500 Stradics..

 

I use YZ hybrid a bunch but in 4-6 it breaks way easy. Too easy for me. 

[Bluebasser86]

What are you using it for? I have 6lb that I use for walleye and very finesse bass fishing applications and I've been happy with it but it isn't a line I use regularly. 

[Bass Rutten]

1 hour ago, F14A-B said:

Are any of you elite fisher-men and women using this in the 4-6 pound? Is it worth the coin in these pound test categories? No braid here, just straight FC on 2500 Stradics..

 

I use YZ hybrid a bunch but in 4-6 it breaks way easy. Too easy for me. 

I haven't used tatsu but yzh in 4lb and 6lb has been tested for average actual break strength at 8.5lb and 11.9lbs respectively. If you are breaking those easily you're asking for it fishing 6lb fluorocarbon which as a whole has less knot strength than copoly. Sounds like you might need to step up to 7 or 8lb fluoro. How are you breaking off?

[Peacedivision]

I use 6lb on one of my bfs rods. It has had the same line on for 2 seasons now and never had a problem. It was one of my most used combos last year so it's also not just riding the rod rack.

[Glenn]

I've been using straight 6lb Tatsu on all my spinning reels (2500's, no braid) for years without any breakoffs or lost fish.  I use it for all finesse applications plus small topwaters and hover rigs.  It's the real deal.

[jbmaine]

I've been using 6lb YZ hybrid ultra soft for over twenty years. Out side of a stray pickerel I've never broken off a fish.

[F14A-B]

7 minutes ago, Glenn said:

I've been using straight 6lb Tatsu on all my spinning reels (2500's, no braid) for years without any breakoffs or lost fish.  I use it for all finesse applications plus small topwaters and hover rigs.  It's the real deal.

Thanks, I remember RW talking about it a great deal years ago. I’m going to order some 6 and try it out. 

Thanks everyone. Glenn answered my questions. 

[TnRiver46]

I like the 6! Never tried the 4 

[msgf91]

I use the 4 lb on my bfs and light spinning. It's like slightly harder to manage Sniper but with a ton of abrasion resistance. The first time using it i didn't have to retie for 3 or 4 trips till I hooked a gar. 

[cadman]

I have some spinning reels spooled with Tatsu and I like it very much. Never had any issues with it.

[bulldog1935]

The lightest Tatsu I've tried is 10-lb.  

Very good low memory, including when I pulled out my Steez 1016 spool that was loaded 5 years ago and stored in a back-up spool can (might have been JDM R-18).  

Like most low-memory fluoro, Tatsu is fairy stiff and springy (esp. vs. copoly) - jumps off the spool.  It will be much smaller diameter than YZH for the same test.  

  

The limpest low-memory fluoro I've tried (down to 3-lb) is Toray Xthread - I think it's sold as Solaroam in USM.  It also costs more than Tatsu.