What's your line experience?

[BassinBoy]

I'm making the switch from monofilament to flourocarbon this year.

I was wondering if anyone else has made this switch and how it turned out for you. Likes or dislikes?

[WanderLust]

Just another tool... I really like it for cranks & applications where its low visibility is key.

KVD Line and Lure is a great way to help the line stay manageable.

[kikstand454]

well....

i made the switch from mono to copoly about 3 or 4 years ago... and never looked back. now im switching my spinning reels, crankbaits and "bottom" lures (jigs,worms,c-rigs...etc.) to flouro.... and im probably not going back from that either. i have convinced myself that the flouro is slightly more sensitive and much more invisible. this may or may not be true... but i have talked myself into it. for all moving lures (spinnerbaits,topwaters,floating worms...etc.) i use 12 or 15lb yo-zuri hybrid copoly. for bottom lures and cranks i use berkley 100% flouro and from time to time bps flouro.

the only itme i think i could justify using straight mono anymore would maybe be for topwaters such as poppers or spooks where you want a little bit of stretch for the treble hooks but dont really want a soft rod for the technique.

[boneil]

I made the switch last year and haven't regretted it.  I still use mono for top water.  I found that the sinking flouro affected the action of floating baits in a way I didn't like.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

I bought my 1st spool of Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra-soft a few days ago, going on spinning reel, so will be finding out how good the stuff works. Im going from braid to flouro though on just this one reel.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

I bought my 1st spool of Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra-soft a few days ago, going on spinning reel, so will be finding out how good the stuff works. Im going from braid to flouro though on just this one reel.

Hybrid isn't a fluoro.  fyi

Hybrid has become one of my favorite lines.  It's just so smooth casting.  I'm able to present lures far better with it.  I've tried fluoro but I just don't like the manageability issues that come with it.  The feel that you do have with 100% fluoro is pretty darn nice though.  I won't deny that at all.

[Jeff H]

I tried flouro a couple years ago on my finesse rig and had a hard time keeping it on the spool.  Other than that, couldn't tell much difference in sensitivity, a little bit, yes, but not much.  It had no other superior qualities that I could tell.  Felt like it stretched as much if not more and didn't seem anymore invisible in the water (although it very well may have been) and abrasion resistance was no better.  I didn't catch anymore fish with it and it costs a lot more, so I stick to what I've always used.

[Fish Chris]

So, your going from monofilament, to monofilament ? Not much of a switch.

Use braid, or leave me with the advantage.

Who me opinionated ?  :

Peace,

Fish

PS, Fluorocarbon is fine for leaders.... but then again, so is a good regular mono.

[Rangerphil]

Love fluro on baits that I need to feel, shaky head,jig,worm etc... But everything else gets mono I have not tried it with crankbaits because I am afraid that i will pull the hooks out or set the hook too soon!

[Ima Bass Ninja]

Slow presentations only. No need for it on cranks, spinners, etc cause they are not going to be in the strike zone long enough to see the line anyway.

[senile1]

These are the generally accepted rules of thumb for the use of the different types of line. Many people have their own ideas that differ somewhat from this.

Monofilament Nylon - Use for techniques in which you want the line to float and you want a little shock absorption so you won't rip the hooks out of a fish's mouth. (i.e. topwater, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, etc.)

Fluorocarbon - Use for techniques where you want to get lures as deep as possible. (i.e. Deep crankbaits) Use this line or copolymer if you are fishing rocks for better abrasion resistance. Use if you have a concern that line visibility may be an issue. (clear water finesse techniques or as a leader on braid for jigs and soft plastics)

Braid - Use for techniques such as jigs and soft plastics where you want to feel the bite immediately. Use in thick brush and vegetation where you need to horse fish out. (Can be used with treble hook baits and topwaters on a softer rod.)

Copolymer - Jack of all trades.

On a side note, in a recent episode of The Bass Pros Kevin Van Dam stated that he uses fluorocarbon for something like 80 or 85 percent of his fishing now. That doesn't work for me but it obviously works for him.