Why Flouro?

[Jake P]

What are the advantages of flouro over mono when it comes to light presentations on spinning gear? Or any gear for that matter? I have never even thought twice about any other type of line and now for some reason im ready to try braid and mainly flourocarbon. What do you use for your applications?

[SoCalFisher]

I have never fished flouro but I think people use it because it's harder to see, less stretch then mono, and not as much memory.

[ChrisAW]

Biggest advantage is the sensitivity and its abrasion resistance. It transmits any vibrations from your lure much more effectively than mono. And actually, it does have more memory, which makes it harder to "handle", although not much worse with a good brand. It is less visible, and has less stretch. It also sinks.

I usually suggest it to anyone who wants a line for deep water presentations, being that it will sink with your lure unlike braid or mono, and have less of a bow in your line which can reduce the feel of the contact with your lure. Also fishing around hard cover such as docks, rocks, and wood because of its abrasion resistance.

[lmoore]

Less stretch, more abrasion resistance, lowered visibility, faster sink rate (I believe fluoro sinks about 5x faster than mono underwater).

Last one is only an advantage if you feel you need a faster fall rate, such as in deep water.

[Michael DiNardo]

I have not tested personally, but I have read in some reputable mags that the stretch is the same between mono and braid. The sink rate is only an advantage when using sinking lures. It is a negative factor when using surface lures.

Mike

[The Guy]

I use flouro mostly because of the sensitivity even on slack line, and most of the better brands are very manageable especially with a line conditioner. I use braid on spinning though, it is great because of the lack of memory and the strength to diameter ratio.

[smbrule]

Although a little out of date I'm not aware of any better reviews of fluorocarbon compared to Trilene Xl tha done by tackle our.

Here are the links to the original tests and the sequel:

http://www.tackletour.com/reviewfluorocarbontest.html

http://www.tackletour.com/reviewfluorocarbon2.html

[Hi Salenity]

I have not tested personally, but I have read in some reputable mags that the stretch is the same between mono and braid. The sink rate is only an advantage when using sinking lures. It is a negative factor when using surface lures.

Mike

Comparing the stretch of monno and braid is like comparing a ruber band to a log chain.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

I've got a feeling he meant fluoro.

[ww2farmer]

I use fluoro for leaders only. Braid as my mainline. I can't stand the way fluoro handles on spinning reels. I use it when I want abbrasion resistance, less line visability, and for all drop shotting.

[Michael DiNardo]

Yes, my mistake, I meant mono compared to Flouro.

Mike

[Raul]

Fluoro stretches as much as many nylons, less stretch is a myth more than a reality, and, if it stretches less then you will hardly notice it becsue it´s so little that it has little overall impact. The biggest advantages are: much better sensititivity because it´s denser than nylon, sinks faster, has greater abrassion resistance than most nylons, lower visibilty can be an advantage or a disadvantage but that depends greatly ( circumstances ), manageabilty in the lower diameters is quite good, in the higher diameters .... well, don´t know ´bout you but it´s kinda difficult to fish with a friggin´ slinky.

Like any line, it´s got good things and bad things, sometimes the advantages outweight the disadvantages and sometimes you got to live with them, but one thing is for shure, if you are going to jump on the fluoro wagon don´t try to "save", good quality fluros aren´t cheap.