Lightweight Monofilament fishing line?

Question

Alright I was wondering what brand had the strongest line for lightweight lures. I use lightweight lures but I also need the strenght so I can get the big one's in. Also what are the advantages of braided line besides strenght?

Answer 1

The advantage of braided line is its sesitivity due to its low strech characteristics. It will take a lot more abuse and last far longer than mono. Suprior knot strength is also a factor (when properly tied) in using braided line.

Check out Performance Braid from Sufix. This stuff is awesome.
http://www.sufix.com/FishingLine/USA/PerformanceBraid.htm

If you need monofilament go with Trilene XT (extra tough) or XL (extra limp). They are the BEST mono out there.

Answer 2

Braided line doesn't stretch, so it is superior in a situation where casting a lure requires the fisherman to manually set the hook, so long as your drag allows the hooked fish to take line out. Mono filament has an almost rubber band like stretchability, and until you actually experience it stretching you won't understand why it has it's benefits.

Real Life Example: I had an Abu Garcia 5500 spooled with 25lb. monofilament on a heavy duty Ugly Stick in the boat with us one day, while perch fishing with light tackle spincasting rods. At the end of the day we packed up and decided to head back in. Instead of hurring back, I put a big Muskie lure on the 25lb. test monofilament and started trolling back towards the dock through the area we had panfished. A nice Muskie nailed the lure and on the intial run spooled the reel down to about five or six loops around the empty spool. The fish would have continued on and pulled out all the line and broke off braided line, but out of desperation, with less than a yard of monofilament left on the empty reel, I thumbed the spool to stop the run. The fish had at least eighty yards of line in the water, and when I put the breaks on, the line actually stretched an additional ten or fifteen yards, before the fish turned and shot straight back towards the boat. It would have broken off braided line, but the stretch of the mono saved the day, and we eventually boated the fish (49" right at 30 lbs).

Use the line you are comfortable with, both types have their pros and cons. I like stren products for mono & Spider wire works well for braided line.

Answer 3

Strongest Monofilament Fishing Line

Answer 4

Fishing line has gotten a little complicated. Before you spend the money on braided or superlines like spiderwire, ask yourself what kind of tackle or techniques are you using? Braided and Superlines, while very strong have no stretch in them AT ALL. That means if you're fishing for crappie, with their thin mouths or fishing with lures, you are have a good chance of ripping the bait out of the fishes mouth when you set the hook. Monofiliment provides a little bit of a shock absorber in those situations.

Another down side of those lines and flurocarbon also, is they don't set on the reel very well, especially if you're using a spinning rod. The tend to "jump" off the end of the spool because they're so stiff. Knots are tough as well, learn to tie a palomar if you're using these lines.

The good thing about them is, if you're fishing lures, like plastics for bass for example, where you want to know what the bottom feels like, these lines are excellent, you'll know when you're dragging your bait across gravel or mud, you can feel it in the rod. Another good thing is strenght, for their size and diameter, they are very strong lines. Braided especially.
Flurocarbon has the added benefit of being invisible in clear water. One thing to think about when your using these lines, you can feel everything that's going on with your baits, the fish can feel everything you're doing. So if the bite is light, like walleyes often are, you won't get as many hook ups if you hold the rod, the fish can feel it.

Good luck and keep those lines tight!

Answer 5

In mono I use Andy's Backcountry and have had great luck with it. I have had to deal with the scrapes in the line and have not had any problems in landing some very noce fish. If you have to go with a braided line I recommend either Suffix or Spider Line; both are great and come in weights down to about 6lb test. Braided line has very little stretch so you feel everything but you have to be careful because you can get to aggressive with braided line and jerk the hook away before the fish has a chance to take your bait deep enough to get a hook up.

Answer 6

fireline or spider wire are the best line for fishing light lures. it's the most strongest line for light lures, it also light and you should be able to cast farder. braided line will have a stronger break strenth so if you catch a big bass and it run in some tree stump you wont lose it as if you use regular fishing line it will break. the only bad thing about braided line is that it cost more and when you buy a box it only come in 150yrd/

good luck and happy fishin

Answer 7

Since you wanted to know about monofilament line I would suggest a flourocarbon line. It is nearly invisible under water and it is very abrasion resistant. If you are interested in trying out a braid then you should try PowerPro.........it has all of the quality of SpiderWire and it costs less. I have not had any luck with FireLine........it loses it dye very easily and turns to an almost white color after some time.

Answer 8

Pro line low visability 30 pound test is equivelent to 6 or 8 pound test mono. I love that it has low stretch, small line diameter, great abrasion resistence and is useful in both
low light as well as high visability conditions. The light weight dropper rigs that I use from www.trophypikerig.com
work great with braided Pro line.

Answer 9

Cajun Red Lightnin' Line works really well both for freshwater and saltwater with different strengths and a bonus. The bonus is that the fish cant' see the line

Answer 10

Try Spider line FUSION(a braid with a coating of Mono)braid alone can effect castability,the addition of mono helps with that.