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I am looking for a florocarbon line that casts and handles good on spinning tackle.


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P-Line CX

6# breaks like 10 mono, casts great, low stretch, feel strikes much better, no memory to kink up so it lasts a long time.

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That is ONE X,

dont get the Double X

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Seaguar InvizX is the best. The cheaper Red Label is not as good.

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I'm gonna make a trip to BPS soon. All I can find locally is spiderwire EZfloro, I have tried it. It sux, breaks easily. I use stren florocarbon on my casting gear cause it comes in clear blue florescent for night fishing. I used visious floro once but can't find it in 6 lb anymore.

I have some p line cx but its mono. I also have some yo zuri hybrid that I love on casting gear but it is to stiff for spinning tackle.

Thank you gentlemen I will try the seaguar. I bought a 100 yrd spool of stren florocast at hogmart to try. Who knows its a coin toss.

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How about powerpro with a flourocarbon leader? Get the best of both worlds. . just make your leader long enuf for the job.

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I use nanofil with a leader. But in this case I'm wanting floro. I like it better for fishing soft plastic cause it sinks and you can use a lighter weight and light weights don't hang in the rocks as bad as heavy weights do. Plus its more sensitive than mono, for feeling jigs and worms in deep water.

I love the nanofil with a 6 foot leader of yo zuri hybrid for jigging spoons in deep water, or fishing flukes and trick worms. Not real fond of strait up braid though.


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Pline CX is a copolymer.

YMMV but its the best I've used, casts great, sensitive on strikes, and 6# is about as strong as 10 mono that I have used.

Not sure what more one would want with a 6# on a spinning, or even heavier on larger than UL reels.

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Stren fluorocarbon is the worst I've ever used. When I float the Clinch, I will make at least 500 casts in a day and not have any issues with my gear. 10# Seaguar InvizX is .010 diameter whereas other 10# line is .011 to .013. I use 15# backing and spool 50 yds of fluorocarbon to fish with.

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Well darmit,,, chuckle. The stren can't be worse than the ezfloro. Worst ever!


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Originally Posted by WinModel70
Seaguar InvizX is the best. The cheaper Red Label is not as good.


This right here. Used the 6, 8 and 10 lb test and had none of the usual problems that other cheaper floro's have. Using it on spinning rigs for bass and trout.

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Seaguar is good no doubt.

Curious, has anyone used P-Line CX?

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Well you guys may have saved me some hassle. I spent many times standing in front of some fishing line at the stores and never could make up my mind which florocarbon line I wanted to try. I went to braid a year or so ago and haven't looked back. But I think I florocarbon leader would be a good thing to try instead of mono. I also have a few extra reels I would like to have some quality line in case I should decide to break then out.

I think I will check out the seaguar stuff. Thanks...

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I just watched Bill Dance today and he recommends Hi-Seas florocarbon.

Any experience with it?


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Bill Dance would try and sale ice to an Eskimo.


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Try the Sunline Super FC Sniper less memory, smaller diameter and just as strong as the Seaguar InvizX.

I have 1000 yards spools of both but will only purchase the Sunline from now on.



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Did a lot of bass fishing on structure this summer with 15# P-Line Flouroclear(among others). Won a tournament with the stuff throwing a 3/8oz Jackal Spade jig on a 19 ft vein of rock. The bigger fish were holding there.

One 5.5 pound fish got her head into the rocks and I could feel the line grating so dropped the rod to give slack and she backed out. Got her but the line was grated for about 8" above the knot, and the line held. I was impressed.

The stuff is thin and handles well on bait casting gear, but it's wise to retie often as it does not take the beating that (say) P-Line copolymer or Maxima Chameleon does around cover.

It's decently good stuff and handles pretty well on spinning gear for me as well.




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Didn't know you fished Bob. Good to see you are well-rounded. grin

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George I have been fishing since I was app. 10 years old, but was not exposed to guns and hunting until I was about 18.

I have done all types of fishing but these days fish in Maine for bass about every weekend from ice out until October, with several tournaments tossed in each season.




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I have been using P-line 100% flourocarbon 10 lb test on spinning rods for 4-5 years now. Love it!

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Bobin, I've only used the copolymer CX, no issues, no wind knots like braid so there is that plus.

6.5-06 what reels/sizes you using? Curious.

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Another vote for Sunline

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Picked up some 10lb Seaguar last spring and loved it. But by September it was breaking constantly at about 4lb of pressure. Gonna look for some Sunline and try that... or maybe the 15lb P-Line. Lots of moss to deal with.


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65: About any line that P-Line makes is good stuff in each category. wink

Likely my favorite line for fishing around docks and down trees is P-Line copolymer in 17# test. It takes a beating better than the flouros and is not as brittle. Skipping jigs with bait casting gear,a few backlashes are SOP and the copolymer handles the bends better.

I have grown very fond of Maxima Chameleon the last two years as well......tough stuff and 15# does the work of most other 17# lines.

For reels it depends on line sizes and I use the larger reels with the heavier lines. I use the various sizes of Shimano, Daiwa, and some new ones last year are the Okuma (sp?) and Lews.

I have noticed myself going with the smaller reels (I forget but the size of Shimano 101 and 201 LH reels sounds right;can't remember)and lighter lines (12-15# test) with the newer smaller tungsten jigs for deep water structure fishing the last 3-4 years.

Light powerful graphite rods today set hooks well in deep water and do the same job of heavier rods/reels/lines of the past....kinda like bullets and rifles of today.

I do throw some braid with jigs and senko type baits around heavy vegetation;it's unbeatable there due to no stretch but the stuff sucks on rock frown

Any given day during summer, there will likely be 4-6 rods rigged with jigs of various styles and weights on the deck,depending on what I'm doing . I am pretty anal about what jig I'm throwing,and where. smile




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I am using Shimano Sahara and Symetre 2500 and 3000 and 10 Lbs test.

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Thanks, good gear !

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