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[catchNgrease]

I went from 8# to 6# mono and was a game changer for distance for me. And that's the cheap stuff I can only imagine what a good quality line would do.

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[Ketchn]

6 lb test and a weighted Comal float , as mentioned they are at Walmart , cheap and will cast a blooming 2.5 miles with little to no effort

[chetc]

i am down to a line to get out there, over the last 2 weeks or so i have made some changes in my shore fishing set up, i have the right pole now, and the reel and the bobber type where you fill it partially with water and i put a fly on it a get some nice panfish, the main thing is i have to get the bobber way out there from shore, so now that i have the right pole and bobber ect, i am down to line, i was using mr crappie 4lb test, it gets out there but i feel alot ot stretch. yesterday i tried a spool ofSuffix 832 in 10lb test, not bad but still a shy short over the Mr Crappie mono line. what other lines are worth a try.


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[shipahoy41]

6 lb test and a weighted Comal float , as mentioned they are at Walmart , cheap and will cast a blooming 2.5 miles with little to no effort

I took your advice and started to build in weights with my own floats. It added quite a bit of distance over the ones with the weight below the float. All I had to do was drill out a little of the center of the egg sinker so it fit tightly to the hard plastic straw. Add a drop of Loctite to secure it to the straw and KABOOM!!! weighted slip bobbers for less than a nickel apiece!

Love it! I use mine also on #6 lb Mr. Crappie Hi Vis yellow line. Works well for me. It is amazing what attaching the egg sinker to the slip float did for my casts.






Mike

[DockShootinJack]

I use the Slick8 power pro braid in 2 pound diameter. Cast well and little to no stretch

[shipahoy41]

Robin, this is the drawing handout for your classroom on the weighted pool noodle slip floats. Thanks for the phone call. You can find the video I made on You Tube. The trick is to use a coat hanger to guide the hard plastic straw through the pool noodles. How to make a slip float bobber - YouTube

I will see your class soon.

Mike