nanofil

How many of you use this line ? Thoughts/experiences about it ?

I use Nanofil all the time in 6lb test. It has no stretch. I also use a leader 3ft long with a swivel. The leader will break instead of the main line when you get hung up. The Nanofil will cut into your hands if your not really careful when you get hung. It is some really tough line.

We use it on clear water lakes and stream's for crappie,bream,trout,smallmouth.takes a little getting use to is more like fly line on a fly rod actually floats on the water.The crappie cannot stand a crappie jig just floating in front of their face.We also fish crowded lakes and streams.Catch fish fishing behind others.We like the clear mist.In 8 lb test 2lb equivalent to mono,10 lb test eq to 4 lb mono.We use no leader.No a braid not mono line.We love fly fishing on our trout waters so this line fit us like a glove.Braid eats up line guides on your rod's Nano fill does not.The number one thing is no knots when fish are biting.Still use mono Mr Crappie in 2 and 4 lb camo.But use Nano fill 99% of the time.$19.00 for a spool still have and use the 1st spool we bought 6 years ago try that with any other line.Not a pro not my sponsor.Hated Berkley mono line said I would never use it lost a 100,000 dollar Bass on Bull shoals blamed Berkely line because I needed to change line and the bait store was out of Stren.Ouch cost me. Love the Nano Fill.Cabelas has their on brand about the same price.Really like it "cabelas Nano-fill.

Coach, send Jigflinger a PM. He fishes a lot like you do and has used it since it came out. Has all his reels loaded with it. Only thing I have heard negative about it is tying the special knots to keep it from slipping.

When it first came out myself...my son...and nephew used it exclusively for over a year....pretty much 5 days a week. I have used 2#....1#.....5#....6#. I don't think they make 1# test anymore. The 2# test was perfect for casting a 1/64 Trout Magnet....casting distance is unreal with the line. I always use a fluro leader. The line has no abrasion resistance at all. Keep in mind I didn't just use this just for crappie fishing but for all my fishing......catching smallmouth...Gills.....white bass....KY bass, and trout. I fish a lot of deep rocky reservoirs. The sensitivity is great...as with any braid. Line manageability is excellent. I still use it from time to time. As has been stated the line has no stretch. One of the reasons I quit using it so much was when fishing for shell crackers in a mossy area. When the fish would get wrapped up in moss since there was no stretch in the line the 2# test would break as I tried to pull it all back to me. Using mono in same situation I could get the fish back to me because it would stretch allowing me to slowly pull the fish over the moss. I have a love hate relationship with the line now. Casting...sensitivity....line manageability are great.....using it with or without leader in rocky reservoirs is asking for a lot of trouble. If you tie direct to lure...hook...jig, you need to use a double Palomar knot.....there are others that will work but a single Palomar will not.


Regards

I don't care to fish braid of any kind for crappies but I use nanofil when i fish for perch in water that is forty or more feet deep. The no stretch is needed for feeling the light bites that deep. It outfishes mono greatly at that depth.

I tried some to try and gain some casting distance, but I couldn't handle it. It doesn't have any stretch or shock resistance. Those actually might be good qualities, but I've been setting hooks all of my life and can't seem to break the habit. With no stretch and the fine points on the little jigs used for bream, the hook will set just with tension. But I kept reacting to the strikes and, after leaving a few hooks in fish, decided I wasn't up to changing my ways and reverted back to mono. It did cast farther, and I liked the visibility of the white color.

I bought two rolls, one 1# and the other 2#. As someone said above the knots are a pain in the tuchus. The other problem I had (note past tense) was that it would slip on the spool of my reels. I would be turning the handle and I would notice the line was not coming in. The line was slipping on the reel as the bail went around. I paid over $40 for those two spools of line. The only positive about it is that you can cast a 1/64th oz jig across the pond with it.

LOL I tried flora-carbon and thought it cast terrible . Just hate throwing money away . I was told that nanofil is so sensitive you can feel a fish thinking about eating your jig . That being said many Bass master classics were won on stren original ,clear blue fluorescent . I don't even fish tournaments so I wonder if it is worth the money ?

I have 5 crappie rigs now that are filled with braid & a fluorocarbon leader. After having tried Nanofil, I would never recommend it, in the light test ratings which I prefer for crappie. Namely the 2# & 4# tests. I've used Nanofil for two full seasons (about 3 years ago) on these 5 rigs and was very hopeful for the outcome. However, after loosing many jigs and fish; and after trying many different knots; I've taken it off all my rigs now. And there are many other crappie fishermen and bass fishermen, who have this same complaint.

Instead I now use 2# Fireline Crystal exclusively, with a 3' - 4' section of 4# test fluorocarbon for a leader. I join the two with the Alberto knot and will never go back. This represents a great combination with lasting durability, sensitivity and castablility. I am fishing rather open water however, with few if any brush piles, or bottom structure to cause me hang up problems. If you check out our postings in the New England Forum below, you will see just how effective this combination has been for us.