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Anyone know of any hi-viz fluorocarbon out that in the 2-3lb test range?
I have know of the Seaguar R18 Yellow Hunter, but been unsuccessful so far in finding it for sale on a seemingly legitimate site, everywhere else is out of stock.
Haven't found anything else out there thats not clear or lo-viz green in color.
Don't care much if its yellow, green, orange etc...just that its easy to see.
Here you go. DIGITAKA! - Japan Fishing Tackle Store
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Hi viz fluorocarbon will negate the purpose of using fluorocarbon wouldn't it? I use fluorocarbon so it disappears.
Most fluorocarbon is also lower stretch, but still some stretch, more abrasion resistant, lower diameter for strength, and over all more sensitive.
For some reason, you can not find the gold, orange or yellow in the fluro's
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Originally Posted by Yodie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiQTvmM-1cY
Most still use FC for a leader vs mono....in spite of the info in the video. FC has a specific gravity of 1.7 I believe it is. So if one is fishing micro jigs deep it really aids in getting the jig down and keeping it down....in other words FC line sinks. The line I provided the link to is unique in that it has 5 colors. One of the colors is clear. You tie to the clear section and yet you can still be a line watcher for the line above the water. Pretty darn good concept if you ask me.
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Don’t now and never have used it so I have no comment.
Some how, in all my searching on digitaka this line has slipped past me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
2 spools of the 3lb on the way to try. The multi-color pattern on it is intriguing.
I found it on AMAZON too
Pretty pumped about this line. Spooled it up but have not fished with it yet. Been out in the yard casting and you can most assuredly see it. Going to be nice to not have to tie a leader. I don’t think it will be as sensitive as the ester but it will be close. It will sink much faster than the ester though. It cast well for FC line. Going to try it out this week weather permitting.
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Got mine in a spooled up on a 2004H yeasterday as well. Haven't done anything with it yet, but think it will easily be visible on the water. I am hoping this works out like I want it to, Ive used other flurocarbon on these rigs recently and sensitivity is significantly better than mono, but not quite as nice as the Suffix Nanobraid or Varivas Ester.
I thought the same thing when I read this post :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
You,might as well just use braid with a fluorocarbon leader.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yodie
Y’all are missing the point here on FC line. It’s not about the line being invisible to fish. Braid has a specific gravity of 1...it is neutral....it is the same with nylon monofilament. FC line has a specific gravity of 1.7...it sinks pretty fast. When you’re fishing a 1/32 ounce jig in 21 feet of water...trying to keep it on the bottom....a sinking line is worth its weight in gold. A year ago I took my son fishing with me to Nickajack to fish for KY bass holding on bottom at 21 feet. Our lure....jig head was same. The only difference he was fishing mono and I was fishing a polyester line....polyester line sinks also. He caught zip...nothing. I was catching almost every cast. We only fish cast and retrieve.....we weren’t vertical jigging. I felt bad for my son that day. But I couldn’t help him until we got back home. I gave him a spool of polyester line and next time we went fishing for the Spots he caught same as me. Using this line eliminates the need for a leader. When fishing polyester or braid I use an FC leader.....it is a shock leader. I’m not too concerned about fish seeing the line. When using true 2 and 3 pound test as the OP and myself do a leader knot is something extra to tie. I would have been using clear FC line but I cannot see it. I can tell you for a fact if one fishes micro jigs...using cast and retrieve method......in deep water....you’re going to catch more fish using a sinking line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Techno2000
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Randy said it better than I can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
I use Suffix 2lb Nanobraid a lot now, but as he stated, it doesn’t sink, Ester mono will, but there are some downsides to ester that it isn’t always the correct option either. When I am using a drop shot with 1/8-1/4 oz weight vertically, braid is the best option, but when casting a light jighead trying to fish deeper water, fluoro is king, especially when there is any wind, the Nanobraid is exceptionally good at getting wind blown....
I got to fish a couple days in the last week or so with this Sunline multi color fluoro, and so far it’s the real deal, the colored section literally fluoresce bright orange and green with smoke black section in between, its super easy to see with ANY amount of sunlight. My only complaint is the 3lb I bought is a bit thicker than I prefer. Once digitaka has stock again of the 2 or 2.5 I’ll have some on order to try.
As to knots... the nano braid is so small (.001”) that my normal 2 turn surgeons knot won’t hold and a 3 turn or double uni or blood knot create a line profile too big for the micro guides on a couple of my rods, primarily the 6’3” lunakia.
Your line guilds has the same size hole diameter as a bobber stop bead ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yodie
I’m sure he’ll answer but since I have several of the same rods he has.....yes the guides are that small. I thought 3mm were small....then I bought rods with guides at 2.5mm....even tougher for an old man to thread. Then in the past couple of years they have gone to 2mm guides. They are tiny....one isn’t going to be using bobber stops with these rods. But you get a lighter...more sensitive rod. I have a new rod coming that is 6’ 3” with 9 guides. Six of those will be at 2mm......going to tax these old eyes to thread them up....LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Techno2000
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Seems like that would just cause unnecessary drag on the line when casting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
Not at all. The best casting rods I’ve ever had....they cast effortlessly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Techno2000
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I’ll have to check my Little Lunakia to be sure, but they are at most 2.5mm there towards the top. I’m still pretty young with decently corrected vision, but good grief if the wind is blowing just a bit it’s an exercise in patience to get a rod strung up sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Techno2000
As far as unnecessary drag... I’m not an engineer of the pencil and paper type, so I can’t speak to the technicality of it, but I can tell you I can cast a .5gr jig-head and trout magnet a heck of a lot further with this 6’3” Lunakia with teeny tiny guides than I can my 6’6” Loomis IMX 781 UL or 6’9” St Croix UL Panfish. A lot of that is rod action/taper... but the guides don’t seem to hurt too much.
That's interesting, I would love to know the physics behind the idea of micro guilds .Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
Here is a good article. My first use of micro guides were using an ESP Power Lite 7 foot rod a number of years back. The rod....for the price.....had good sensitivity. Those micro guides were a big part of that. Of course they were nowhere near as small as the guides on the rods I’m using now. In the past 6 years...now going on 7 years I guess....of buying JDM rods I’ve seen the micro guides go from 3.5mm....3m.....2.5mm and now 2mm. They are certainly not for every fishing application. But all I do is cast micro plastics using 2-3 pound test line....no slip floats so no bobber stops. It’s funny since I started using rods with the 2mm micros when I fish a rod with 3.5mm micros I think “man those guides are big”....LOL. Which of course they are not. It seems though the 2018 and later UL rods are going to 2mm guides. I don’t know how much smaller they can get but I guess they could.Quote:
Originally Posted by Techno2000
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I tested out the sunline fc sniper bms 3 lbs test on my tenyru lunakia yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yodie
Was easy to see when fishing, doesn't cast as far as varivas ester 2.3 lbs but similar.
Caught of bunch of blue gills and small largemouth. Liked the extra strength and not tying a flouro leader on. Definitely easier to see in bright sunlight [emoji41]
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Been using this line the past few trips.....haven’t found any bluegill and that is why no posts about it. I have however caught quite a few KY bass on it. I feel as you that it sure makes a difference without the leader knot. It is not as sensitive as ester. I like it although I’m giving up considerable casting distance over the ester. As Yodie mentioned stepping down to some 2.5# test will help with the casting distance.Quote:
Originally Posted by gjaime
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I was looking on the website for this line, there is only a small difference in line diameter between the 2.5 and 3.0 I feel like this line is breaking higher than its rated strength, so I will be most likely going to the 2.0 next to see how much it helps with cast difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk