Mono Straight Through - Page 2

bluefin · #16 20-02-2003, 01:33 AM

As I have said before , I enjoy the fight more than the size or number of fish, and have been using 1 kg maxima pre test for years. It realy is great fun and consistantly out fishes heavier line. But your drag and rod have to be matched to such light line!!! It requires a lot more skill than fishing 3 or 4 kg. But it is a lot more fun!!!!!!!!

#17 20-02-2003, 01:37 AM

Kurt Blanksby from WA here (1st Mandurah & 3rd Walpole) fishes 2 kilo mono straight through.

Plus last winter I was fishing with him when he hooked a 1.9kilo bream, it took him inside a jetty, pulled major string but he still pulled it out and landed it.....

bubble · #18 20-02-2003, 06:48 AM

I have a spare spool filled with 1.5kg mono but up till now have also used a 4lb leader of Vanish. It casts great and is well worth carrying for when the fish are shut down...

Bubble

pw-bream · #19 20-02-2003, 05:08 PM

It is actually Berkley Sensation (a low stretch mono) that Bushy said he used in the article I mentioned. Any quality, limp, low stretch mono of appropriate breaking strain should be fine. I'm pretty sure that Berkley employs or sponsors Starlo and Bushy and that is why they keep mentioning the brand.

pete s · #20 20-02-2003, 06:40 PM

i know that steve starling buys all his fireline. no discount, no freebies from berkley

LakeConjolaFish · #21 20-02-2003, 07:06 PM

Fair Dinkum Pete ? Is that because its a US company?
Wouldn't you reckon that they would get some sponsorship milage there?

fatman · #22 21-02-2003, 07:57 AM

I use either Penn 10X or Harro's Lureline> I tie on a flourocarbon leader of about 5 ft. I find the Lureline a tad stiff, but both are very abrasion resistant, especially around the oysters.

FATMAN

Matt · #23 23-02-2003, 11:59 PM

Well my little experiment with using 4lb Vanish lasted only the first day of the comp, I top-shotted with 6lb Fireline that night for the next day!!!!
I could not 'feel' the jig when I was twitching and although I knew it was doing what it was supposed to I still wanted that little bit of feel and control. I wonder if I missed any very tentive touches? Probably not but the doubt was there. In fact all of the guys I was fishing with and staying with at the Clyde event stated that once you have used Fireline (or any braid/fused/gelspun) you never go back, now I can firmly say that I wont be

Cheers
Matt