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Brian Barrett
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Line Breakage - Monofil
Have other members experienced sudden and catastrophic failure of their monofil since the hot weather?
I've recently had 6lb BS line breaking at 3lb and 4lb BS snapping at 2lb. These were lines that I either bought new this year or have tested with a spring balance and they were holding up OK.
Pre-stretched lines were the worst offenders. As an aside to this: do any monofil manufacturers put date stamps on their spools?
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14/7/09, 9:59
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Re: Line Breakage - Monofil
Brian, i respooled my river reels this year with a bulk spool i bought last year but kept in a cool dark place, even with the hot weather it has been fine. What brand are you using?
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14/7/09, 17:58
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Re: Line Breakage - Monofil
All kinds: Berkley Trilene, Maxima Green, DAM, Bayer but the worst offender was Ultima Pro-Match, which is a pity as I liked the quick sink of this line.
As we all know, reduced diameter lines tend to break dead on their stated B.S. whereas conventional monofil can go 25% over before failure.
I've spooled on new Daiwa Sensor from bulk now (recommended by Tony Reed) so hope for an end to the breaks.
Call me retentive if you like but I've created a spreadsheet that enables me to keep track of my lines: Date Purchased, Make, Name of Retailer, Spool No., Comments etc.
If anyone wants a copy then I'm quite happy to pass it on.
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15/7/09, 7:49
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Re: Line Breakage - Monofil
I cant say I go with this mono thingy. I have used braid (both hook length and main line) for years and very rarely have problems.
Whilst a good braid is, initially, expensive, it lasts for years, you can turn it after a few seasons, you can cast further and pound for pound it is thinner than mono.
And because you feel everything through the braid, the fight off a decent fish gets the heart pounding that much more!
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15/7/09, 20:04
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Brian Barrett
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Re: Line Breakage - Monofil
All of what you say about braid is true. It produces really positive bite indications when quivertipping too. And I've used some 30lb B.S. stuff on my Mitchell 625 sea reel for over ten years!
Unfortunately, it is banned on many waters including the place I am scheduled to fish later this month - Docklow Pools. I don't know their reasons but I guess they must have had some bad experiences.
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15/7/09, 21:00
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Re: Line Breakage - Monofil
Brian - you are right in what you say about it being banned in lots of places.
Fortunately for me, all the waters I fish allow braid, otherwise it could start to get expensive!
There are some strange rules in place in some fisheries - some insist that barbless hooks, for example, are used, whilst other venues insist on barbed only.
I guess a lot of it comes down to what the individual fisheries owner has had experience of and then the rules are adapted accordingly.
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15/7/09, 21:19
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Re: Line Breakage - Monofil
I also use braid mainline for my Carp rods, and what Biggus Diccus says is all true, my river rods I still use mono on.
Brian, I have used Daiwa Sensor for about 4 years now, the brown coloured one not the clear, and never had any problems with it. It knots well, is strong for its given BS and doesn't seem to degrade with U.V exposure. The other line I have used over the years is the brown Maxima Chameleon - again no problems with that, the reason I use Daiwa Sensor now instead of Maxima is cost. . . A bulk spool of Daiwa is £6.99 for 925m of 15lb BS, more for lower breaking strains, compared with £16.99 retail for a 600m spool of Maxima.
A bit of a no brainer really. . . (No comments please Biggus Diccus. . .)
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17/7/09, 1:50
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Re: Line Breakage - Monofil
Andy,
Thanks for the reassurance; I've been loading up with Sensor from bulk spools all week (why have I got so many reels?).
I know that the retail trade wouldn't like it but I want to see at least "Best Before" dates on spools of line in the not too distant future.
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17/7/09, 8:02
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Re: Line Breakage - Monofil
I only carp fish overseas, and always use 15lb bs Daiwa Sensor Clear, as the guy I go with recommended it. A few years ago a local tackle shop stopped selling the clear as some of their customers complained it was breaking too easily, but I continue to use it, and my rods, in my friends hands, have accounted for catfish to 80lbs and carp to 47-12. I've never had any problems with it, but I always change it before a new trip. One place I go supplies the tackle which includes braid, and I don't like the jerk you get when the carp shake their heads.
For the rest of my fishing, I have used Maxima for longer than I care to remember. I have great faith in it, but over the years I have had a few occasions where from one trip to the next, it has suddenly lost it's strength and snaps like cotton. I don't generally change my line until I don't like the way it breaks when I check it, so I suspect a lot of the stretch has gone out of it and weakened it. I believe this because one day I was catching a lot of fish without any problems, then had a particularly hard fight, after which the line broke like cotton along a long length.
I only use braid for long range feeder fishing, but otherwise prefer using mono with some stretch.
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17/7/09, 10:32
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Re: Line Breakage - Monofil
Alan,
Your experience is similar to mine. I've learned that one of the first symptoms of line being stretched beyond its elastic limit is when shot goes missing.
I always check the shotting after landing a hard fighting fish or pulling out of a snag. It saves looking at the float on the next cast and wondering why it's sitting so high in the water.
P.S. I was supposed to be fishing today but then thought I might wait for a bit more river flow - looks like my wish is being fulfilled.
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