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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => General Tips => Topic started by: spiltmilt on Dec 17, 2019, 08:30 PM
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Thought this might be helpful to some.
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Ten plus years ago...that information would've been useful...somewhat. As since regurgitate marketing information often misleads consumers. Example. Monofilament = nylons, copolymers, fluorocarbon, perlon, ester material.
Nowadays there are much more stuff and the actual lines have subtle differences that makes a difference for some people.
Gore fiber found in Sufix 832 Advance superbraid
Ester line used in some Monofiliments or Braids.
Braids with Fluororcarbon cores...
Fireline...which has always been a braid, thermal fused to a single line, but when worn out...will separate back into a loosely braided line.
The answer is not always so simple as which line is best, but which rod used on. Much as the saying that braid on a noodle rod changes the effect of how one uses that noodle rod.
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In my experience when ice fishing there is a big difference between thermal fused and woven braid, as he explained. Never really considered what a line was when it is worn out as all lines change when they are worn out and I change my line regularly.
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I use sufix 832 for open and ice fishing, I havent run into any issues with it.
I really like the line and it's been good to me.
I use flouro or regular mono for leader. Flouro if I know there isn't s crazy structure around, mono for when a fish might take my line somewhere I dont want it to go.
Flouro primarily for ice though, weight depends on what fish I'm targeting