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I've never heard of the Asso line before, who makes it and what material is it made from?
I didn't have any problems with knots, line failure, or any thing else for that matter just for whatever reason I didn't like it. I don't know why maybe because I was trying something new or I didn't catch as many fish on it as I did with the Trilene Cold Water. Either way it got me thinking about these other lines.
Maybe you guys can help me understand something that puzzles me. Many of you use very light fluoro leaders for your fish species, down to 1# and 2#. Fluoro is touted as invisible to fish in the water. Why choose those gossamer lines when a heavier line, say 4#, would also be invisible? There can't be gradients of invisibility. Either it is or it isn't. Is it lure or jig action that mandates the lightest lines or some other factor?
That's because it isn't. Ain't nothin' invisible. C'mon, if you can see it in the water certainly those fishies that feed on near microscopic zooplankton can see it too. Same with anything red. Marketing has this one going both ways. It's either invisible OR the red looks like blood and excites fish.Now I do know that thinner line has less resistance in the water and makes it easier to inhale a tiny jig. May contribute to a different action as well.Despite the fact my standing line is Nano, they are all leadered with either fluoro or fluoro coated line.
Ok esox...gonna bend your ear a little more...if you don't mind talking First, are you talking your pannie rods and two...why are you choosing fluoro over mono?Ok...you may speak now.
Ever loathe to leave well enough alone, I looked up the descriptions of various brands of fluoro leader material on the Bass Pro website. The qualifiers for invisibility ranged from "virtually" for Yo-Zuri and XPS to "nearly" for Seaguar. Only Ande made the claim to "totally invisible". I had always understood invisibility to be a property of matter, not some marketing language to be finessed. Reminds me of "somewhat pregnant".
Three words stinky: MAR, KET, ING.It's interesting how many folks believe what they want to believe and blindly accept it without giving it any critical thought much less any substantive trial. And not just here, the general public as a whole has fallen victim to exaggerated marketing claims of all kinds. "Look, I cut this boat in half and fixed it with this stuff from a spray can!" Really? How much of that stuff has sold on the basis of that commercial? If you just stop and think about it for a minute (or even a second), in what galaxy might that claim actually be true?That includes anyone that accepts my opinions as well because they think I know what I'm talking about. Sure, I have strong opinions. But they are based on my actual experiences, not marketing or promo hearsay. That's why I can seem a bit strident at times. If what I am reading or being told does not fit within the experiences I've had it becomes very difficult for me to accept. Will other have experiences that differ from mine? I'd be surprised if they didn't. And the acceptance of differing experiences applies to them just like it does to me. That's what makes the world go 'round and IS such a wonderfully diverse repository of viewpoints . Doesn't make me right or someone else wrong. If it works for you, go for it. I do like to play with things to their breaking point. If I view that point as an unacceptable risk I modify or make another choice.Do I like to share what I know? Sometimes too much... Geez, I gotta throw that soapbox in the firepit.