Favorite Flourocarbon?

[clacksteel]

What's your favorite flourocarbon for the big fish (winter and summer steel, coho, etc.), and what test do you usually use? I have been looking at the stores and they have such a wide selection that I've been getting confused on what to buy.

[steel_beaver]

good question... I've heard Rio's is pretty good, but its too spendy for me. For my drift fishing rig I've used the Vanish and Pline (the flouro coated stuff) and I don't like them too much.

ttt

S_B :cheers:

[AndyK]

What's your favorite flourocarbon for the big fish (winter and summer steel, coho, etc.), and what test do you usually use? I have been looking at the stores and they have such a wide selection that I've been getting confused on what to buy.



I've been using mostly Umpqua Super Fluorocarbon for two years. I also use Seaguar Grand Max. Yes, they are expensive, but fluorocarbon is a good investment. I know some fly fishermen who will spend $450 to $550 on a fly reel and then skimp on leader; that doesn't make sense!

Fluorocarbon lasts longer and after spending hours (days?) on the river trying to catch a steelhead, who wants to take a chance on losing the fish because of poor quality leader?

The best size is 1X and 0X. Heavier if the water conditions permit. 02X for Chinook. As light as 3X in low water conditions in the summer.

On the other hand, Maxima mono is better then using cheap fluoro...

[blazerman]

I use either Seaguar or the Maxima flourocarbon. I don't spend the money on the "tippet" stuff, I just use normal leader material. No complaints about either. I tried vanish but I didn't like it, I couldn't get a trustworth knot out of it.

[Kootenay]

Two best leaders I have found are Umpqua and Orvis, spendy but worth the money.

[PTS]

For Summer steelhead it's possible fluorocarbon could make sense. IMO Winter steelhead and Coho are not leader shy. I use Maxima Ultragreen, build my own leaders down to ten pound test. I catch my share of steelhead and coho without using fluoro. I do use it for all trout fishing.

[Stew]

Something to consider about flourocarbon...

Courtesy of a fly fishing website in Yellowstone, MT.

"Fluorocarbon does not degrade in UV light (aka sunshine) like nylon, therefore it remains in the environment far longer. This makes long snarls of it a far greater danger to birds, fish, and other wildlife than nylon, and simply makes the place a mess."

[les987]

Nice find Stew

[float2ber]

Seaguar.

[**busyfishin**]

Maxima

[Abalone]

I bought a spool of Spider Wire at twice the regular price paid for Regular Flourocarbon.

Don't ask me why ? Supposed to stay tied better...and doesn't kink up as much. ?

I have heard of people complaining about losing large fish on Flourocarbon because the knotts become untied but that hasn't happened to me yet.