Tuff Line vs Anchor Line

[Tilla]

I was Sturgeon fishing across and down from the Fishery a couple of weeks ago when a boat named "Bite Me Guide Service" came along and tried to anchor just downstream to the outside. The current at this point starts to swing slightly towards the center of the channel so as he let well over 300' of anchor line out his boat crossed over and became actually to the inside. This bothered me since his anchor rope angled across my stern at some point. His ancher didn't hold so he pulled up and did it all over again, the same way, the same place! He was determined to fish in a particular spot regardless of us and this is a weekday at 4:30, the place is wide open for fishing spots. Well, after about an hour or so he decides to move, so he goes through the ball and anchor pulling routine except that he goes upstream on the inside after setting his anchor downstream on the outside. My buddy's rod starts acting strange and the next thing his $40 worth of Tuffline starts to fly off his reel. We both stand up realizing that his line has somehow been intercepted by the anchor rope, we waved our arms at him, but he kept going. The next thing his anchor rope goes limp and his ball pops up on the surface. He brings in his lifeless rope without an anchor and retrieves his ball and his day is through. That Tuffline is tough!! It sawed right through his rope! The last time I saw him was at the ramp loading up. My buddy got all his stuff back, weight, hooks, everything. I don't know what he was thinking but this guy had no time to deal with us or the problem he had created. Funny thing, I had two spare anchors with me. If he had come over to talked I probably would have let him borrow it for his clients sake. images/icons/frown.gif

[Stz ll]

A couple of years ago a friend of mine was Sturgeon fishing with Tuff line down below the fishery in shallow water about 15 feet. He hooked a large oversize fish. Being in shallow water the fish had no room to go down. It went under the boat while going up stream and went through the anchor rope like a hot knife thru butter.

[fishbait]

OK, are you really telling the truth or is this an extension of the "poker faced liars" thread. IF it is the truth......W O W.... I'm a tuff line lover and never would have thought it was that tough.

[Tanner]

About a month ago my I was fishing for Oversize fish above Horsetail Falls. About an hour after we set our anchor a guy in a HewesCrap Dropped His anchor about 50 yards below us. About a half hour later my son hooked into a big ol pig. I knew exactly what was going to happen and sure enough it did. The fish went right for the guys anchor line. We ended up losing the fish, but the guy below us lost his anchor.

80 lb tuff line is some incredible stuff. That kevlar that it is braided with really makes all the difference in the world.

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[Pilar]

Tuffline VS. Anything --- Tuffline wins.

[fishbait]

WOW, never would have dreamed my tuff line could cut an anchor rope. Learn something new every day...

Tuff line vs. large chinook. Tuff line wins.. I like it

[Tilla]

I figure if you take a tough, small diameter braid, with a bit of an abrasive surface moving at so many feet-per-second it's gonna act just like a bandsaw. I know you have to be careful handling the stuff with you bare hands when breaking off on a snag and if you look real closely at the line it is not smooth. I also hear that some older rod guides will develop grooves. images/icons/shocked.gif