I'm just curious: How many of you folks are using flourocarbon tippets and do you feel it makes
a difference?
Randy58
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I'm just curious: How many of you folks are using flourocarbon tippets and do you feel it makes
a difference?
Randy58
Call me odd (close enough to the truth :lol: ).
I have spools with 2,4,6,and 8 pound Berkley Vanish in my vest.
These are pretty much the only tippets I use for fly fishing.
These are also my materilas for leaders while spinfishing.
From 80 lb down to 7X & yes it is better in most fishing situations. Sometimes gurglers don't sit as high like a dry fly & therefore don't pop as loud. 8)
I am not a big fan. It is more difficult to tie knots with (it is slicker and you need to use more wraps). Also as suggested by Dave, since it sinks more it tends to drag down topwater flies such as gurglers, crease flies, and poppers and dramatically changes their action. I am sure it has its place in some fisheries but I use mostly mono now.
Keith
ps. Don't forget that the fluorocarbon doesn't biodegrade.
The stuff I have now seems okay, (Seaguar I think)
But the Vanish I once tried only lasted one (short) season before it deteriorated
Now I don't trust the stuff enough too use it very much.
Mono works fine for me
JC and I use the Seaguar - with picky salmon it makes a huge difference. On one Bahamas trip the guide requested we not use it - why? Because it made it too hard for him to find the fly in the water. That should tell you something? *S*
As with most things in fly fishing, it depends on the application.
I wouldn?t bother with fluorocarbon while fishing dry flies for trout as I think that it is unnecessary.
Trout see a lot of threadlike stuff floating over them and I don?t think that the mono bothers them that much. Mono also floats higher in the water and creates less of a disturbance when picked up.
If you fishing primarily subsurface then I would recommend fluorocarbon as it sinks, the fish get a better look at it and is more abrasive resistant.
Just my $0.02
I have used it and don't trust it. I have had knot and breakage issues with flouro. I also don't like how it sinks.
I stick with old fashioned hard mono now for everything. I like its stiffness and slower sinking rates for presentation, and its toughness for landing fish.
8) I use it fishing nymphs for trout. It has stronger wet knot strenght than mono and the top brands of fluorocarbon are usually stronger and more abbrasive resistant than mono. and Yes you need to use appropriate Knots. Great Stuff
Since most saltwater fly presentation fishing is under water the fluoro seems much better. Also in the spools of Orvis fluoro rangeing from 7X to 80 lb, some about 15 years old ( & still good ), which was for smallie fishing up north worked fine for the white miller hatch then & still works on the largemouth & crappie in the lake across the street. Blood knots, the Orvis knot. uni-knots, Homer Rhode knot & no-slip loop knots all work fine unless tied insufficiently. 8)