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Picking the Right Fishing Line
Choosing the right fishing line is one of the most critical parts of a fishing. Whether your going to bait fish or use lures incite the fish will help you to decide which type of fishing lines to use to get the fish to bite your hook and able to land the fish? Most fishermen do not know how many types of fishing line are available to them. Understanding and knowing what the different types lines will do, and choosing the correct line for the type of fishing you are going to do takes a little research.
Monofilament line is fishing line made from a single fiber of plastic. Most lines are now monofilament because monofilament fibers are cheap to produce and are produced in a range of diameters which have different tensile strengths. Monofilament line is also manufactured in different colors, such as clear, white, green, blue, red, and fluorescent.
Monofilament is made by melting and mixing polymers and then extruding the mixture through tiny holes, forming strands of line, which is then spun into spools of various thicknesses. The extrusion process controls not only the thickness of the line but its test as well.
Fluorocarbon lines, a type of monofilament, have been used by fly fishermen for a good while but have been adapted by bass and other fishermen fairly recently. Fluorocarbon ine is made by combining a carbon base (polyvinylidene fluoride) and other materials to form fluorocarbon line that is almost invisible underwater since its refractive index is the same as water. Therefore it is very useful in clear water.
Braided line was one of the of earliest types of fishing line, and in its modern incarnations is still very popular in some situations because of its high knot strength, lack of stretch, and great overall power in relation to its diameter. Braids were originally made from natural fibers such as cotton and linen, but natural fiber braids (with the very rare exception of braided silk) have long since been replaced by braided or woven fibers of a man-made materials like Dacron, Spectra or micro-dyneema into a strand of line. Braided lines tend to have good resistance to abrasion. Their actual breaking strength will commonly well exceed their pound-test rating. One drawback of braided lines is that they are generally opaque in the water, and thus visible to fish. Hence, it is common to attach monofilament lines at the end of the braided fishing line to serve as a leader and to reduce the high visibility of the braided line.
Braided lines, particularly the newer synthetics, can be successfully used on any type of fishing reel, but are perhaps most well known as excellent lines for baitcasting reels, in particular for trolling where they remain especially popular among many fishermen.
Monofilament line is fishing line made from a single fiber of plastic. Most lines are now monofilament because monofilament fibers are cheap to produce and are produced in a range of diameters which have different tensile strengths. Monofilament line is also manufactured in different colors, such as clear, white, green, blue, red, and fluorescent.
Monofilament is made by melting and mixing polymers and then extruding the mixture through tiny holes, forming strands of line, which is then spun into spools of various thicknesses. The extrusion process controls not only the thickness of the line but its test as well.
Fluorocarbon lines, a type of monofilament, have been used by fly fishermen for a good while but have been adapted by bass and other fishermen fairly recently. Fluorocarbon ine is made by combining a carbon base (polyvinylidene fluoride) and other materials to form fluorocarbon line that is almost invisible underwater since its refractive index is the same as water. Therefore it is very useful in clear water.
Braided line was one of the of earliest types of fishing line, and in its modern incarnations is still very popular in some situations because of its high knot strength, lack of stretch, and great overall power in relation to its diameter. Braids were originally made from natural fibers such as cotton and linen, but natural fiber braids (with the very rare exception of braided silk) have long since been replaced by braided or woven fibers of a man-made materials like Dacron, Spectra or micro-dyneema into a strand of line. Braided lines tend to have good resistance to abrasion. Their actual breaking strength will commonly well exceed their pound-test rating. One drawback of braided lines is that they are generally opaque in the water, and thus visible to fish. Hence, it is common to attach monofilament lines at the end of the braided fishing line to serve as a leader and to reduce the high visibility of the braided line.
Braided lines, particularly the newer synthetics, can be successfully used on any type of fishing reel, but are perhaps most well known as excellent lines for baitcasting reels, in particular for trolling where they remain especially popular among many fishermen.