11-13-2005, 05:32 PM
Actually floro is more abrasion resistant then mono is. It's light refractory index is supposed to be the same as water. Basically you can say it's invisible under water. With floro you can go up a couple #'s in size. Use 6 or 8# floro. Spooling a reel will be expensive though. I fly fish 99.999% of the time and when I do deep nymphing (over 10' deep) in stillwater, I normally use 8# floro. P-Line straight -no taper. Up to 25'. It doesn't stretch like mono either. The only problem I've found is knotting it. Double surgeons knot to tie to your mono leader or a blood knot works great. Just moisten the knot with spit and pull slowly. For attaching to the hook use a loop knot. It'll give you more action.
One drawback to florocarbon is it won't deteriorate over time. UV rays won't affect it, it doesn't break down in the environment like mono will.
Ash
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One drawback to florocarbon is it won't deteriorate over time. UV rays won't affect it, it doesn't break down in the environment like mono will.
Ash
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