02-20-2025, 03:57 PM
Glad to hear you found a suitable replacement.
One comment on those who have problems with Nanofil (or any other line) fraying during use...Replace your tip top or any other guides with rough spots or nicks. Not naming names but one BFTer who complained about the fraying brought me a rod to replace a broken guide. But in looking at his other guides...and tip top...I noticed a lot of "overused" guides...with rough edges and even a groove in the tip top. And I have observed a lot of other rods that have had a lot of use with similar guide problems. Come on, folks. Take care of your rods and replace the guides after the first hundred years of use.
Second comment. Until I recently did a major "downsizing", I had about 20 different reels...almost all spooled with Nanofil...from 6# to 14#. With the small diameter of Nanofil, it would have required a second mortgage on my home to handle the expense of completely spooling all my reels with the "high-priced spread". So from the get go I only made the last 50 to 100 yards Nanofil...with the majority of the spool wound with lower priced (but good quality) mono. They call that "top-shotting". And since most of us seldom use more than the last 50 yards of line, it makes sense to do that. And going a step further, you can unwind the Nanofil topshot after a year or two of use, reverse the ends (attaching the former in-use end to the mono), rewind it back on the spool and have a fresh end for casting and fishing.
Most Nanofil users I know use a short (3-4') length of mono or fluoro leader between the Nano and the bait or lure. But I have also done well fishing a direct connection of Nano to lure. But I always do better with the leader. However, I do use a new section of leader for every trip...and I virtually never lose a fish to line failure.
One comment on those who have problems with Nanofil (or any other line) fraying during use...Replace your tip top or any other guides with rough spots or nicks. Not naming names but one BFTer who complained about the fraying brought me a rod to replace a broken guide. But in looking at his other guides...and tip top...I noticed a lot of "overused" guides...with rough edges and even a groove in the tip top. And I have observed a lot of other rods that have had a lot of use with similar guide problems. Come on, folks. Take care of your rods and replace the guides after the first hundred years of use.
Second comment. Until I recently did a major "downsizing", I had about 20 different reels...almost all spooled with Nanofil...from 6# to 14#. With the small diameter of Nanofil, it would have required a second mortgage on my home to handle the expense of completely spooling all my reels with the "high-priced spread". So from the get go I only made the last 50 to 100 yards Nanofil...with the majority of the spool wound with lower priced (but good quality) mono. They call that "top-shotting". And since most of us seldom use more than the last 50 yards of line, it makes sense to do that. And going a step further, you can unwind the Nanofil topshot after a year or two of use, reverse the ends (attaching the former in-use end to the mono), rewind it back on the spool and have a fresh end for casting and fishing.
Most Nanofil users I know use a short (3-4') length of mono or fluoro leader between the Nano and the bait or lure. But I have also done well fishing a direct connection of Nano to lure. But I always do better with the leader. However, I do use a new section of leader for every trip...and I virtually never lose a fish to line failure.