04-15-2007, 10:08 AM
All floroucarbon does is reflect less light, and there's no light at lake trout depths anyway, so it doesn't matter. P-line works fine (I use it), and so does regular old Stren, Trilene XT, or any other quality mono. Line doesn't spook lake trout, imperfect presentations do!
Even down here in Florida, fishermen are now figuring out that we've all been "suckered" by attributes of flourocarbon (and the price!). I've gone back to mono leaders exclusively, even in 2 feet of water on a bright sunny day. Its easier to work with, holds knots better, is more flexible resulting in better presentations, and a heck of a lot less money. And I'm catching more fish than I was with flouro. I have also noticed that thicker mono has better abrasion strength than the same pound-test Flouro., and this observation is with 40-140 pound tarpon swimming around concrete bridge pilings.
For lakers, P-line premium is perfect, and the other monos are fine too.
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Even down here in Florida, fishermen are now figuring out that we've all been "suckered" by attributes of flourocarbon (and the price!). I've gone back to mono leaders exclusively, even in 2 feet of water on a bright sunny day. Its easier to work with, holds knots better, is more flexible resulting in better presentations, and a heck of a lot less money. And I'm catching more fish than I was with flouro. I have also noticed that thicker mono has better abrasion strength than the same pound-test Flouro., and this observation is with 40-140 pound tarpon swimming around concrete bridge pilings.
For lakers, P-line premium is perfect, and the other monos are fine too.
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