Fishing Line - Part 1

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Monofilament fishing line - Part 1

What I will try to do is give a basic outline of the different types of line that are used in sea fishing

Commonly referred to as ` main line `

Monofilament fishing line

This is the most commonly used fishing line, is fairly cheap to buy there are hundreds of brands on the market Daiwa Maxima and the list goes on. They most commonly come on plastic spools with lengths from 100 meter lengths up to 1000 meter lengths . 300m being the most commonly sold as it will fill most reels with a bit to spare





Monofilament fishing line strengths

Measured in ever LB (pounds) or KG (Kilograms)

This is the rating of what the breaking strain of the line is i.e. what pressure it will take before breaking or snapping. Monofilament fishing line has a certain amount of give before it will break which is an advantage when setting hooks or casting but the slit downside to this is that you are less in contact with your hook

There are lots of breaking strains on the market from 0.6 LB right up to and past 800lb (big game fishing) when selecting the line you must think of what type of fish you might be going to catch and select the appropriate line. Say if you are fishing from the shore and are going to catch fish up to 15LB it would be a waste of time and money to fish with 100LB line

As a rule of thumb

Shore Fishing = 10 LB to 35 LB (please always use a shock leader)

Boat Fishing = 10LB to 40LB (general boat fishing – for conger and game fishing it can go up to 400LB plus)

Quick tip
When comparing two lines of the same braking strain always check the diameter of the line as this can vary quiet a bit from make and price of the fishing line

The reason why you should check this is because the thinner the line (diameter ) the better the casting will be plus the less resistance the line will have in the water against tidal flow

So if you have any tips help or questions on using or selecting Monofilament fishing line just post below

[Old Smoothound]

Very good post Richard,

This will be very helpful to the novice angler as its a bit of a minefield when it comes to lines. I agree the diametre makes a big difference when casting and holding bottom on a big tide, like wot we have up here.

Excellent post as usual from the Proffessor!

[kiwimarty]

Great post Richard......Now dont forget to stick them!!!

[pingu]

yep its good to see/be reminded of all the basics. its like everything get them right and the rest follows.

[fishwell]

Hello, i would like to ask a quick question, what lines have you had a good expierrence from, as there are so many to choose from out there, what make line did you find the most usefull?

regards Fishwell

[vorny]

Great post!
The reason for me visiting the site, was to try and find out if you had to use shock leader with a 30lb main line/monofilament, answered my question with-out me even asking.
Many Thanks Vaughan.

[geejayy]

Originally Posted by fishwell

Hello, i would like to ask a quick question, what lines have you had a good expierrence from, as there are so many to choose from out there, what make line did you find the most usefull?

regards Fishwell

ok fishwell,

lately i like ultima range of lines for beach fishing.
many years ago , when i was into tournament casting ( i was crap)
i found that i was going through lots and lots of line as i kept puffing up my multi's,
to this end i bought a bulk spool ,( 1kilo, approx 36,000 yards) of ultima seastrike? budget cheap n chearfull mono in 15lb at um, 0.35mm. for about
£30,
it does 'what it says on the tin' cheap, a little springy, adequate for fishing but not top quallity.
kept in a cool dark place it lasted me for many spool changes over about 5 years,
i also used diawa tournament , and found the line much more supple , expenseive, allaround better to use , but compareatively it seemed a little thicker per lb, b/s. & prone to dammage if kinked tightly.

ultima 'distance' was as good as the diawa imho + better diameter - b/s ratio.
and at the mo' ultima f1 would be top choice exept its availiable only in black & is bloody difficult to untangle at night because of this .

most recently, i've been running a reel on redice, its popular, but seems a little springy compared to the 'distance,' 'f1', & diawa tourney.

at the end of the day line is line, you get what you pay for .
it all does the same job its just about how it does it.

'challenge' is a buget brand for me locally, a bit too springy for my likeing but it'll not stop you catching

a ferrari will get ya from a -b, so will a skoda

[willybendit]

I used to use springy line on fixed spool reels and line with no memory on multiplyers i now use braid for all my boat fishing and sakuma for fishing with multiplyers tightlines Alain