flurocarbon or mono line?

I by nor means am an expert but here is my two cents. I went a heard Van Dam speak one year and he said that everybody should go out and spool all ther reels with Flurocarbon. I was sucked in and did it. I spooled 10 reels with nother other than that, and at about $10 per reel. The was the worst season of my life. My understanding now is that Flurocarbon cannot take the heat and sunlight all summer like normal mono can. I normally change my line every 3 or 4 weeks depending on how much I am out, but did not do that with Flurocarbon (mistake) At the end of the year I was fishing a pre-qualifier tourney and every fish that tapped my line, I tried to set the hook and BANG the line snapped. So now im back to normal mono and if I fish a carolina rig or something like that I will put flurocarbon on as a leader.

Good luck, im sure you will get responses that are different than mine.

Dan

i like the carbon line for a few reasons. its almost invisible and its very low stretch and sensitive.

when do i use it. on my pitching rig, on my spinnerbait/rattle trap rig, and on my crankbait rig.

i will never spool carbon on my spinning reel again. been there, dont that, big mistake. perhaps there is a secret i am not aware of, but i had nothing but problems on spinning gear.

because it is so low stretch, i feel the line isnt as shock absorbant as the makers may claim. i use stren flurocarbon line and found that when first using it, i was setting the hook way too hard. i was having some breaks also in the beginning. but once i realized that it only takes have the power as mono to sink a hook into a fish, my problems disappeared.

i have tried every line out there about and have always came back to using mono. really, you cant beat it. but carbon line replaced mono for some applications for me anyway. if anything, if you pitch at all, i would at least give it a shot on your pitching outfit.

madman himself

ps: i am no expert either. just my opinions

I'm not an expert either but....

I have used Berkely Vanish over the past few years on Spinning & Baitcasting reels. I hated it. I had nothing but trouble with it looping of the spool on the spinning rods & major birdsnests on the baitcasters. The remainder of those spools are now leader material.

On a suggestion from a friend, I switched a couple of reels to Floroclear from P-Line. It is a copolymer line with a florocarbon coating. SO you get the best of both worlds. I absolutley love this line. It casts like a rocket on spinning & baitcasting & rarely loops. I've used 6, 8, 10, & 12lb, with all of them working out well. This line has less stretch than mono and I feel is much stronger. I rarely broken off on a fish or a snag, even with the 6 & 8lb. Plus this line is smaller in diameter than any mono so you can get away with a heavier line. The florocarbon coating makes the line a little less visable in the water.

It is a little more expensive, like $15 for 600 yards but it is well worth it. I haven't tried P-Lines new florocarbon line yet but I'm gonna have a tough time switching.

By the Way.......
Is that true (in a above post) that florocarbon takes more of a beating in the sun & heat than mono? I thought it was the the other way around.