Fluorocarbon vs. Maxima ???

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rpsalmon said:

Dear Splash
Firstly, I didn't state that I dyed my nylon, I said I lightly stained it. Therefore most of your logic is irrelevant.
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That will be like all of your posts to date then RPS; highly irrelevant, biased, confused, largely ignorant and/or dismissive of any developments in both salmon angling tactics and or tackle design over the last 100 years and written in an inflammatory and rather insulting fashion to boot - nice one; welcome to the forum ::)

FYI, I've also conducted research into this area in the past, albeit looking at retinal histology and salmonid optomotor responses to various coloured stimuli, although I concede these were done under controlled laboratory conditions and probably lacked the scientific credibility and rigour of your subjective, lets scare all the minnens in the river based approach :-[. They were however, conducted under the supervision of Prof Bill Muntz, who also advised Goddard and Clark in the research for "The Trout and the Fly" as well as Doug Swisher and Carl Richards , so probably don't come up to your exacting standards anyway ???. Hey you can add him to your "already rubbished" list ;)

Glad to say that I'm off on my holidays and away to chase some tuna with the 15 weight so won't have to read this absolute pish for the next few days although I'll probably log in from time to time for amusement alone :-*

All the best gents

cheers

Splash

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para1 said:

Anybody remember the high viz Stren mono.
I have seen it used quite a lot in the past but not recently, the people using it said they could see exactly where there lure was when spinning.
I did see one lad land a fish on it tied directly to the lure, most others used a different hook length.

Great stuff for trotting for grayling as you can track the float even on the longest trots. It was difficult to get in low b.s (ie below 6lb) but always available in salmon spinning b.s. I never deployed it as a hook length though, preferring to use either clear copolymer or fluoro, and use it only as a mainline so can't comment whether fish reacted negatively to it or not.

cheers

Splash

[rpsalmon]

I am saddened to see that an educated person has chosen to accuse me of things that they themselves have done. I've just created a new link asking for views on the creation of a new salmon book. I suggest you have something to contribute.

[sealicer]

Fluorocarbon sinks like a stane & snaps like cotton, caught 1500 salmon in 25 years on broon maxima, canna beat it !!!

[rpsalmon]

Dear sealicer

Could you tell me what make(s) of Fluoro you used? I have heard some remarks about it snapping and wonder if it was limited to particular makes or caused by an inability for Fluoro to absorb enormous energies from the line?

I have to admit to using Fluoro most of the time but always use Nylon for sunk line work and heavy flies...principally because I want a little bit of cushion/give to help prevent heavy flies from falling off. But also because I perceive Nylon is better at resisting damage from rocks.

[sealicer]

Hi rpsalmon

I have tried several different types including orvis, rio, shakespeare & greys. They all seem to behave the same. As you rightly say there is no stretch in them & they maybe can't absorb the energy generated by the fly line & therfore are more likely to "crack off" the fly. Because it sinks faster is an advantage, if you don't want to fish a sink tip, just put on a long fluoro leader. I agree with you that nylon is better at resisting damage from stones.