I Might Retire From Fluoro

[jrodda]

I found a video to justify some of my feelings toward fluoro. This was posted a couple weeks ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kly83Pzmx2A

Basically, monofilament has a lot more abrasion resistance than fluoro. Not what the marketing says, but what the data is.

The other thing is stress testing. You pull on the line to 80%+ a few times, fluoro is just not gonna survive living closer to its breaking point. Mono has more stretch, and stretching it doesn't ruin its integrity like it does to fluoro.

And visibility? Fluoro has no advantage. They mention that the science of it states fluoro has a closer density to water than mono, which isn't true and they debunk that in a different video. Mono is slow sinking, fluoro is fast sinking. So mono has closer density, if anything giving it the more similar refractive index to water.

Lots of good bits in that video, I highly recommend you find the time to watch all of it.

Here's their video on stress testing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoHVhQWL8eI

I'm thinking that my c-rig leader breaks are coming from sinker tangles and the fluoro not being able to handle that abrasion. I've used multiple different spools and brands now and gotten the same issue. I went years using 6# mono and had less breaks than I have in the last several months with 8-10# fluoro.

So I'm gonna buy some more Ande and call it a day.

[vdisney]

Long Cast Joe pointed out that video years ago, I've been using Ande Mono in the surf ever since.  Still use fluoro on a boat

[Latimeria]

Funny about your post.  I never saw the video, but always had issues with fluoro.  Between that and the price tag, I usually just stick with mono.

[sasquatch]

Never used floro in the surf. Never saw the point in the cloudy water.