Guys I have over the years and as stated on here a few times, struggle to retain any fish that strike into me when I use Fluorocarbon.


Fluoro Knot strength!! thats my demon at the moment - big style. I like the values that it can bring, but I have been let down far too many times and I now wonder if its down to me. After being broken on Sunday with yet another cast of flies being taken for a swimming lesson, I am back to maxima and the like again and to be honest I don't know where I'm going with Fluoro now.

I had bought some Spiderwire from Grommit earlier and it snaps far too easy when droppers are added (sorry Ian just my experiences to date) and then tried as per my last post with the Extreme and still I get snapped. So I would appreciate your experiences and like some possible solutions, please.

Have you tried Fulling mill? Great stuff for the money IMO.

On the water you fish regularly ,You will get away with Maxima Chameleon.

Jim

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I used to get snapped with fluoro until I started wetting the knots before pulling tight. I've also seen some people say you get the odd spool which is just no use.

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Tight Lines. :)

no problems when moistened and bedded down carefully, it heats up as its pulled tight which weakens it alarmingly, apart from that i'd say as reliable as other types.

I've just binned a load of that stuff. Not through breakage issues but it kinks very easily and seems quite stiff and as I'm **** at casting the tangles are often irreversable.

Just swapped to Frog Hair, bloody expensive but much, much better.

Agree - I do exactly the same and no problems

Col

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i would recommend fulling mill aswell.ive had no problems so far with it

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I use Fulling Mill a lot, as well as the excellent aforementioned Spiderwire.
No real problems with either, at least not in the realms of some of our correspondents.
I totally agree with fully wetting the line before tightening really slowly, making sure it all beds down as you go.
When tying blood knots make sure you pull on the the tag end rather than the main line. Helps to reduce the kinking around the knot.
Usually the reduced diameter of the fluorocarbon over standard nylon means you can use a higher b.s. as well.

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Andrew W

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets." Arthur Miller

Used to get knot slip all the time until I started to use the Davy Knot for tying the fly to the leader.

Not had 1 problem since.