which is the best fluorocarbon to buy i am using airflo g3 and platinum would like to try a few new ones

Frog hair seems quite dependable though it isn't cheap!

The very best fluorocarbon I have used to date and I've been through the lot is Incognito by Kryston.

The downside to this fluoro is that it is not available in low breaking strain ratings, 5lbs is the finest. But it knots well, is 100% PVDF and has little memory.

For finer work I would tend to go for the Sightfree Extreme. Scierra C-Thru is not bad either.

Frog hair seems to be proving quite good, although I am yet to be 100% convinced by its knot strength. Igcognito, I've only used for specimen coarse fishing and I can't fault it thus far. The main two I would have no hesitation in recommending are from the same stable, Riverge and Seaguar....in my mind the best for fly-fishing certainly. Great knot strength, fantastic abrasion resistance and excellent tension resistance. They turn flies over very well too! Haven't had any problems with either Riverge or Seaguar. The same cannot be said for most of the others though....and please, stay away from any of them with Berkley on the spool...utter rubbish in my opinion.

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Riverge is very, very good albeit costly.

Someone mentioned that they thought the Partridge stuff being sold off cheap by GAC is the same stuff but I noticed teh diameters where different.

The Riverge 12lb is the same thickness as Fulling Mill 6lb but twice the price if not more. I know which one I would prefer when you hit a big fish and it dives under the boat


Ben

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Berkeley is probably what gave fluorocarbon a bad name. Seaguar and Riverge are Stren, in another guise and as we all know Stren is a product of DuPont.

Remember there are only 4 or 5 extruders of PVDF mono in the world.

Riverge Grand Max is excellent, and also good abrasion resistance due to its coating. Unlike Berkely Vanish, which has the constitution of spaghetti. Shame really as Berkely Trilene is an excellent standard mono. Other than Riverge I tend to stay away from fluoros now, sticking to either standard monos or copolymers, depending on what I'm doing. Speaking of copolymers, GAC are doing bulk spools of Gamma copolymer at silly prices - this is made by same people who make Frog Hair, and its excellent - I've been using it for main leader material for the past 2 years.

Ron - not sure you're right about Riverge being Dupont - just checked and its made by Kureha, as is Seaguar, not by DuPont

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Personally, i loathe Frog Hair. put a knot in it, even a half blood and it's as brittle as old bones. I can't tell you how many mayflies i've cracked off on 5lb frog. For me, the best balance between performance and value is Fulling Mill. 9 quid for 100M and you could tow the Queen Mary 2 on the 7lb. attached to an oil tanker. Ive had salmon to 18lb on it with no problems whatsoever

I agree with BrownieBasher on this. I have tried a few different lines, and always come back to the Fulling Mill.

It has good knot strength and is a lot stronger that that stated on the label.

To me it doesn't matter if the line is a bit thicker than others, as Fluorocarbon has a refractive index nearly identical to that of water. So in theory they are all invisible (or practically Invisible).

I mainly use 3LB for the river, and 6lb and 8lb for stillwaters and reservoirs.

However, the main thing is that it keeps its strength, and therefore limits the potential of knots failing, or the line being snapped by a fish.

Dyl.

I have tried various brands of fluorocarbon over the years and have always suffered the same fate , break after break , mostly at the dropper knot ! i use three turn water knots for my droppers and could swing on them when tied on normal mono but get broken every second or third take on the fluoro ! help !! am i using the wrong knot or do i just have to step up the line strength to solve the problem ?