Low Stretch Mono
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Low Stretch Mono
I normally use braid for feeder fishing with a quiver tip but prefer mono for fishing rods on indicators. I quite liked the idea of a low stretch mono to get the best of both worlds so bought some Guru Pulse Pro in 8lb. As I was tying it to the backing on my reels, some old 6lb Daiwa Sensor, I thought I would give both a little pull to feel the difference in stretchiness. Well I'm buggered if I can find any. Have I been had or am I just stretching it wrong. Or is maybe Sensor a low stretch line. In its favour the Guru is a rather pleasing green colour and was reassuringly more expensive.
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
fossil-fish wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09 2021 15:41 -Copolymer lines are the ones to get if youre after minimal stretch FFI normally use braid for feeder fishing with a quiver tip but prefer mono for fishing rods on indicators. I quite liked the idea of a low stretch mono to get the best of both worlds so bought some Guru Pulse Pro in 8lb. As I was tying it to the backing on my reels, some old 6lb Daiwa Sensor, I thought I would give both a little pull to feel the difference in stretchiness. Well I'm buggered if I can find any. Have I been had or am I just stretching it wrong. Or is maybe Sensor a low stretch line. In its favour the Guru is a rather pleasing green colour and was reassuringly more expensive.
Haven`t any lightish Sensor to hand to try stretching it, but it does have a bit of stretch, although not knicker elastic line some monos.....
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
Daiwa tournament ST is the line you want ,brilliant stuff.
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
I wouldn't fish with low stretch mono if I was paid to. It can snap like cotton when least expected. Horrible stuff. For feeder fishing I use maxima.
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
Pinkie wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10 2021 09:39 -Seriously you need to have a look at Daiwa tournament ST it isnt like the others.I wouldn't fish with low stretch mono if I was paid to. It can snap like cotton when least expected. Horrible stuff. For feeder fishing I use maxima.
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
Lee7499 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10 2021 09:59 -Best mono I've ever used and my 'go to' reel line, it has no negatives. Tough, smooth, well behaved on the reel, excellent knot strength and reliability, good diameter to b/s ratio. A great allrounder. Maxima is just a bad dream in comparison.
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
Gentlemen, thank you for your opinions. Have ordered some of the ST in 8lb. Seems much better value for money.
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
Pinkie wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10 2021 09:39 -I wouldn't fish with pre-stetched mono again. It never actually let me down when I tried it briefly, but I soon found it snapped rather too easily when testing knots, so I stopped using it.I wouldn't fish with low stretch mono if I was paid to. It can snap like cotton when least expected. Horrible stuff. For feeder fishing I use maxima.
'Low stretch' mono I suspect is something else - a different formulation perhaps?
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
John Milford wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10 2021 17:26 -I see now I mixed the two up. I was thinking of pre-stretched line.Pinkie wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10 2021 09:39 -I wouldn't fish with pre-stetched mono again. It never actually let me down when I tried it briefly, but I soon found it snapped rather too easily when testing knots, so I stopped using it.I wouldn't fish with low stretch mono if I was paid to. It can snap like cotton when least expected. Horrible stuff. For feeder fishing I use maxima.
'Low stretch' mono I suspect is something else - a different formulation perhaps?
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
If you want a genuine low stretch mono that's really strong and tough too, then try Sufix Advance. I've used it and it has very little stretch along with being tough, well behaved and very low diameter. The only problem is it's not widely available, certainly not around here, I got it from the Rapala website.
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Re: Low Stretch Mono
John Milford wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10 2021 17:26 -Modern low stretch monos owe their reduced stretch to the characteristics of the materials used. The pre-stretched lines were such due to the manufacturing process. Huge difference, the latter stuff is a liabilityPinkie wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10 2021 09:39 -I wouldn't fish with pre-stetched mono again. It never actually let me down when I tried it briefly, but I soon found it snapped rather too easily when testing knots, so I stopped using it.I wouldn't fish with low stretch mono if I was paid to. It can snap like cotton when least expected. Horrible stuff. For feeder fishing I use maxima.
'Low stretch' mono I suspect is something else - a different formulation perhaps?