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Floodwater line

Richard Isaacs said:
You’ll find Jim, that with many lines break strains mean nothing. It’s the diameter figure that is most important. I won’t go barbel fishing with a line of less than 0.35 and the reason being is I’ve had that suffer damage and still landed fish.

0.35 in my choice of line is 18lb Fox Exocet but it can also be 12lb GR60

I assume you use a long leader with your 40lb braid? When it comes to abrasion resistance braid is far more likely to be cut off than mono.
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Yes. Uncoated Braid far less abrasion resistance than mono as a main line.

I do however use it as hooklink. But as mentioned before I rarely use these at more than 12 inches.
 
I've used Gardner Pro Blend light for 10 years in 12lb and 15lb breaking strain, it's never ever let me down.

Had carp to almost 50lb on the 15lb and countless barbel on both 12 and 15 on a number of different rivers in all conditions.

By far the best line I've ever used and unless something catastrophic happens I'll never change.

Thanks

Lewis
 
I've been using Krystonite (12lb/0.31mm) almost exclusively* since 2002. I've always been very pleased with it so I see no reason to change. It's fluorocarbon coated, supple, supplied in bulk spools, and it too is a 'copolymer' (but I wouldn't think there's any actual monomer lines made for angling purposes).

*I have got a bulk spool of 15lb/0.35mm Ghostline, which I use only on a well flooded Teme. That's the toughest line I've ever come across.
 
Alan Palmer said:
about to respool my reels I use for floodwater fishing and have used fox Exocet 23Ib last few years but this seems to be out of stock everywhere, or postage is too much for my liking…so wondering what do others recommend?
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I have never ever been let down by ESP Synchro XT ( not the loaded version). I use it with complete confidence in strains between 12 and 18 for Barbel and Carp. Usually 12 for Barbel.
 
Mike Hodgkiss said:
Just had a look at this line test chart . The inconsistency of braking strain on braid mainlines is amazing and quite shocking , surely this is a massive con and far outweighs the pros of braid as a mainline or indeed as a hook length
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Surely that depends on the diameter and bs of the braid being used!
I ve just had a quick glance and the braid I use is still stronger than most mono or copolymer lines of a similar diameter, in fact at 25lb breaking strain and not the 40lb stated. It's probably stronger than what most mono users are fishing with?
 
My point was that many of these braided lines cannot be relied upon to break at stated breaking strain , so how do you know what BS braid to buy ? Say you wanted some braid for a 15lb BS hooklength , do you buy one of stated of 15lb BS or one of 30lb BS , it all seems to be a bit of a guessing game and the guide chart put up on a previous post shows some massive disparity between actual and claimed BS of braid lines . The monofilament lines are far more reliable in that they break at somewhere close to their claimed BS
 
It is, put if you put the effort in tying the knots etc and finding out which knot, gives you the best breaking strain etc. It isn't... be aware, one knot won't work, for every line.....
 
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