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Fishing line - what do you prefer?

Another vote for Berkley Big Game! I'm also a fan of Fox Soft Steel/Soft Steel Camo - used it for a few seasons and can't fault it. I prefer clear Big Game, but Soft Steel is a light brown and the camo version is obviously camo and i haven't noticed any difference in catch rates.

To throw a new kid on the block for those who like a heavy sinking line - Korda's new(ish) Subline has performed superbly on the Ribble this season. I've been trying the brown version which is quite dark, when stalking fish at close range in clear water it is essential to get everything lying flat in the swim and this stuff sinks like a brick! For the given breaking strain it is thicker than big game, but then it is a 'tad' understated. The Tackle Box has the 12lb version breaking at over 17lb in test!
 
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I use the Gamma Pro - clear, strong and flouro so it sinks. Bit pricey when compared to big game or sensor but I love it. Braid - use it less and less but when I do I use Powerpro.
 
I,ve tried a lot of lines over the years, each to his/her own, for barbel, 15lb X-line, pike, 15lb adrenaline(casts well, no memory), salmon 10-20lb berkeley fireline(pike in the20lb too), sea fishing(boat) fireline 20-30lb.Works for me.
peter
 
often be a firm believer to try and get away with going up with lines because they get thicker and start to coil off ure spool ,and knot up, me use power pro like chris fox and other because of its diamiter and strengh , i use 15 lb , its diamiter = 4lb in normal line, plus the fact in flood water less **** catches it ,i payed £35 , 400 yards spool is dear but i think its well worth it,
 
Power Pro for ledger(at the Mo), Ultima Power Plus for float.
 
i use silstar team match , for float, good stuff,
 
Graham Elliott said:
Alex/Jamie, Regarding the theory, rubbished by an individual on here. It's one I covered in my article / story of five or so more years ago on this site and in Barbel Fisher magazine. You are right to have an open mind, it's not always Smart to jump to conclusions.

"I Saw her again today"

search here

https://barbel.co.uk/articlefr.htm

And in my first book "memories and milestones"

It was followed up with some experiments with fluro as main line that led to a real increase in the number of violent line bites. Note that line was not pinned down in these experiments though. One advantage of the river Loddon is that fish are often easy to observe.

My line of preference is gardener GT80 especially when rough ground like the Teme, middle and Upper Severn or Wye is being fished.



Graham
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I remember reading Jim G talking about bright yellow line used in France(?) for carp and the counter-intuituve response from the fish. Interesting stuff.

Daiwa Sensor in 10 and 15lb for most of my fishing, simply because it does the job reliably and has done for a fair few seasons now. I feel no need to change.
 
i used to use diawa sensor in 10lb but the last 3 seasons i,ve been using red mist in 12lb, good abrasion resistance, doesnt coil and good for knots
cheers
jerry
 
Andrew Boyne said:
To throw a new kid on the block for those who like a heavy sinking line - Korda's new(ish) Subline has performed superbly on the Ribble this season. I've been trying the brown version which is quite dark, when stalking fish at close range in clear water it is essential to get everything lying flat in the swim and this stuff sinks like a brick! For the given breaking strain it is thicker than big game, but then it is a 'tad' understated. The Tackle Box has the 12lb version breaking at over 17lb in test!
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I have used subline in 10lb bs on the middle trent and yorkshire ouse from last June, its strong and can take some hammer, I have straightened various hooks (fox arma points, gardner talon tips) pulling for a break when just the hook is in a snag.
I tried adrenaline in 12lb bs and its nowhere near a strong as the above in 10lb bs
the line seemed to bed in quite badly when retrieving heavy leads/feeders 6oz + from a distance in strong flows, which made the next cast jerky and short, designed for big still waters not rivers imo
 
After years of using braid, i decided to go back to some good old mono, i must have tried every make available, costing a fortune, for still waters i can't see a problem, but for rivers i have yet to find a line that doesn't twist, in fact at the end of the day i don't think that there is a line made that does not twist, it's the application that twists line, so i have now solved the problem, i have gone back to braid, no more twists, line laying straight on the rod, just one problem.........i can't undo a tangle and a knot.......ah well.
 
Alex Gowney said:
What does this cost Stuart, where do you source it and does it keep ok?
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ebay or as im cheeky , if anybody i know is going to the states i get them to bring a spool back

does it keep ? never had a problem so far , but its allways stored in a dark corner of my tackle shed in its box

not sure how accurate the 'tackle box' tests are , but i once saw a TB catolouge giving the 12lb clear better results than the green or brown and very high actual breaking strains
 
Tom Marshall said:
Pretty Cheap

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Berkley-Big-G...tingGoods_FishingAcces_RL&hash=item19bf4e6f43
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Not wishing to worry anyone, but I bought some Big Game on Ebay and I've lost 3 barbel this season (albeit big ones). It seems to snap very easily, fish snagged, compared to GR60.

I might have got part of a bad batch, particularly considering the glowing reports it gets on this thread. I buy a lot on Ebay, so pretty p*ssed of with the line.

Back with GR60 now....
 
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