Lars Snipen
Active Member
Based on what most people here say, I think one may conclude:
1. In order to describe a line you should know both diameter and breaking strain. This is something the internet shops should notice (they usually only tell you one of them).
2. If you know your brand of line well, you need only one of these two pieces of information, because then you will know which breaking strain corresponds to which diameter, and vice versa.
Brian, the reason I never look at the breaking strain is point 2 above. I have used Berkley Trilene for decades and know very well how breaking strain and diameter corresponds.
I can imagine the matchmen are more focused on diameter. Same goes for flyfishing, if you buy tippet material it is often marked by 1X, 2X, 3X...etc, which is just another way of describing diameter. Could be neither of them catch really big fish...
Neither do I, when I come to think of it...
1. In order to describe a line you should know both diameter and breaking strain. This is something the internet shops should notice (they usually only tell you one of them).
2. If you know your brand of line well, you need only one of these two pieces of information, because then you will know which breaking strain corresponds to which diameter, and vice versa.
Brian, the reason I never look at the breaking strain is point 2 above. I have used Berkley Trilene for decades and know very well how breaking strain and diameter corresponds.
I can imagine the matchmen are more focused on diameter. Same goes for flyfishing, if you buy tippet material it is often marked by 1X, 2X, 3X...etc, which is just another way of describing diameter. Could be neither of them catch really big fish...
Neither do I, when I come to think of it...