flouro tippet?

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This season have been using Rio FlouroFlex Strong
pros - thin diameter, strong
cons - kinks a bit too easily, and expensive
result - would like to try others

your current faves?
 
7x-3x: SA Absolute (100% the cutter and spool band. They’re trout—they don’t merit anything fancy)

10-20lb: Maxima UG and/or Chameleon. Pretty sure you could tow a boat with 15lb UG and it seems like no matter where you are when you run out some one or some convenience store has some.

20-60lb: P Line
 
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SurfnFish said:
This season have been using Rio FlouroFlex Strong
pros - thin diameter, strong
cons - kinks a bit too easily, and expensive
result - would like to try others

your current faves?
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what you're using is my fav....with trout.

Everything else, where diameter may not matter as much, it's Seaguar STS or Suniline Fluoro
 
Below are all the different fly shop fluorocarbon lines that I have used.

- Rio Fluoroflex
- Rio Fluoroflex Plus
- Rio Fluoroflex Strong
- TroutHunter Fluorocarbon
- Cortland Ultra Premium
- SA Absolute

The original Rio Fluoroflex was not good. All the others were more or less the same. TroutHunter was expensive and no better than the cheaper ones. The spools are also stupid and they should be ashamed of themselves.

I just use Fluoroflex Strong, because I like that the spools snap perfectly into my Powerflex spools. The SA and Cortland spools don’t quite fit right.

If I was setting up a whole new tippet stack, I would probably try Umpqua. The spools are awesome. I recently started using their indicator tippet and it’s significantly stronger than anything else.
 
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Jake Watrous said:
7x-3x: SA Absolute
10-20lb: Maxima UG and/or Chameleon
20-60lb: P Line
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I just got a roll of the SA stuff in 4x...guessing it knots well....at least for a trout-setter such as yourself.... :LOL:
 
jaredoconnor said:
TroutHunter was expensive and no better than the cheaper ones. The spools are also stupid and they should be ashamed of themselves.
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I legit never bought Trouthunter because of the weird spools. You have to get a special tippet post just for them. Maybe people like it because it has a waterproof compartment so they can stash their fish whistle supplies.

I also use Rio Fluoroflex plus/strong and powerflex becuase they all snap together. Fluoro for nymphing, powerflex for dries.
 
The SA absolute feels a little bit on the stiff side to me, but the integral cutter on the spool is freaking dope. High five to whomever at SA decided to add in the cutter blade to each spool - dope idea.
 
Seaguar blue label and STS orange label have never let me down.

Berkley Vanish has failed me once, and I've seen it fail other anglers.
 
I hate fishing tiny spools of flouro. Always run out when I'm on a stream and can't replace. I like to buy 200 yard spools directly from Maxima. They still fit in my vest or jacket and last for several seasons. Best of all I can always see when I'm close to running out. Screenshot 2023-08-30 at 9.17.21 AM.png
 
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I buy Sunline fluoro in 200yd spools then transfer it to smaller, easier-to-pack tippet spools. I've tried pretty much every fluoro on the market for the past couple decades and kept coming back to Sunline for #20 and finer, now its all I use in that class. I use Seaguar and Pline for #25-#100.
 
I have been buying "no-name" Fluro on the web. It is about 50% of the cost for name brands and works fine. The only issue is that the spools do not come with an elastic band to hold the thread so I just use bands from empty spools, or elastic hair bands
 
P Line Halo. 2lb or 4lb for trout nymphing and 10lb for streamers/spinning rod leaders. I e messed with seaguar red but only
Like it in 8 and 6lb.
 
kmudgn said:
I have been buying "no-name" Fluro on the web. It is about 50% of the cost for name brands and works fine. The only issue is that the spools do not come with an elastic band to hold the thread so I just use bands from empty spools, or elastic hair bands
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I use fluoro tippet for virtually everything subsurface and even dry; western & fixed line. I recently began using Bozeman Flyworks fluoro that is $10 for 55 yards. I haven't done Yellowstone Angler Shootout style tests and admittedly am not a "big fish" guy. But while fishing freshwater in the fall with Tenkara and Keiryu rods that have a 6X max tippet rating I do occasionally encounter fairly large cutthroat and the Bozeman fluoro seems to be on par with my remaining Seaguar and Rio for overall breakage, knot strength, and suppleness.

I also buy 200 yard spools of Seaguar Inviz and Red Label for leader construction to use when fishing saltwater and lakes.
 
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I use Seagar mostly, I buy the spools of 4, 6 and 8 pound test for fishing in lakes and hanging my indicator rigs. Love the 4 and 8 pound tests, but for some reason, I can't keep a knot in the 6 pound test. I lose many fish and just get a curly Q back on the end of my line. I've tried clinch knot, improved clinch, and uni-knot with moderate success. I always wet my knot and pull tight slowly and completely. I've been using mostly the 8 pound now. And I've bought a different 6 pound test spool with the same results...... I do better with the non-slip loop knot but it has been an issue too.
 
My standard answer to this thread, though not a popular one: mono.

Data seems clear that C-F bond chemistries are a bad idea for toxicity, that likely applies to the manufacturing stage of flouro lines. Also, disposable, single use type products should be.. disposable. Lasting for decades and centuries seems a bad idea for fishing lines in general. I have bought exactly 1 spool of flouro in my life, and seem to catch fish just fine.
 
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