Del asked:
Clear Floating Line - Has anyone ever fished these? Thoughts? Comments?
Del,
I have been fishing with a Monic brand clear floating line all this
season, and have had mixed feelings about it. First of all, the
concept does work... in my fishing at Sugar Creek Ranch, I am fishing
for very wary, educated, big trout. Numerous times using regular
opaque floating lines, I have seen trout cruising near the bank, stop
and change direction rather than swim UNDER the line. That does not
happen when I am using the clear floating line, which doesn't seem to
bother the fish, though no doubt some still see it. It is one of my
favorite lines to cast, not finicky at all.
The first Monic clear floating line I got off eBay may have been from a
defective batch as the coating around the monofilament core seemed soft
and started stripping off after a dozen days of use. Fishing in rocky
areas is particularly hard on this type of coating. Finally, I sent
that line back to the Monic factory asking for a replacement line, and
to their credit they sent me one. The line I got in return had a
noticeably harder coating, and I think will be durable. I would buy
again particularly since Monic had no hesitation backing their product.
On the other hand, I have seen, but not cast the Cortland 555 Clear
floater and think it is an abomination. Very stiff, lots of memory,
would be like casting plastic broom straw! Maybe there are fans out
there who like this product, but I'll pass on that one.
Hope this helps. Since the email is still screwed up, I cannot
directly reply to posts and have to cut and paste from the VFB
archives. This may cause this message not to 'thread' properly into
the topic list. Sorry.
Wes Wada
Bend, Oregon
