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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #30 - May 28^th, 2014 at 11:18am	Quote Print Post
	Westwood wrote on May 9^th, 2014 at 9:16pm: I generally use the wire cutter part of my needle nose pliers to cut the braided line. Superline is very hard to cut, especially the knot on your lure. ST posted a link to this tool about a year ago and now I find it difficult to be without it when dealing with braid. Cuts it like butter with no fraying. Handy little gadget. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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zski Inukshuk Offline Posts: 447 Location: IL Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #31 - Jun 27^th, 2014 at 2:51pm	Quote Print Post
	OK Somewhere along the way i listed Tuf-Line as one that i liked. Taking it all back now. Line ended up being one of the very last items before a trip this year. typically i've got line well covered, spools set etc. but not so this year (car probs right up to departure). grabbed some tuf-line the night before and and ran. Well, looking at the line there were visible consistency problems (the braid and color looked different at times). On top of that, toward the end of the spool the color really changed and looked washed out. Where there should have been an end of the spool, there was more "line" underneath with 3 of those white pieces of tape holding it down. Not sure what the stuff underneath was. Whereas the line i purchased was green this was smoke-ish in color. Quality control completely missed it on this one. My son ended up having to use but was cautious with it. In the field we did a break strength comparison with some year old suffix 832 (both rated 20#) and this questionable tuf-line. the new tuf-line seemed to break at about half the pressure or less than the older suffix. fortunately he didn't lose any fish due to line break but his drag was set pretty light. Line!Line!Line!Line!Line!Line!


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #32 - Jun 27^th, 2014 at 6:03pm	Quote Print Post
	I will wholeheartedly endorse the Berkeley NanoFil line. Super quiet (almost silent), cast a country mile, no fraying from abrasion, strong, easy to tie, sensitive, no stretch, zero memory - everything you're looking for while fishing from a canoe in the Canadian shield. It allows quick catch and release w/o fear of losing the fish. I used the low-vis green, 6# diameter all week with no issues. Only drawback is it is a little tough on your hands and fingers when cinching up knots. Really a great line.


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zski Inukshuk Offline Posts: 447 Location: IL Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #33 - Jun 27^th, 2014 at 6:59pm	Quote Print Post
	Double Palomar ok with the NanoFil? What was the 6# diameter with this stuff? I think that's 20# with suffix832


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #34 - Jun 27^th, 2014 at 7:07pm	Quote Print Post
	As long as the line was wet, a double palomar OR double trilene knot worked fine. I horsed this guy in in less than 30 seconds w/ the 6# diameter. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) p.s. - I'm not small by any measure. I don't think that fish was 20#'s but any double digit LT is going to give you a fight no matter what. Based on length alone, I'm guessing that was 16-18 lbs.
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Puckster Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1208 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota Joined: Feb 10^th, 2009	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #35 - Jun 27^th, 2014 at 9:38pm	Quote Print Post
	WOW! puckster


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zski Inukshuk Offline Posts: 447 Location: IL Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #36 - Jun 30^th, 2014 at 3:13pm	Quote Print Post
	Woah nice fish !


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jimmar Inukshuk Offline Posts: 860 Location: SE Michigan Joined: Feb 1^st, 2006	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #37 - Jun 30^th, 2014 at 7:05pm	Quote Print Post
	Very Nice. Love those big Lakers.


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #38 - Jun 30^th, 2014 at 9:14pm	Quote Print Post
	FWIW, I'm standing in about 6" of water on a mid-lake submerged rock. To my left, the rock disappeared into about 40' of water and to might right, Pascanel was swimming in about 3' of water. I casted off the deep end when we pulled up to the rock and was rewarded with that pig. Someone else wasn't happy to be taking my picture.


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solotripper Inukshuk Online Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Line! Reply #39 - Jun 30^th, 2014 at 9:28pm	Quote Print Post
	Quote: Pascanel was swimming in about 3' of water. I casted off the deep end when we pulled up to the rock and was rewarded with that pig. Someone else wasn't happy to be taking my picture. Your too hard on your buddy. It's more than likely that his odorous scent help chum the water bringing that "pig" into range. You should patent, that smell for a bait attractant.


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