Fishing Lines

Now a day’s most fishing line is made from nylon monofilament. Its value to anglers is it’s great strength, fineness and resistance to kinking. Monofilament line stretches, which can be bad or good. Stretch makes line more forgiving when a big fish makes a strong run, but it also makes it harder to set the hook. The amount of stretch can be controlled by the additives but all monofilament will stretch some.

As with most fishing tackle you get what you pay for with line. Cheap line has a high memory, which means it stays coiled when off the spool. This can make the line kink easily and often lead to tangles. The last thing you want to be doing on a fishing trip is wasting time untangling you line. We recommend you purchase a good quality line, this will mean less tangles, smooth casting and make it easier to tie knots.

Line Strength

You must way up the advantages of fishing fine line with the need to use line heavy enough to land big fish. Be sure to match your line to the rod & reel you are using, the fish you are targeting, and the fishing conditions you expect to encounter. All rods come with a recommended line weight that should be followed.

Floating or Sinking Lines

Generally a sinking line is preferable in most cases except for float fishing and trotting from the bank on large rivers where you have a lot of line in the water.

Line Colour

Most manufacturers offer several colour options. Many offer line with no visibility, i.e. clear or light green, and others with increasing visibility, i.e. blue, Pink, Gun Metal, to very visible Hi-viz yellow. The idea is to camouflage the line with the colour of the water this way it makes it harder for the fish to see. In practice there is little evidence the line colour makes any difference, probably more important is the reflection it gives off. A dull line is less likely to scare a fish than a high glossy one.