Fishing Line
Fishing Line
Most anglers stick with monofilament line as its durable, invisible in the water, and elastic. However, there are a small handful of fishing lines and their unique purposes that you may not be familiar with.Superlines
Superlines - This type of line is extremely strong, about 4 times stronger than monofilament and are an excellent line for trolling or deep-water jigging. Because this line doesn't stretch, it gives powerful hooksets.Lead-core Lines
Lead-core lines - This type of line is also used for trolling. It's color coding allows you to know what depth you caught your last fish at and easily return to that depth by letting out the line to the same color.Braided Dacron line
Braided Dacron - This line is used for baitcasting or as backing for a fly line. This line has little stretch and allows for powerful hooksets and a sensitive line.Wire Line
Wire Line - Typically used for trolling or deep-water jigging. This line is made of steel and can be either braided or a single strand. Single strand has the advantage of being thinner. The braided strand has the advantage of kinking less.Fly Line
Fly lines - Fly lines consist of two parts, the fly line and the tapered leader line. Your leader line has the bait on the end of the line, while the other end is connected to your fly line. This tapered line allows for delicate presentations of the fly. Fly lines come in three varieties.- Floating (F) line. Use this line to present dry-flies on the surface of the water or nymphs and other insect larvae just subsurface of the water.
- Floating/sinking (f/s) line is for slow sinking. This line lets you simulate emerging mayfly nymphs, migrating damselfly nymphs and emerging caddis pupae.
- Sinking (S) line is for fast sinking. This line is ideal for deeper water fishing. For example, during the summer months, you’ll often find trout in the deeper water where its cooler and near ledges and drop offs where insects inadvertently fall.
Monofilament Line
Monofilament Line - The most commonly used line of all, monofilament line works well for casting since the line stays loose and doesn't maintain stiff coils coming off the spool. You have your choice of color, amount of stretch and limpness when selecting monofilament line. Clear line is best used in clear water to make it invisible to the fish. Less limp styles are more abrasion resistant for fishing more demanding conditions.Resources:
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