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So 6 is good, but so is 7, and 5 too but 4, and 8 probably. Did I say 6 yet? I like 5 for mono and 8 with braid, but I hardly ever tie strait braid. Im usually fishing for trout and crappie so I use braid to mono leader.

How do you get sensitivity with slack line?

Recant studies indicate that saliva causes stomach cancer, but only when ingested in small doses over a long period of time.

If you were to single out the one biggest reason why you fish fluorocarbon line or leader, what would it be?

Any specific tips for fishing it?

Do you use this lure? What size? Do you tie directly to the eye of the lure or add a split ring or a snap-swivel? Non slip loop knot?

Probably been asked 100 times but you always hear and read about flouro lines being "more abrasion resistant" and this interests me as I guess Ive not had problems with abrasion with either type. Must be the kinds of fishing I do, but I do use lighter, smaller diameter lines. Have you really noticed a big difference in abrasion resistance?

I like Suffix 832 on spinning reels very much but I also tie on Seaguar Blue leader as well. I feel I get the best of both worlds with this way. As for cutting, Walmart carries Rapala brand line scissors for about 4 bucks and they work great. You can spend more but you wont cut any better. I have about 12-15 pair in all my boxes, bags, tool boxes etc. They are light weight and sit in my pocket all day when fishing. Either that, or get a good, sharp, pocket-clip folding knife and that works well too but a bit more awkward. Once you practice you can cut braid one-handed with a pocket knife.

6-10, 12-20 pound test, What is your favorite nylon mono line and why?

Thanks a bunch! Thae one on the right is interresting. Going to look into that. Not quite but thanks a bunch Alex! Looks like a good book though!

Thanks a bunch for the tips. I've been trying all this for some time without any luck so far. The search continues.

I'm looking for an old fishing book that was a library book at my school when I was 10 or 12 yrs old, Im 56 now I dont know the title or author but it was printed late 50s or early 60's. It was a hardcover and was about introducing new people to fishing freshwater. Rods, reels lines, bait, lures, differnt breeds of fish etc, you know the kind. I'm wondering if any of you have something like this on your book shelf, could you post a pic of the cover please? I'm sure I would recognize it if I saw it again. It was a part of my childhood and I'd like to try to find it again. Thanks

I was there too! My Dad was in awe when he blew up the cabbage with a .44!

I have a bunch of spinners and other lures that are still good but the metal is getting dull or tarnished. Do you pollish your blades? Im thinking of getting some pollish and a rag and going at it. Any certain kind to get for this? liquid, paste, or? Thanks

Has there been any scientific tests on the shelf life of nylon and fluorocarbon monofilament lines. What do you know about it?

Probably what I read was written before they had good commercially available wood fillers.

I once read an article in an old fly fishing book. Sometimes flies (and lures) get yanked out of a cork handle leaving a hole. It said to take some cork from a blank or old handle, Grind it into powder with 80 grit sand paper and mix with just a drop of wood glue. Make it the consistancy of bread dough or such, then mold it into the hole and sand smooth with very fine paper. You might have to wrap blue tape around it to hold the paste but I think it could be done.

Tying a Palomar, the loop that goes down around the lure and back up. Should the loop lay on top of the hook eye against the knot or should it be on top of the knot against the main line? Are you supposed to pull both main line and tag together to tighten the knot or each one separately? I need to perfect the technique.

Forgive me, Im just a simple angler, dont know much about tournaments but I was wondering, is there one that is "the big one" for the year, like the Super Bowl, World Series or whatever, or is there more than one big one everyone wants to be in? how does that work? Is it on regular TV or something else?

Pardon my ignorance, but am I to understand tat BFS, basically, is ultra light baitcasting gear? Is it the same idea as ultra light spin fishing, but with baitcasters?

If max strength and durability were the only concern, what is the toughest braid out there?

In my last thread, I asked if the Palomar was around before braid super lines. I did a quick Google search and found something that read, in part, that the Palomar knot has been around since about the creation of nylon monofilament. A man, last name of Palomar, who was a Scout leader, developed it to pevent knots from pulling through. The man who, at the time, was the director for Dupont's fishing line division recommended it as the ONLY knot anyone should use for fishing line. I thought that was interesting. I didn't know the knot was around that long.

I use the Palomar with nylon but Double Pitzen with Fluoro because I have been using mostly braid to leader. If tying strait braid to the lure, is the standard Palomar good for that or should I use the Double Palomar to keep it from slipping? Was the Palomar designed for braid or was it around before braid was popular?

How often do you change out your fluoro line?

I've used XL for 30 years for everything from trout to bass, carp, pike, panfish etc. It has always done a respectable job and held knots before I knew what good knots were. I know this is an old thread, just wanted to add my two cents worth.