WachusettsPete

After losing 4 kastmasters, learning new knots and asking alot of questions, I finally arrived at, "Ooooh! The line is just terrible!" It's tensile strength is more-or-less as advertised, and it does indeed "vanish," but it doesn't react well to G-force or quick snaps...you know, setting and casting. ? I have had sucess with 6 pound vanish because I don't tax it. I have caught plenty of small rainbows and a couple smaller salmon(2ish pounds, ~18") When I tried to use ten pound as leader on some power-pro 20 it failed again and again. Bad twists kinks and wouldn't hold up with a 3/4oz lure. Its brittle and inflexible at higher gauges. Light weight vanish isn't usually a problem for casual use but if you test it will fail. Period. I don't mind it on my medium trout rod but once this spool is done I'm moving on. The 10 pound isn't good for much. I switched to "Offshore Angle Extreme 15lb" which is about twelve bucks an inch but excellent.