725 tests for the best fluorocarbon

Interesting. But fallible.

Couple things that jump to me immediately is for some odd reason I’ve never once seen sandpaper in delta water. Ever. But, then again, my vision isn’t the best, so I don’t know… But good luck making me believe sandpaper correlates to wet vegetation and such. It doesn’t.

Stretch, the scam of anglers, anybody who has ever thrown FC knows damn well the stuff stretches. The biggest factor for me, call me crazy, is rebound. Some FC simply doesn’t recover. As such, every time out, diameter becomes thinner. What started as true 12lb now fishes more like true 10lb, so it breaks and people scream the line sucks. Cheap resin offers no elastic recovery. To which, never once in my life have I fished with a grand total of 5 or 6 feet of line out. I don’t know, maybe I’m doing it wrong. But that is not how to measure stretch. Use all of it. Specifically, impact necessary to impart such. That, and how it fishes next time out after rest.

This review has merit, but not in real world use. And another thing, hey it happens, bird nesting. Some FC is wasted immediately this way. Others are not. IMO. And castability variance/ease of use is massive with FC. Put THAT in the test and see results.

@one-love 

Excellent input, brother.  The need for a  rebound measurement is absolutely relevant, as is retesting of line integrity after the stretch.

I agree on the backlash testing, which I substituted with line crimping angle/pressure.

This is still such a slippery slope/debate. I’m definitely guilty of being a creature of habit and not looking outward for many years because I’m content with one brand. That said…Decent little shootout, but there are some brands missing that absolutely should be in there. More variables should’ve been tested, wet testing is a must. Manageability is a big deal as well, as Scott mentioned. I run shooter and sniper. I’m happy with both of them, but I’ve been very impressed with Varivas AAA Absolute. I’m open to trying the Maxima stuff for the hell of it and for nostalgic reasons. That Spro line, though?….I'm shocked with that result. 

@rise Varivas absolute AAA is known in Japan as the strongest and highest performing FC on the market.  I have also been incredibly impressed with it.  The only thing is the line manageability is not as good as some others.  That is to be expected though with the strength and abrasion resistance.  R18 LTD by seaguar is known as the second best in Japan and it is also quite impressive, it is a little more manageable than AAA too.  These are just my personal real world experiences.  I basically use those two lines and Daiwa J Fluoro Samurai.  J fluoro samurai is nowhere near as impressive as the other two lines but it performs great for the price and is mostly reliable to me. 

I'll be testing Yozuri T-7 20lb for starters...1/2-1 oz bottom contact mostly and on my 7'3" heavy powered rod.  If I find it to be more usable than CXX, and Izorline Platinum, then I'll order some 16lb for some moving techs and lighter bottom contact.

Starting with a practical/usable baseline diameter:

- Create a reliable and consistent test for breaking strength of each line.

- Measure the elongation of each line at the moment of failure.

- Retest a fresh length of each line again, at a set or different set percentages of their failure point, i.e., 60%, 70%, 80%, etc. a set number of times, say 6-10 pulls/stretches. After this stretch duress test, measure the rebound of the line (how much of it's original length/diameter is retained after the stretch). Then test again for the failure point.

All this said, if the line isn't soaking in water, as what would happen in real fishing, it's still a flawed "dry lab test".

Always good to get some room temp, here on TP and outside our walls.  The end game is sifting through marketing and hype to get to the meat and taters.

https://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=1329665

@dragon1 well said, bud. 🫡

I actually like this one much more, even though it only tests five different fluoros.