On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:31:17 GMT, steve wrote:

In article ,
"riverman" wrote:

Which makes things WORSE. all that invisible line for fish to get
snapped up in

It'd be pretty hard for a fish to get 'snapped up in' little 1/2 to 1-inch
pieces of mono. I haul out lots more mono from spincasters's birdsnests than
I ever leave behind.

Again you are forgetting about the line that you lose from a snag or
from a fish. If you loose it to a rock you could easily have 4 feet of
line. If its mono it will break down and disintegrate. If its
polycarbin it will stay in tact for life.

Is that true? Does FC resist all forms of degradation or just UV degradation? I
don't know and don't use it anyway (too cheap) but it would be interesting to
see how long it lasts in the stream. Any studies done on it?

g.c.

By the way, ice fishermen love the stuff and I'm sure there is lots more
discarded from their tip ups and jigging reels than from flyfishermen's tippets.