berkely and Stren Flourocarbon

I have noticed these two are very inexpensive. Maxima 4 lb mono was
around $2 for 27 yards, and berkely vanish was about $4.50 for 100
yards. In my mind that makes the berkely flouro cheaper than mono, yet
flouro is supposed to be so much more money??

On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 07:28:14 GMT, Steve Sullivan
wrote:

I have noticed these two are very inexpensive. Maxima 4 lb mono was
around $2 for 27 yards, and berkely vanish was about $4.50 for 100
yards. In my mind that makes the berkely flouro cheaper than mono, yet
flouro is supposed to be so much more money??


When I was in Maine a couple years ago the guy at the Dover fly shop
set me up with a 100 yard spool of Berkley flouro to use as my striper
leader. And you're right, it did cost about half as much as the 30
yard spools of "fly fishing" flouro tippet material.


g.c.

In article ,
says...

When I was in Maine a couple years ago the guy at the Dover fly shop
set me up with a 100 yard spool of Berkley flouro to use as my striper
leader. And you're right, it did cost about half as much as the 30
yard spools of "fly fishing" flouro tippet material.


Also, you can buy braided dacron "trolling line" in 250 yard spools
for about the same price as 50 yard spools of flyline backing, which
is suspiciously similar looking.

Kevin

I also use Berkly Vanquish the past couple of years for tippet with great
success. Mike
"Kevin Vang" wrote in message
t...
In article ,
says...

When I was in Maine a couple years ago the guy at the Dover fly shop
set me up with a 100 yard spool of Berkley flouro to use as my striper
leader. And you're right, it did cost about half as much as the 30
yard spools of "fly fishing" flouro tippet material.


Also, you can buy braided dacron "trolling line" in 250 yard spools
for about the same price as 50 yard spools of flyline backing, which
is suspiciously similar looking.

Kevin

" Steve Sullivan wrote: "In my mind that makes the berkely
flouro cheaper than mono, yet flouro is supposed to be so much more money??"

I've been using Vanish as a tippet material for three years now. It is,
indeed, much less expensive than most other tippet choices. There is an
on-line e-zine that did a comparison and the Vanish didn't stand up well to
the likes of Frog Hair and Seaguar flourocarbon, but it is about 1/10 the
price. That said, the review mentions that Vanish has a tendency to slip or
break at knots. This is true in my experience. You must be very deliberate
in tying your knots.

I use the Vanish for anything sub-surface. Like all flourocarbons it will
sink a dry fly. It is heavier than water. I use mostly 4lb, 6lb, 8lb and
10lb for streamer and nymph fishing and, for the most part, like it a lot.
In situations where I need supple material I use Orvis Superstrong (an
excellent tippet material IMHO) and also for dry flies and deer hair bugs.

YMMV

JC

Yes fluor. will sink a dry fly..eventually. However, I have been taught
that a sunk tippet is much more difficult for the fish to see than one in
the film. some years ago, our FF club had a visitor from England who was
some sort of fishing champ, and he recommended sinking the tippet, at least
just before the fly. He recommended putting Sink or some other surface
tension reducer on 3 or 4 inches of the tippetj ust before the fly. I'm a
bit lazy so I fish mostly parachutes that don't sink easily, and fluoro
tippet. I don't find that sinking the fly is a problem, but that is also
partly a function of how I fish dry flies; I don't strip them, and recast a
lot.

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"Cornmuse" wrote in message
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" Steve Sullivan wrote: "In my mind that makes the berkely
flouro cheaper than mono, yet flouro is supposed to be so much more
money??"

I've been using Vanish as a tippet material for three years now. It is,
indeed, much less expensive than most other tippet choices. There is an
on-line e-zine that did a comparison and the Vanish didn't stand up well
to
the likes of Frog Hair and Seaguar flourocarbon, but it is about 1/10 the
price. That said, the review mentions that Vanish has a tendency to slip
or
break at knots. This is true in my experience. You must be very
deliberate
in tying your knots.

I use the Vanish for anything sub-surface. Like all flourocarbons it will
sink a dry fly. It is heavier than water. I use mostly 4lb, 6lb, 8lb and
10lb for streamer and nymph fishing and, for the most part, like it a lot.
In situations where I need supple material I use Orvis Superstrong (an
excellent tippet material IMHO) and also for dry flies and deer hair bugs.

YMMV

JC

Steve Sullivan wrote in news:none-D2815F.00285704062004
@news.sf.sbcglobal.net:

yet
flouro is supposed to be so much more money??


There are flouros and there are flouros. Some are flouro coated mono
(usually the cheaper ones) while others are flouro through and through.

I use the Berkely a lot ... from 4 - 12 lb in fresh and sal****er, dry flys
(to a point) and wet.

Steve