What did you Catch Today?
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truecrimson
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Means this is junk
STS Trout & Steelhead Fishing Line, Strong and Abrasion 6lb 100yd Clear | eBay
Sts (Salmon, Trout And Steelhead) Is The First Species-Specific Fluorocarbon Leader Material Targeting Those Species. Developed For Fishing Applications W Strength, Abrasion Resistance And Virtual Invisibility Are Paramount.
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HenryDavid
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Unfortunately that's the case with many of our Pennsylvania streams.
truecrimson
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Um. Their bigger line I have used with no problem but their 6lb is horribleMeans this is junk
STS Trout & Steelhead Fishing Line, Strong and Abrasion 6lb 100yd Clear | eBay
Sts (Salmon, Trout And Steelhead) Is The First Species-Specific Fluorocarbon Leader Material Targeting Those Species. Developed For Fishing Applications W Strength, Abrasion Resistance And Virtual Invisibility Are Paramount.www.ebay.com
I run blue if I’m slumming, Gold if available. I used STS in 4lbs for my first 2 steelhead and 6 lbs for my first 3 kings including a 45” male and 2 20 lbs hens. I ran it behind 12 lbs big game and no issues though after 3 salmon that size on one leader the next fish, a massive tail waking coho walked away from me before either breaking or throwing hook. I don’t recall which. I’ve had 10lbs+ fish break 4lbs. never 6lbs. (Just jinxed it). The few that broke 4 lbs were likely do to my novice ability tying knots then. I was just learning a Palomar and the importance of lubing leader first.Well thanks. I've had the Blue in my hand several times this year, time to buy I guess.
Thanks for doing the field work
Honestly, only reason I found Blue was due to smaller spool size fitting my pack. Gold was a “more expensive must be better” situation. 6 lbs I’ll wrap my forearm to break snags and if I don’t lean in it still won’t break the first or third try. Still have the tensile tester and software if anyone ever wants to compare various fishing lines. I don’t trust myself to knot them all the same.
Pure tensile would be easy to test but I’d want a decent sample set. Knot strength I could build a hook jig to sped up testing but that would lead to which knot, how it seated, etc. I’d want 10 to have a decent statistical sample. Who wants to volunteer to tie 2-300 knots so I can test 20-30 lines with one knot or 5 with the most common varieties? Then we’d get into hook wire type, eyelet style, etc. way too many holes in the boat to plug them then.
For those 10” bass you chase and pickerel that trout minnows would eat it won’t matter. I recall spincast like you prefer do best with 6-8 lbs. I think in Seaguar Leader your comparable to 4lbs mono thickness at 8-10 lbs if not higher. Starts to be more visible and diminishing returns but the guy I know that catches 5-600 steelhead each spring runs 8 + 10 so he told me.