How does the 100% Florocarbon stack up to Halo? I Love Halo, but it wasn't in stock, so I got the floro. Is it good?
For a baitcaster, not bad but not great either. Their 100% flouro is one of the worst for line twist on my spinning reels. I love their flouro-coated stuff and their monos but not the pure stuff. For that I'm a fan of Seaguar - especially their newer stuff.
It doesn't even come close to HALO imo
Last season I tried the pline 100% on my casting and spinning setups. Casting setups worked good but my spinning setups had more issues with line twists. I switched to seaguar red label and had no issues
I like it for it's toughness, strength, and knot holding power. That said, I only use it for leaders because it it a bit stiffer than some others out there. When spooling up a reel with Floro I use Trilene 100%. Works pretty well for me.
I think if you are going to use Fluoro and you should, use Trilene, Seaguar or Sunline! Period.
Seaguar Invisx !
I love 8 lb on my spinning gear and have been using it for a couple years.
Tough, tough line! I don't even try other lines on my spinning reels.
For baitcasters it is comparable to 100% Berkley and Invisix. Invisix is more supple out of the package.
I figured I would try a spool. I love Halo. I spooled almost every rod I own with it a couple years back, and boy was that expensive. Nobody in Muskegon has it in stock, so that makes it even more expensive. I haven't had much luck with any of the Berkley lines. I'm just not a big fan. Just a personal preference thing.
I tried the 8 lb 100% Berkley and it was decent but it had too much memory. 8 LB P-line works better for me.
Quote from: Mike S. on February 13, 2014, 09:23:52 PM
I love Halo. I spooled almost every rod I own with it a couple years back, and boy was that expensive.
I'll bet! :-\' I never fill a full spool with flouro or braid anymore. I always fill the spool a third to half of the way with mono of the same diameter (I have a few 5000 yard spools of Silver Thread in different weights) and secure the two together with a blood knot. Then I color the blood knot with a red Sharpie so I can see it if I get close to the connection point. I can usually get two reels loaded from one small filler spool.
Big Halo fan. Been one for 7-8 years now. Both casting and spinning. I use it more than the rest of the line types put together often. As I usually recommend with any line, when you're using it on spinning reels after you flip over the bail by hand pull the line tight and then start to reel. Gets rid of lots of line twist. I like spraying line conditioner or just pure silicone spray on the line too for casting improvement on most line types.
What I loved about Halo on spinning reels is when... I got a little lazy about changing line. I may have gotten a teensy weensy careless with tossing 8 lbs. test line into too thick weeds for slightly too big a bass... And with Halo I GOT AWAY WITH IT!
Who can't love line that lets you get away with bass fishing carelessness, putting all the bass in the boat without any break offs?!? I've been a big fan ever since the first year.
It didn't hurt that I repeated the same carelessness with 10 lbs. test on Table Rock with wild spotted bass in cedar trees. First of all - DON'T follow my bad example - but if you're dumb enough to drop a whacky rig 20 feet straight down along the truck of a crusty-limbed cedar tree, and you hook a spotted bass having to reel it all that way back up - which if you've ever been lucky enough to fish for spotted bass... you know they have attitude! - the bass proceeds to wrap the line around every limb all the way up turning a 20 foot pull into a 3 or 4 minutes of playing 'round the dock post' over and over and over.
It was actually quite entertaining. Once I got the bass in, and remembered I was just practicing, not actually in the tournament! I remember thinking. 'Wow, that was really dumb! Wow! That's one tough line! Wow, I better see if I can get this to work in the tournament with something a little heavier than 10 lbs. test... ;D'
I like things that strike a good balance. That's what most good fishing products do. I really, really like the balance in Halo. Works great for me from 6 to 20 lbs. test for lots of things.
So I haven't tried the pure P-Line Fluorocarbon much yet. It seems similar to Halo. I can see Halo a little easier. Halo seems a little tougher to me. But I'd have to use the 100% Fluoro more to be sure. Going to be hard to do as much as I use Halo.
I always use cheaper mono to do the same half spool fill, and then uni-to-uni to fill the rest of the way with whatever line I'm using - Halo, P-Line Spectrex IV braid, CXX, Fluoroclear. The only times I don't fill the spool half way is if I'm fishing for something real big that has the power to run a ways like BIG muskie, King salmon, peacock bass. Never use backing if you're going after speckled peacock bass. You will be sad. Tree or no tree.
I never thought about using a backer to fill my reels. I only do that on the spinning reels that I have braid on. That would help save some $$$.
I never taught you to use backer Szot? My fault! I use some kind of backer on all my reels. Usually some fairly cheap mono or something else I had laying around that's the same or close in diameter.
Have done very well with sunline sniper...picked up some seagar to try excited to see how it compares.
Quote from: Mike S. on February 15, 2014, 04:41:24 AM
I never thought about using a backer to fill my reels. I only do that on the spinning reels that I have braid on. That would help save some $$$.
I leave backing on and only out put about 60 yards on. One spool of 250 yards per spinning reel lasts me all season. And I never overfill. I would rather under fill than overfill. And I never have problems with distance.
Overfilling spinning reel spools with any Fluorocarbon in particular will usually cause problems.