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[Bromey]

Hello to all, I'm new to the forum & need your help clearing up a question about different lines. I am fairly new to bass fishing and was wondering about parring different lines up with different techniques. I already use braid for my pitching & jig rods, and mono for my top-water rods. Can you use co-polymer for all other techniques?  Or should you use fluorocarbon? I have a heck of a time casting flouro, and prefer to use co-polymer because of it's ease of handling. I'm kinda lost on this and would appreciate any feedback. Thanks,

[screwballl]

I use copoly for pretty much everything, top to bottom. Only for the heavy vegetation will I use braid.

I prefer Pline CX or CXX, usually around 12lb test, that allows topwater/shallow baits to stay up, the drop shot and deep rigs to stay deep and everything inbetween

[Rebbasser]

I use P-Line Floroclear for everything except braid applications-pitching, flipping, C-rig and T-rigs-and mono for topwater.  I tried several fluoros and like the P-line better.

[fishing hype]

Honestly it all come down to personal preference and experience. Fluoro is a great tool line just as braid is. Fluoro does help in certain applications but can still be using a copolymer. Fluoro does take some getting use to as it has different characteristics than copolymers and each brand of line no matter it be braid, fluoro or copolymer will all act different and everyone has an OPINION on that also and cheap isn't always better nor is the most expensive. Two things that you may want to try fluorocarbons with are finesse fishing as in drop shots and shakey heads as it has less stretch than copolymer and is less visible, also you can us it with cranking as it has a lower stretch and sinks compared to copolymers which will help get the bait deeper, now I don't suggest using it for shallow cranking as I want a line that will give a little (stretch) when it hits an object and not stick to it, this also help when trying to snap the line to get it free if you do get it hung.

Tight Lines,
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[Hoop Goobner]

I use Berkley 100% flouro (the stuff in the gold box) for 75% of my fishing.  I haven't had very many problems at all with it.  I fish a lot of gin clear lakes, and the flouro "seems" to help get more bites.  Maybe it's just a confidence thing, which is just fine by me. 

[tim4081]

I've used several brands of flouro as well as P-line co-polymer.  Mostly its a matter of preference.  Different brands of flouro perform differently.  I've had good results with Berkley 100% but hated their Vanish for example.....and I'll be trying out Seaguar and XPS this spring.   Also depends on what rod/reel you are using.....some flouro can be very difficult to manage on spinning tackle.  You might want to check out TackleTour's comparison of flouros....its got some great info in it comparing many different brands....as well as debunking some myths such as flouro having little stretch.

My advice would be to continue to research, try out a couple different ones and see what you're most comfortable with. 

Good luck and good fishing!

[Camden]

Flouro is good for getting a lure to a certain depth faster. flouro sinks faster. Personally i have been testing out the new Berkley Transoptic which becomes clear under water. being a co-po it doesnt sink as fast but so far it has been very sensitive and minimal line stretch.
I see flouro as a technique specific line. such as clear water applications and finesse techniques

[Pferox]

I only use floro for leaders, and braids for just about everything else now.

I have used and like copolys, when ever I used them I stayed away from long line presentations because they are as elastic as mono, sometimes worse.

Technology has changed, as lines have since I used copolys, and I bet the elasticity has been addressed with some lines.

Thats the beauty of Copolymers, you can mix and match, and create a specific line for a specific purpose, cover it with fluorocarbon, and life is great, the best of all worlds. I see a time when Copolymer lines will be the most commonly used type of line as mono used to be years ago.

[screwballl]

That is one thing that most modern copolymers state is low to no stretch. Since it is copolymer (more than one fluorocarbon polymer), it is flouro and has many of the same characteristics but I have found it has less line memory than standard mono and fluoro, at least with 12lb and smaller diameter. Larger diameters do have more memory but are better designed for baitcasters.

[Pferox]

If you look close there are many copolymers that have no florocarbon in it at all, and work better than the ol' nylon monofilament.

[netmansc]

The information here really answered alot of questions I have had for a while.  I didnt realize the overall diffrence between the two. 

[screwballl]

One thing to look closely at is the specific line....

Pline CX is fluorocarbon coated copolymer, which externally gives it much of the same pros of fluoro, while internally the benefits of copoly.

CXX is straight copolymer, no coating, but still acts very similar to CX.