crumpet_avenger wrote:I was bought up using maxima fishing line. Ive just started to think about buying line for some big Westernport snapper this season, I hate braid.. I have 4 reels to spool. Whats the reccomendations? stick with the green maxima?
I was thinking 30 pond mainline, Ive never caught a fish (snapper) bigger than 3 kg. im trying to get in excess of that this year...
also whats the difference with fluoro or clear line? apart from the obvious... wouldnt flouro spook the fish? I dont want couta coming through biting me off...
I still use Maxima and have not had any reason to changefor my Westernport gummy/snapper gear
I use mainly 20 lb on small penn OHs although I have a couple of 30 lb set ups to now used mainly with trace ( still trying for that first kayak toothy )
I also am not a full braid convert Its nice on my light gear but a pain in the "A" when 3 or 4 rods are all tangled by a gummy that has gone around the lot
and for fluro or mono leaders I have used both in WP and dont beleve there was much difference
fluro has the same refraction of light as water so should be invisable in water ,however that is clear water
WP though is discoloured so Fluro is like a clear line in discoloured water
years ago we caught fish with a leader of just thicker mono line none of the special clear stuff
guess what the fish didn't seam to care