How To Choose Fishing Line Video

There are three main line types in fishing, but how do you know what you should be using? In this video, a fisherman will give you some tips so you can decide for yourself.

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Ron is a professional bass fisher and has qualified for the Bass Master Classic and has won two B.A.S.S. Western Divisionals. He has also recorded multiple top ten finishes on F.L.W. tournaments in the Western Region. He won the bronze medal in Portugal for the World Bass Championships. He currently works for a baiting company operating their web services and computer services in addition to designing baits and their colors. He loves his job and fishing.

RON COLBY: Okay, what we are going to talk to you about now is choosing the proper fishing line. And again, like choosing the lure or choosing a rod, you really have to choose a line with your application. There's a three basic lines out there nowadays, and what they are is you got a braided fishing line, which is basically, you know, thread. It is a "Kevlar." It has been wound very tight, and it is very fine, very, very strong for the diameter, and a good line to be using for fishing very heavy cover, fishing top water, because it floats. Your next most basic line is mono, monofilament. Mono is good for everything. People use mono for top water. For heavy cover, you can get some really heavy mono, like this right here is like 15 pounds test. With mono what you end up getting is you get a big heavy line, and the mono also floats, and that. So, it is good for top water. Now, one of the most popular lines are these days is fluorocarbon. And the reason why fluorocarbon is out there, it looks like mono. It is very strong and its--one of its characteristics is its water visibility. So when it goes under the water, the reflection that the line puts out under the water is almost crystal clear, so the fish don't see it. It is transparent in the water. What a lot of guys will do, including myself, is I like using braid, a very fine braid, and then I like using this fluorocarbon as a leader. Fly fishermen has been using fluorocarbon leaders to present very small flies to trout for a very long time. So, you use fluorocarbon. Fluorocarbon has, they all have their very good characteristics. They all have very--you could say bad characteristics depending on your presentation. And so, make sure you choose the proper line. If you are using very small baits, a fluorocarbon catching you croppie, pan fish. Fluoro is the way to go on a real small leader on some braid. Like I have here with this spinning rod, I got a very fine fluorocarbon on here, and then I've just used a regular surgeon's knot and we've joined the two together right there. And it makes a very good presentation for crystal clear water and small pan fish. Now, for using really big baits and big cover, we are talking Mexico--large fish, large structure, maybe stain water, then you can go with the braid like we've got on this bait, very braided line, very strong, it doesn't stretch, if it gets in the cover, get snug, your able to pull back on to it, and usually gets your baits back. So, make sure you choose the right line with a diameter for your lure and the water clarity that you are going to be using and it'll put more fish on the boat for you.

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