What Line Does Tom Dove Use?

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What fishing line does Tom Dove use?

Tom Dove tells us how he uses Korda carp fishing tackle and Mainline Baits to catch big carp at home and abroad.

What is the best line for carp fishing?

Monofilament. Mono is a great choice as a carp fishing mainline and you can also use it for catfishing. As long as you choose the right diameter, it’s strong enough to absorb the lunges of even the most powerful of specimens.

Is Korda Carp line any good?

The line sinks well, even more so once it has been used a few times, and is a nice subtle SUB-green colour which blends in well with most lake beds and is hard to see even in clear water. For such a tough line it behaves well on the spool and casts well, plus gives a very high knot strength.

What is the best fluorocarbon mainline?

Best Fluorocarbon Fishing Line

• 1: Berkley Trilene TFPS8- 15.
• 2: KastKing Fluorocote.
• 3: Berkley Trilene Transparent.
• 4: Fulling Mill Fluorocarbon.
• 5: Berkley Trilene 0.33mm.

Can you use fluorocarbon as a main line?

Fluorocarbon can be used as a mainline, provided you invest in a high-quality fishing line. Using a high-end fluoro line as a mainline offers many benefits such as excellent casting distance, abrasion resistance and is virtually invisible underwater. Fluorocarbon lines are fantastic lines in their own right.

What pound line should I use for carp?

Both spinning and spin-cast rods spooled with 8- to 10-pound-test line work well for all but our largest carp. Many anglers prefer spinning reels with rear drag controls for easier adjustment when fighting a large carp. Use hooks in sizes 4 to 8, with shanks long enough to hold the bait of your choice.

What Colour line is best for carp fishing?

The deep green colour offers excellent camouflage of mainline and the low visibility clear line offers exceptional camouflage of your mainline across a wide variety of environments. A great choice of one of the best fishing lines.

Is Guru pulse line any good?

GURU PULSE PRO
A TOP-flight long-distance line, with extra-low stretch and a fine diameter. The lack of stretch isn’t great for short-range work, but it’s well worth investing in for longer casts. On 300m spools with a sticker at the midway point, allowing the same 150m length of line be wound on to each spool.

What is the best sea fishing line?

The 9 Best Fishing Lines of 2022

• Best Overall: Seaguar Fluoro Premier Fluorocarbon at Amazon.
• Best Buy: Sufix Elite Monofilament at Amazon.
• Best Copolymer: McCoy Premium Copolymer Line—Mean Green at Amazon.
• Best Fluorocarbon: Berkley Vanish at Amazon.
• Best Braided: Powerpro Spectra Braided Fishing Line at Amazon.

What is the best fishing line UK?

Sunset’s Amnesia line is probably the most well known and popular memory free line used by UK anglers, but others such as WSB Specimen Mono is also a good, and cheaper, line for this purpose. Genrally 15lb to 30lb breaking strains are the most commonly used for hooklengths.

Which fishing line is best?

Here is the best fishing line you can buy:

• Best fishing line overall: Momoi Hi-Catch monofilament.
• Best fluorocarbon fishing line: Berkley Vanish.
• Best braid fishing line: PowerPro Spectra.
• Best freshwater fly line: Rio Perception Fly Line.
• Best saltwater fly line: Rio InTouch OutBound Coldwater series.

What line does Danny Fairbrass use?

Korda Kontour Fluorocarbon
It is now practically the only fluorocarbon that Korda lead-man Danny Fairbrass uses! The Korda Kontour Fluorocarbon Mainline is only available in a single breaking strain, 12lbs.

Why should I use fluorocarbon line?

Low Visibility—One of fluorocarbon’s biggest benefits is it’s nearly invisible underwater.Toughness—Fluorocarbon is more abrasion resistant than standard nylon monofilament of the same diameter. Plus, while the sun’s harsh ultraviolet rays weaken nylon over time, fluorocarbon shrugs off UV with no ill-effects.

Can you reuse fluorocarbon fishing line?

There is no official answer for the life of these products, but we’ve compared estimates from various fishing publications and have gathered that monofilament has an average shelf life of two to three years, while fluorocarbon lines can last up to seven or eight years without losing its edge.

What line is better mono or fluorocarbon?

Over the long term, fluorocarbon is extremely resistant to the elements as well, unlike monofilament. Overtime, U.V. rays, rain and humidity, and extreme temperatures (both hot and cold) can cause monofilament to break down and lose strength. Fluorocarbon is much more resistant to these conditions over the long term.

Why does fluorocarbon line break so easy?

Fluorocarbon line will fracture if not fray as with monofilament. The hardness of the line makes it vulnerable to “cracking”, however, and it is at these cracks that weak spots develop. These cracks can occur if a bass wraps your line around a rock, a dock pillar or any other object.

Does all fluorocarbon line sink?

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Fluorocarbon sinks ~2.5x faster than monofilament. This matters more if you’re using one of these as a main line, but probably not as much if you’re using one of them for just leader material with braided line for your main line.

What line do you use for leaders?

Fluorocarbon
Fluorocarbon is the best fishing leader line to use. The best qualities of fluorocarbon is that it is invisible underwater. It doesn’t reflect the sunlight like monofilament so the fish are not able to see the line and makes your lure/bait look like its naturally floating or moving through the water.

Should I use mono or fluorocarbon leader?

Fluoro has greater density, making it harder, stiffer and more abrasion resistant. With these three characteristics, you’d be sold on fluorocarbon any day of the week as they all contribute to the overall strength of the leader. Mono is less dense, absorbs water and is prone to abrasion damage.

What is the thinnest fluorocarbon leader?

Seaguar
100% Fluorocarbon Leader
But those days are over as Seaguar, has just introduced, the thinnest, strongest leader material ever made – Seaguar Gold Label. A leader designed to exceed the expectations of the most demanding saltwater anglers.