Gear
Lines
Line is the cheapest part of your setup and the one most likely to lose you a fish. Braid, fluorocarbon and monofilament compared on abrasion resistance, diameter and knot strength.
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Buyer’s guides
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Buyer's Guide
Top 5 Braided Fishing Lines
Braid gives you almost no stretch and far more strength per diameter than nylon. Inside the category, strand count decides how it casts, and that single fact should drive most of the choice.
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Buyer's Guide
Top 5 Fluorocarbon Leader Lines
Fluorocarbon's refractive index sits far closer to water than nylon's, it sinks, and it resists abrasion. That is why the last three feet of most serious setups are fluoro.
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Buyer's Guide
Top 5 Monofilament Fishing Lines
Mono stretches, and that is the point. It forgives a hook set that was too hard and a drag wound down too far, and it is cheap enough that you will actually keep it fresh.
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Sufix
Sufix 832 Advanced Superline Braid
Seven Dyneema fibres and one GORE fibre, woven round.
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Seaguar
Seaguar Blue Label Fluorocarbon Leader
The last three feet, where the fish makes its decision.
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Berkley
Berkley Trilene Big Game Monofilament
Bulk mono for surf, catfish and cheap tough leaders.
Read the breakdown →Other gear categories
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