Best Flippin Line?

I have used a couple different lines when flipping jigs, none of which have been kind to me. I usually throw a 1,4 or 3/8 oz head. What have you all had good or bad luck with. I need a line that I can depend on!

Thanks

JHall

i use cabelas pro tourney line its cheap and very dependable i set the hook very hard and fast and dont break off to often. this is the mono line i got a friend i put on to it he loved it so much he tried there flurocarbon wich is very in expensive and loves it he says best line hes ever used

i have experimented with a few of the new monos like heavy cover extra strenggth and i have broke them all so i stay with the cabellas pro line i dont have the problems

I use big game – can get a little coiled if its not fresh but good in heavy cover. i think a lot of the pros are using fluorocarbons now. I will be interested to see the other replies.

P-Line 15lb seems to offer a clear, relatively low-stretch, sensitive and abrasion resistant offering to anglers. I have tried several lines over the past few years, and this year… 8 reels have 12 or 15 lb P-Line… 1 has 30lb PowerPro for C-Rigging. Try some P-line and you will see…

For your information, if you take a reel to Gander Mountain of LaCrosse, they will spool you a reel for ~$3 a reel… Its a great deal, and an inexpensive way to try ANY LINE… That’s right, anything you want, they’ll spool up for you.

reel guy- which p line do you use- the fluorocarbon, fluoroclear or cxx or other??? P line seems to be popular but if you read the descriptions all the lines seem close.

Don’t forget that if you do use Powerpro to back the line w/mono: A good knot to use to attach lines:

I like the P-Line Cxxx-Strong. A bit stiff, but tough as nails, and the brown-green color seems to disappear in the Miss. water.

I use 20lb Trilene Big Game when pitching and flipping. I have wondered to the greener grass only to find the pasture I was on is better. My reels are loaded with 15lb or 20lb Big Game. The 15lb is for spinnerbaits and cranks. If I was lake fishing I would use some 10lb or 12lb for other applications but for flipping 20lb or heavier.

hall, there’s only one line to use and that is Sugoi flourocarbon by Yamamoto. period. Just ask anyone that i’ve shown it to, stanton for example.

Yamamoto Sugoi Line

For flipping I use P-Line Fluoroclear and Excalibur in 15-25 # test. I like them both and used the P-Line almost exclusively last year and am confident in it now. I used to use only Excalibur and still do use it as this is about the toughest copolymer that I have seen. Both have good knot strength and abrasion resistance. The P-Line seems to be “slipprier” (if that is a word) and goes through weeds well. I use 10 or 12# Excalibur on a spinning reel for fishing docks (skipping) and on a big spool it handles well. I tried 10# P-Line fluoroclear on a spinnng reel last year and it was a bit stiffer than Excalibur and I had more “nests” due to this.

I have used all of them… Again, I encourage you to take your reels out to Gander and for ~$3, try a bunch of different ones and find what *you* like – I did. The price ranges for the type of line spooled and how much – Average is ~$0.03 per yard. The braides are a few cents more than the mono’s (P-Line is priced as a momo!)

I use the Flourocarbon *Coated*… it doesn’t absorb moisture, it is extremely clear, resistant to abrasion, and doesn’t sink like standard flourocarbons… Plus, it is very castable like mono’s without the stretch….

Here it is: http://www.p-line.com/line/floroclear.htm

As for the Yamamoto line… yes, I like it, too, Champman, and, I respect your opinion greatly (as many do on this board), but it is a solid core flourocarbon… stiffer, sinks, and talk about $$$$. Just my 2 cents.

As long as the water is over 60 degrees I’ll use any line 25 lbs. and up. Don’t know if many of you flip docks but when I do I get lots of backlash’s. It’s a hell of a lot easier to pick one out with heavy line than with light line. As far as visibility goes, I would doubt that one more filament a lilly pad field or weed bed will spook anything.

Speaking of Excalibur, has anyone else found it is getting more and more difficult to find? I like the line on my topwater rig, but last year I had a heck of a time finding it. Gander didn’t have any (do they now?), and it wasn’t in Bass Pro catalog.

I saw some Excalibur at the Gander in Germantown yesterday but not in the line test I am looking for. They had some of it in the old black packaging and some new in a clear plastic package. I asked a clerk and he said they will be getting more in soon.

Hey champman,

Is that the stuff that no matter what way you twist it, it just goes back to being limp and has no memory? If so , where do I get it? Money isnt an issue, a good line is worth the money!

Thanks

JHall

reel guy, this applies to the ave. tournament fisherman on this board, but if a person were to change his line out before a tournament each time,(ave tournaments per year around 13weeks around here), that’s 13X3=39$. Sugoi doesn’t need to be changed out, because it doesn’t break down from UV, water absorption, climate, thus the 22$ it costs is money ahead at the end of the year! Now, you get all the benefits that 100%* flourocarbon gives you, very low stretch, superior abrasion resistance, invisiblilty, high tensile strength, smaller diameter. But it is not for line watchers, because you just feel the fish breath on your baits. The ony application i don’t use it for is topwater, in which i agree that Excaliber is far superior to other lines out there, as far as shock absorption and pure strength. Maybe I should have you fish out of the back of my boat some day to show you a few fine POINTERS, if your up for the Challenge?! as a wise one just mentioned to me

Bob’s bait is now carrying the line

I believe Cabelas still carries Excalibur. I use it exclusively on my spinning rods because I find I get less snarls with it and is extremely strong.

As for flipping I like 15# Seaguar fluorocarbon line. Never used sugoi but have also heard it is good.

In muddy water I use 30lbs Fireline. Never had a break off anbd cuts right through grass.

I use 20lb. Vanish Flourocarbon. The new formula is a dramatic improvement over the old stuff. Limper, stronger, and better knot strength. There are way too many advantages you get with Flourocarbon not to use it – low stretch, abrasion resistance, and nearly invisible underwater. However, Big Game has been my standby for a few years.

In thick milfoil, like on Minnetonka, you cannot beat a braided line like original spiderwire. Cuts through the junk like a weedwacker.

Good Luck!

Been using 20lb. Spiderwire Stealth with a 10′ leader of 15lb. P-line flourocarbon tied together with a back to back uni-knot. Use this setup with tubes, caralina rigs, and walleye fishing with jigs. Get about 3-4 years with the spiderwire and just retie every so ofter with p-line so a spool last quite awhile. Works great to horse’em out of cover while maintaining great sensitivity. For me if I wind and entire spool with p-line it seems to create some memory.

Okay, okay, okay… Touche, Champman! You win.

Now that JC started it (and it went *WAY* over my head)… and, you finished it… The POINT has been well taken…

A lesson to not be forgotten…Perhaps I will be LUCKY enough to fish form the back of your boat and you can call me SAMMY…

I agree with the flourocarbon theory for most flipp’n applications. However when faced with extremely thick cover and or low visibility in the water I like Power Pro. This stuff casts further, and is more abrasion resistent than any other line I have used. The line is expensive but well worth the $ considering i have never broken a fish off with this line. Just one guy’s opinion.

champman if your looking to spread some of your knowledge around i’ll jump in the back of your boat anytime.Im always willing to learn

Champman, interesting comments about Sugoi flourocarbon. I know Yamamoto makes quality products, but I’m still sort of skeptical about leaving the same line on my reel before each tourney. Yeah, I don’t fish that many tournaments per year, but the ones I do fish, I want fresh, worry-free line ready to go. If this line can give me the same performance each and every tourney without re-spooling (or at least after cutting just a few feet off each time), then I have to have some!

-dave

Dave ..figured you used “Spiderwire”…

I guess i need to do some research- champman- Is it true that you leave sugoi on your reel all year long and you dont have memory/weakening, etc? I might have to try some of this stuff. Do you use this for all applications?

some of my reels have line from two years ago. as you can see, i have alot of faith in this product.

I have been convinced to give the yamamoto stuff a try. I like the idea of not changing the line so often.

Three questions on it:

1) is it supple or stiff? The cheap Flouro I tried from Bass Pro was really stiff.

2) How is it for picking birdnests out of (have to admit that happens from time to time)

3) What pound test do you recommend for pitchin? Same as mono?