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Username: Kitster
Post Number: 6
Registered: 5-2007
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Monday, May 14, 2007 - 3:35 am: | |
seaguar lines - the 25 meter spools are not fishing lines, they are leader spools.
usually used for light tackle trolling, fly leaders etc.
FC has the same specific gravity as water, thats why it seems to dissapear when underwater.
Pranab, the diameter of the line is only one of the things that would make you cast far. you guys have to understand that the diameters indicated on the line are average diameters only. this means that one part of the line might be a bit bigger than the rest, or it varies. we do not know for certain if they have given you the thickest or thinnest diameter.
FC lines are stiff by the way so they arent that managable while on the reel. there are some soft FCs out there, problem is, they arent really pure FCs and rather a mix of FC and copolymer.
Limpness of the line should be one of the things you need to look into. there are lines out there specificly made for spinning reels and rods, these are very soft and have less "memory" which means they straighten out faster they dont "coil up" or coil up way less than ordinary lines- if most of you havent noticed, when your line goes off your spool, it has to fight its way up the lip of your spool, friction affects this which slows the acceleration of your line and ultimately will affect its velocity and distance. top of the line spinning reels have titanium coated lips to help curb friction.
when the line travels off the spool lip, it then hits your guides (the line travels in a spiral while getting off the spool) friction affects this again. with a limp line, it spirals less and hits less surface area.
after all of this of course comes your skill, your timing, your swing, how you load your rod...etc.
in short its not just a matter of changing your lines, thats just the first part. in the end of it, its still how much you practice with your BALANCED GEAR to realize the distance potential of your equiptment.
thats why two peopple get different distances even if they use the same line, rod, reel etc.
and remember that you are dealing with physics here, its not really how strong you are at swinging your rod, its basically how you load it to make it act like a slingshot, even a "soft" swing can blast a lure out there. 
hope this helps.
see you in the surf!
K!t |
