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My buddy wants to try the Sufix flurocarbon at Barrett this coming and for the last Sunday. He’s tried other brands from Seagard, Berkeley etc.

I want to stay on topic so no need to bring any other brand of line of better and best and the ultimate

He’s a 12lb user. anyone use the Sufix brand and good or bad?

He ties on anything at the end just no frog’s.

TIA.

I have used Sufix fluoro and it was as good as others. I don’t recall it being worse either. I tend to buy the mid price spools vs the entry or highest end lines in each brand. I do lean towards those touting less fray with the amount of rocks at Barrett. 12lb is great out there too. I use lower pound tests in other waters but Barrett bass don’t ever seem to be line shy.

The tradeoff is that the limper, more castable lines will be less abrasion resistant. Another way of putting it is that the more abrasion resistant lines will have a harder finish, be stiffer and have more memory, resulting in poorer casting. So it depends on what is most important to you. There is no best line for all users. If you are trying to make long casts with as little anti backlash setting as possible, then castability is more important. If you are making short casts, often rubbing against rocks and you can increase the anti backlash or use more thumb, then abrasion resistance is more important.

Fluorocarbon leaders have the best abrasion resistance but they are generally very stiff. You can always use a short (2-3') leader and spool with easy casting mono. Most abrasion is going to occur close to the bait. The sink rate of straight fluorocarbon is nice when fishing with weightless plastics, I like that a lot.

Complaints about knot quality of lines are generally related to a poor knot choice or poorly tied knot for a given line.