RED ICE MONO

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:23 am

well lads i was wandering has nebody used red ice mono cause i was thinkin of buying it. id dus like to know wat its like 4 tying on shockleader an that.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:31 am

There are many positive posts within the forum on Red ice happy

I have personally used it myself may times over the years.
The 15lb line is very strong and generally good value for money.
Cheers
mrix

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:11 am

never used it but read some very good and also some very bad reviews on it.
what i used to use was ultima distance in 15lb and couldnt fault it. recently changed to suffix tritanium cos it was working out cheaper if i bought a bigger spool and a few lads in the club i joined reckoned it was as good as anything else. i got 4000m for €27. i was getting the ultima for about £7 delivered for 1000m(its around €12 here).
so far so good with the suffix but havent managed anything big enough to test it properly yet

Member Joined: Mar 04, 2010 Posts: 6 Location: derry

twitchfagan wrote:

well lads i was wandering has nebody used red ice mono cause i was thinkin of buying it. id dus like to know wat its like 4 tying on shockleader an that.

hi i have used red ice this past few years for boat and beach ,its been a good casting line and has done what it says on the tin. the cost is keen, i have 15lb for shore and 25lb for boat.look on a few tackle sites as prices vary, i cant remember now were i got mine , tight lines

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:55 am

I have heard Red Ice being called 'Marmite Line' as many people love it and many people hate it.
I have been using it in 18lb and 20lb for years now and it would be my line of choice. I have found it very abrasion resistant and is easy to knot. One word of warning if you are using it on a multiplier it can take a while to bed in nicely so go ma bit careful on your first few casts.
The Suffix Tritanium is also a very good line and seems to be very supple and nice to work with.
One of the problems you may find is mono can be very personal and most people have their favourites so you may get different points of view. Red ice is not an expensive mono so the best I can suggest is to get a spool and form your own opinions. I dont think you will regret it.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:57 pm

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I have found it very abrasion resistant and is easy to knot.

Totally agree, making it a very reliable line winking

Cheers
mrix

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Red ice is a good line

Had bad reports from a stock bought from fleabay last year

Ive used 15/18/20lb red ice with no complaints at all

Good knot strength and great nightime visability

Pete winking

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:43 pm

pendulampete wrote:

Red ice is a good line

Had bad reports from a stock bought from fleabay last year

Ive used 15/18/20lb red ice with no complaints at all

Good knot strength and great nightime visability

Pete winking

Pete, I tried a few spools of Ultima F1, which all my mates rave about. I found it wirey and weak on knots. It came from a big shop which does a good trade so it wasnt old stock. I wonder if I just got a bad batch? I didnt get on with it at all and I wont use it again even though its a quality mono.

The red ice has great visibility and is good for keeping cormorants and gulls from flying in to it and as you say its good at night especially if you are fishing two rods and want to see where the lines are going.

NEIL

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:06 pm

thanx lads ill give it a whirl. big grin

john

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:02 pm

i used the 18lb red ice mono yesterday with diawa tournement tapared shockleader 50lb. 5 0z lead i got snaged a few times and i got out of them wi out a bit of bother def good mono. and i know wat u mean about visability real good at nite. sorry lads no fish this time i hit ballintoy 4 a couple of hours into the night nothin biting atall. i sort of new i wasnt goin 2 catch nothin i decided i was goin 2 stay in an not go out through the door, an hour l8r i was itchin to get out it was hit the town 4 a pint or head out fishing. so i went out fishing. should of went 4 that pint.lol awell god luvs a tryer.lol cool

john

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:36 am

wel what do you think i useually use 20lb mono but recently ive started pendulum casting. was dus wondering if i changed to 15lb mono (red ice) would it make much diffrence to my cast, its dus im afraid of maybe catching a conger which i do regulary, an loosing it cause i had 15lb on.

what do you think i should do stick wi the 20lb r change 2 15lb for longer casting??

john big grin

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:17 am

John, if its clean sandy beaches you are fishing 15lb is ok. Rockmarks forget it.If you are catching conger it must be reasonably rough.
Stick with the twenty. Is it a fixed spool you are using? I am using 18lb Red ice on two of my reels and that has a diameter of .38 so its not a thick line. I do use a long shockleader for the rocks.
Is there anything else that could be affecting your cast. Stick with the tewenty for a few more sessions and see how you get on.

NEIL

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:10 pm

thanx neil, oi its a fixed spool, think ill stick to the 20 lb.

john

big grin

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:41 am

John
My understanding of fixed spools is as you are casting the more line that leaves the reel the greater the friction on the line left on the spool as it slides off the front of the spool lip. The heavier line has a greater diameter and so takes up mor space on your spool,For instance my baitrunners will hold 300 m of 0.35mm line but only 170 m of 0.45 mm line.
Looking at this in my own head the heavier the line the shorter the cast.
I'm sure someone clever will come along and explain it to us.
I still believe that 15lb is too thin for fishing a bait at a rockmark. It would be ok for float fishing or spinning.

NEIL

Regular Joined: Jul 26, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Surrey

As a matter of interest, I came across an academic paper (from a sports science dept) that found that drag reduced cast distance by a factor of 2 or 3. Surprised me that it's so much. So line drag is very significant.