Can someone please recommend a line?

Member Joined: Jun 28, 2010 Posts: 51 Location: Leeds

Hi, after my last fishing trip (when I backed off the magnets on my multi) it overran on a cast and made a complete mess of my line.
It could do with replacing anyway but there are son many I don't know where to start.
About 18lb should do. I bought some last year and threw it away before I had even fished with it so I don't want to make the same mistake.
Any recommendations? Not too expensive though. Thanks, Gail

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:28 pm

Gail, Its a minefield out there as with anything else, everyone has his or her own favourites and you will have so many different lines recommended that your head will swim. My advice is to see what other members advise bearing in mind the cost and as Compo would say "Go with the flow".
Cheers
keith big grin

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:43 pm

Sufix tritanium is a top quality fishing line. Long distance surf casting line,superior abrasion performance,smooth & consistent diameter,tough and dependable. Between eight to ten quid for 1500 metres on a spool of 12lbs breaking strain or 950meters of 20lbs with a low diameter of only 0.40. Comes in high vis yellow or red and clear.

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:00 am

Some of my line is over a year old and still in regular use - Okuma ultramax. It seems to be fairly "coil resistant" very reasonable in price, knots don't slip and is available on ebay in various colours although I use the hi-viz yellow to avoid problems with gulls. The 18lb version (0.37mm) works out at around £4+ for a 4oz spool. Don't know how long that would be but my guess is at least 800 yds. I have tried some other "famous" makes in the past and found that they are not so wonderful as some seem to imagine; have settled on this stuff for the past 4 years.

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:49 pm

I've been using the Suffix Tritanium for a few months now and cant find fault with it.

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:07 pm

I've always liked Ultima Red Ice ............ but I know most other people hate it !

Dave

Member Joined: Jul 04, 2009 Posts: 35

try this line as i have it on a couple of reels shakespeare omni X saltwater mono which cost's about £4.00,
the normal one i use is daiwa sensor which is double the price.

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:45 pm

I always use Daiwa Sensor for carp fishing but never tried it for beach dangling.

Dave

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:52 pm

I did say it was a Minefield! Lol big grin

Cheers
keith big grin

Member Joined: Jun 28, 2010 Posts: 51 Location: Leeds

rabbi2 wrote:

I did say it was a Minefield! Lol big grin

Cheers
keith big grin

Oh dear, you were right Keith, lol

I am watching some Tritanium on eBay. Think I might try some of that just because I fancy some coloured line for a change.
The line I messed up was Daiwa Sensor, couldn't fault it really just fancy some of that yellow or red stuff.

I have put my magnets back where they were too. happy

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:00 pm

Go for Sensor Surf then - bright yellow !

Dave

Member Joined: Jun 28, 2010 Posts: 51 Location: Leeds

SeaTurtle wrote:

Go for Sensor Surf then - bright yellow !

Dave

Thanks for that, just saved me a few quid too!

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:37 pm

just to throw another one into the mix........ultima distance in yellow.

i have it on only one reel as im running low on it but very very good. i know a lot of competition casters use it too.

on the rest of my reels i have suffix tritanium which was mentioned above. i like this too and got a 4000m spool that worked out pretty cheap for a line that good.

if i could get the ultima distance for the same price i'd probably use that instead. dont know why i prefer it, i just do

Member Joined: Jun 28, 2010 Posts: 51 Location: Leeds

SeaTurtle wrote:

Go for Sensor Surf then - bright yellow !

Dave

Thanks for that, just saved me a few quid too!

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:31 pm

Apologies ........... Sensor Surf is more orange than yellow !

.......... but if it's as good as normal Sensor then it's still a bargain buy !

Cheers,

Dave