Steve Arnold
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I have been told by a few on these forums that certain brands of mono make for better hook-lengths where abrasion resistance is paramount. Having lost a few big carp to snags, I have tied up some hair rigs on a couple of mono brands that were mentioned.
Anyway, not hooked a big fish yet on either the Gardner G60X in 15lb .40 or the Esp Syncro XT Loaded in 12lb .33 to form an opinion on the abrasion resistance. Neither were my first choice of line but were the nearest in their ranges that were available - stock shortages wherever I looked. Living in France is not helping either!
The Gardner looks a good line and my favourite knots were tested. Both the the King-Sling loop knot and Palomar on this 15lb line broke at 18lb multiple times. I thought that was good!
When the ESP Syncro Loaded 12lb arrived I felt it was too thin. The spool says it is .33 but when I measured it the vernier showed .31.
So I expected to be disappointed when I got the scales out - but WOW!
Both King-Sling and Palomar knots were tested several times and never once did this line break at less than 14lb, most breaks were at 16lb. This must be about the strongest mono I have found yet for its diameter, and it "feels" nice to use.
For those of you who have not used the King-Sling knot here is a YouTube video, it shares similarity with the Palomar and is so easy to tie.........
Now I have full confidence in these two lines and my knots I will have to catch some fish and check abrasion resistance!
Anyway, not hooked a big fish yet on either the Gardner G60X in 15lb .40 or the Esp Syncro XT Loaded in 12lb .33 to form an opinion on the abrasion resistance. Neither were my first choice of line but were the nearest in their ranges that were available - stock shortages wherever I looked. Living in France is not helping either!
The Gardner looks a good line and my favourite knots were tested. Both the the King-Sling loop knot and Palomar on this 15lb line broke at 18lb multiple times. I thought that was good!
When the ESP Syncro Loaded 12lb arrived I felt it was too thin. The spool says it is .33 but when I measured it the vernier showed .31.
So I expected to be disappointed when I got the scales out - but WOW!
Both King-Sling and Palomar knots were tested several times and never once did this line break at less than 14lb, most breaks were at 16lb. This must be about the strongest mono I have found yet for its diameter, and it "feels" nice to use.
For those of you who have not used the King-Sling knot here is a YouTube video, it shares similarity with the Palomar and is so easy to tie.........
Now I have full confidence in these two lines and my knots I will have to catch some fish and check abrasion resistance!
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