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Around the 1900s fishing lines were made from Linen , Silk , Catgut and more rarely Cotton . Modern fishing lines are almost entirely made from artificial substances, including Nylon , Polyethylene , Dacron and Dyneema ( UHMWPE ). The most common type is '' Monofilament '', made of a single strand. There are also ''cofilament'' and ''fused'' lines. Braided and fused lines are now readily available. Monofilament fishing line This is the most commonly used fishing line, is fairly cheap to buy there are hundreds of brands on the market Daiwa Maxima and the list goes on. They most commonly come on plastic spools with lengths from 100 meter lengths up to 1000 meter lengths . 300m being the most commonly sold as it will fill most reels with a bit to spare. Monofilament fishing line strengths Measured in ever LB ( Pounds ) or KG ( Kilograms ) This is the rating of what the breaking strain of the line is i.e. what pressure it will take before breaking or snapping. Monofilament fishing line has a certain amount of give before it will break which is an advantage when setting hooks or casting but the slit downside to this is that you are less in contact with your hook. There are lots of breaking strains on the market from 0.6 LB right up to and past 800lb (big game fishing) when selecting the line you must think of what type of Fish you might be going to catch and select the appropriate line. Say if you are Fishing from the shore and are going to catch fish up to 15LB it would be a waste of time and money to fish with 100LB line . Shockleader Line Probable the most important thing to remember whilst shore fishing with large weights. Shockleader is a length of Monofilament line that connects your reel line to your sea fishing rig. It acts like a shock absorber as casting a weight can put a lot of strain on your main line. You use a shockleader to stop ' snap offs ' which is when the line snaps. A shockleader shou:ld always be heaver breaking strain than that of your main line on your reel. Here are some guidelines on what to use to your weight - ::2oz of lead = 20lb. ::4oz of lead = 40lb. A tapered shockleader is a length of mono line that is tapered i.e. starts at 15lb and then progresses in strength and thickness to 60lb. The benefits of using a tapered shockleader on these types of reels is that the knot is a lot less in size and thus reducing the snagging when it goes through the line feed arm. On some makes of fishing reels there is a line layer this is a device that lays the line evenly using a bar. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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