Ultima Monofilament Fishing Line

[wymberley]

After more than 10 years I'm just kicking the sea fishing, shore only, back into life. Previously, most recently it's only been bait casting but now going to have a look at spinning again after not having done this for eons. Was just looking at the line capacity for my existing reels and put the vernier on some Ultima line to check. Someone is telling porkies! What should have been 20lb and 0.40mm was 0.50mm and the so called 25lb at 0.45mm was 0.51mm. Just checked yesterday's purchase of some Daiwa and spot on.

 

Hit t'net for info and lo and behold they've gone bust. Apparently we will see the stock remnants being sold off. If either/or /and the breaking strain and load capacity is critical for you, I'd be inclined to give it a miss.

[oscarsdad]

If you are going to be spinning then invest in some braid, no stretch, thinner so longer casting and less line drag and you will feel if a fish so much as farts on your line.

[Penelope]

You'll find all lines are over rated, either in diameter or BS. Generally it's the BS that is over rated, 40mm sold as 15lb for example.

 

After more than 10 years I'm just kicking the sea fishing, shore only, back into life. Previously, most recently it's only been bait casting but now going to have a look at spinning again after not having done this for eons. Was just looking at the line capacity for my existing reels and put the vernier on some Ultima line to check. Someone is telling porkies! What should have been 20lb and 0.40mm was 0.50mm and the so called 25lb at 0.45mm was 0.51mm. Just checked yesterday's purchase of some Daiwa and spot on.

 

Hit t'net for info and lo and behold they've gone bust. Apparently we will see the stock remnants being sold off. If either/or /and the breaking strain and load capacity is critical for you, I'd be inclined to give it a miss.

[fenboy]

I always buy by diameter , the B/S is normally way out .

[wymberley]

If you are going to be spinning then invest in some braid, no stretch, thinner so longer casting and less line drag and you will feel if a fish so much as farts on your line.

*******s. You just had to, didn't you? :lol:

 

When I started fishing the line was Irish linen made from flax. You saved your pocket money to buy a couple of yards of the new fangled monofilament to make up some traces. By the late 60s it was back to braided line on the Penn 4/0 Special for boat fishing. The modern offering certainly looks to be the business and I've just been giving it due consideration. Problem is, with one thing and another I'm already half way through my spending money allocation from my pension for the third week in February 2015. I've just been made aware of fenboy's post and agree entirely - with Penelope too. The Daiwa that I've just got is spot on the advertised 0.37mm so I can load my requirement onto the 6500 spools and am not too fussed about the claimed 15lb BS.

 

I think I'm just going to draft a Christmas wish list!

[remmyman]

When I was into tournament casting back in the '90's, max dia allowed by the UKSF was .35mm which was supposed to =15lbs b/s. I used to use Sylcast in those days in 1KG spools(approx 9000yds from memory). Used the same for all my match fishing to and let me tell you irrespective of 'true' b/s you had a hell of a job to break it when you were stuck in the platimore!

 

My missus landed a 60lb odd stingray to with no probs.

 

Regards Remmyman

[kent]

If you want line that breaks were it says it does you need IGFA rated lines. If you spinning in the sea try low stretch lines rather than braids that tend to float and suffer from a lot of snap casts. Sensi thin is top notch, loads of feel without the drawbacks of braids