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Most Abrasion Resistant Mono? 2024


fishing user avatar*Hank reply : 

As the title says what in your opinion what is the most abrasion resistant monofilament fishing line?

I have lately been using sunline super natural but I have to change it out every time I go fishing.

Thanks!...


fishing user avatarTywithay reply : 

What do you mean change it out? The whole spool?


fishing user avatarJeff H reply : 

Berkley Trilene XT and Suffix Siege are pretty good.  They are the only ones I use.  I mostly stick to XT because it's cheaper and has served me well for many years.  Not saying it is "most abrasion resistant" but it's d**n good in my opinion and I like the cost.  


fishing user avatarhatrix reply : 

Berkley iron silk I think


fishing user avatarBluebasser86 reply : 

Berkley Big Game or Stren Hi Impact. 


fishing user avatar0119 reply : 

Berkeley Big Game


fishing user avatartimsford reply : 

Berkley big game is the best ive tried. I had a 8lb wiper pull my line around a bridge piling and pull out at least 30 yards of line at a right angle to the piling and i reeled it in. I just knew the line was going to break, but it didnt and ive been using big game ever since when i use mono on casting reels


fishing user avatarsmalljaw67 reply : 

I always like Trilene XT for abrasion resistance until I tried the Berkley big game, I don't think you can get much better.


fishing user avatarRaul reply : 

Many many moons ago back then in the 80´s I asked my friend pro baseball player Jack Pierce to bring me a spool of fishing line next time he went to Laredo, a week later he came with a spool of Berkley Trilene Big Game and that has been the line I have spooled in most of my reels since.


fishing user avatarroadwarrior reply : 
  On 12/5/2014 at 2:00 AM, Raul said:

Many many moons ago back then in the 80´s I asked my friend pro baseball player Jack Pierce to bring me a spool of fishing line next time he went to Laredo, a week later he came with a spool of Berkley Trilene Big Game and that has been the line I have spooled in most of my reels since.

 

Yeah, that stuff might be the toughest line out there, but it has WAY too much memory,

especially for cold climate guys. If your priority is simply abrassion resistance, Big Game

might be the answer, but you should at least try P-Line CXX.  


fishing user avatarRaul reply : 
  On 12/5/2014 at 2:07 AM, roadwarrior said:

Yeah, that stuff might be the toughest line out there, but it has WAY too much memory,

especially for cold climate guys. If your priority is simply abrassion resistance, Big Game

might be the answer, but you should at least try P-Line CXX.  

 

Of course, you, I and we can add several other BR members do actually make the differentiation, for us means monofilament and in the monofilament department we have: nylon, copoly and fc; but for most fellers mono still is wrongly used as synonimous of NYLON, even though we know it´s completely incorrect.

 

So I think he´s asking about which NYLON monofilament is the most abrassion restistant, for me it´s Big Game, now if he is on the look for an almost indestructible monofilament line then probably I would say P-Line CXX.


fishing user avatarJ Francho reply : 

So Raul, is a fused micro filament line also "mono"?  I mean, it's fused so it's one filament now...

 

I'm teasing, I gave up trying to convert the masses, and simply assume that when someone says "mono," they mean nylon line.  When someone says "copoly,' they mean a line made up of two different types of nylon, blended. "Fluoro" means fluorocarbon (monofilaent) line, braid means braid.........


fishing user avatarJ Francho reply : 

As far as toughest mono - Big Game is probably the toughest, but I think it's it's inherent elasticity that makes this so.  The most abrasion resistant mono nylon wateva line I've used (and still do for steelhead in creeks and rivers), even in sub zero conditions is....Sufix Siege.


fishing user avatarFunkJishing reply : 

toughest mono line with the least memory = sufix elite. IMO


fishing user avatarJ Francho reply : 
  On 12/5/2014 at 4:36 AM, FunkJishing said:

toughest mono line with the least memory = sufix elite. IMO

 

I'd agree, except that Siege is so much tougher, but the difference in handling and memory so minor, it doesn't count.  Plus, Siege comes in orange, and that's mint.


fishing user avatarFunkJishing reply : 
  On 12/5/2014 at 4:44 AM, J Francho said:

I'd agree, except that Siege is so much tougher, but the difference in handling and memory so minor, it doesn't count.  Plus, Siege comes in orange, and that's mint.

i wouldn't know never fished it lol


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

Why is the line getting damaged? Are you using a baitcasting reel or spinning? #. Test?

Tom

PS, Maxima Ultra Green is very high abrasion resistance.


fishing user avatarSam reply : 

Give ANDE in the saltwater fishing line section a try and let us know how it performs for you.


fishing user avatarTywithay reply : 

I've found that most mono lines are fairly similar in abrasion resistance, though some are slightly softer than others (they're usually marketed as such). It mostly comes down to diameter of the line. 8lb XT isn't really much more abrasion resistant than 8lb XL, it just has a much thicker diameter; it's thicker than 10lb XL.


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

You should always compare line by it's diameter, not the label # test.

Yo-Zuri maybe the leader in understating # test to diameter with the largest diameter compared to most manufactures, Sunline having some of the smallest diameters to # test when compared to most manufacturers.

Tom


fishing user avatarTywithay reply : 
  On 12/5/2014 at 12:45 PM, WRB said:

You should always compare line by it's diameter, not the label # test.

Yo-Zuri maybe the leader in understating # test to diameter with the largest diameter compared to most manufactures, Sunline having some of the smallest diameters to # test when compared to most manufacturers.

Tom

Japanese lines like Sunline use the pound rating, or actual breaking strength. Lines in the US under rate the lines so that they can lay claim to the "strongest line in its class," since 8lb is actually 12lb.
fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

Berkley 10 lb test XT = .014, XL = .011 for 10 lb.

Berkley Big Game, MaCoy, Maxima, Yo-Zuri = .012 for 10 lb

Sunline natural = .010 for 10 lb, .012 for 14 lb.

In the 10 lb test line Berkley Trilene XT is the largest diameter, Sunline the smallest. The highest # test I found for .012 diameter line was Sunline Defier Nylon at 15 lb test, expensive and good abrasion, strength and low memory line.

Most mono line has knot strength close to the label # test using a clinch or Palomar knot. If you compare by diameter; .012 D, Sunline is nearly 50% stronger!

Tom


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 

I use monofilament 95% of the time & fish some of the nastiest cover you'll ever see.

Maxima Ultra Green: highest knot strength

ANDE: holds more world records, because it breaks at # test.

Berkley Big Game: highest abrasion resistance

Yes Big Game will coil, the sulation, change your line often. I pay $8 for a 1/4 spool which allows me to respool 5 calcuttas every other trip for 6-8 months.


fishing user avatarsmalljaw67 reply : 

The toughest and least amount of stretch I ever saw in mono is Cajun Clear lightning, it gets a bad rap because people put it on spinning reels and it wasn't designed for that, it even says round or low profile casting reels on the label. I saw this and it was cheap which gave me doubts but the stuff is so close to fluorocarbon that I stopped using it. I loved the fact it was clear and it was very close to clear as you can get, I'm talking almost fluorocarbon clear. Then it had almost no stretch, that is unheard of for mono, it has some but very little, again it is close to fluorocarbon in that aspect and the abrasion resistance was simply fantastic but it had so many of the characteristics of fluorocarbon that I stopped using it. Road Warrior is correct about the Big Game, I don't use it this time of year, now I use Silver Thread AN40 10# for jerkbaits, and Berkley Trilene XT Armor coated in 6# for my hair jigs and tubes, the Big Game gets stiff and the memory really gets bad when it is below 45 degrees.


fishing user avatarMaxximus Redneckus reply : 

I use big game also i have some spools of trik fish its tough also made with pyrlon make its stretch but comes back without losing its strength.Aint had any real test with it yet but it haandles very wel


fishing user avatargulfcaptain reply : 

Ande Tournament holds the records.  Ande mono is soft, and not very abrassion resistant.

 

I'm with Tom, I'd go with Ultra Green Maxima.  Saltwater jig fishing it held up the best.  Then I would say P-Line CXX and the Big Game.


fishing user avatarAlonerankin2 reply : 
  On 12/5/2014 at 7:26 PM, Catt said:

I use monofilament 95% of the time & fish some of the nastiest cover you'll ever see.

Maxima Ultra Green: highest knot strength

ANDE: holds more world records, because it breaks at # test.

Berkley Big Game: highest abrasion resistance

Yes Big Game will coil, the sulation, change your line often. I pay $8 for a 1/4 spool which allows me to respool 5 calcuttas every other trip for 6-8 months.

Isn't this the truth? I change out line a lot too, a poster a couple months ago claimed I had line OCD, lol... Been a great formula for me since 85!


fishing user avatarHoosierHawgs reply : 
  On 12/4/2014 at 1:16 PM, hatrix said:

Berkley iron silk I think

Do you have experience w/Iron Silk?


fishing user avatarbass raider reply : 

I tried a spool of that iron silk.bought the 14lb breaking strength.it was very abrasion resistant but terribly stretchy& snapped like crazy even when tying palomar knots(yes I moisten them)don't know what caused it but snapped off multiple t'rigs&spinnerbaits when setting the hook.thats the only time it would snap too is when I set the hook. i'd go trilene xl armor coated or big game.


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

OP how about answering #17.


fishing user avatarfisherrw reply : 

suffix siege or elite best mono around...


fishing user avatarFunkJishing reply : 
  On 12/6/2014 at 3:01 AM, fisherrw said:

suffix siege or elite best mono around...

indeed.




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