Thread: single strand or seven strand

Howdy pier rats. I am new to your forum but have been lurking it for quite some time. I was wondering if there are any advantages to the use of seven strand over the single strand wire. Currently I use single but as I lurk the forum I notice a lot of u guys telling people tu use the seven strand. Thanks for any info I will be down for my spring trip in couple of weeks. Hope the kings are in and good fishing to you guys.

i personally like to use single strand but i fish seven strand also. i just think single strand is stronger.I've got chewed threw a lot on seven personally

Normally i use 31lb single strand for king fishing off the pier

Its easier for an amateur like me to use seven strand. You just tie a simple figure 8 knot to the hook and swivel. The Haywire Twist isn't rocket science but is easy to kink and break.

Only been using it about a year, but i love single strand. Never lost anything using it.

I used single strand. I think the last pack I bought was Malin 27#. It lasted like 15 years, which just goes to show that I don't fish enough.......

BassPro has their own brand which seems good.

Originally Posted by chillinfish

Its easier for an amateur like me to use seven strand. You just tie a simple figure 8 knot to the hook and swivel. The Haywire Twist isn't rocket science but is easy to kink and break.

it might be cause ur not twisting the wire right there are a lot of different ways to do it whenever i tie a haywire twist ive never had it break or kink and ive hooked up on huge sharks and there pullin pretty dang hard. never a break or kink

I use both with overlapping success and failure.
Basically I like single strand for shorter leaders (less than a foot) and Sevenstrand for longer due to it's flexibility.
Singlestrand is more prone to kinks which weaken it (as per loosing a sailfish :-(
But Sevenstrand is more prone to mackerel 'chew threws', though John G recently showed me a neat trick to solve much of that ;-)

I would like for somebody to video and post it if they would stop by J&M or we could do it one morning on the pier,I just have to bring materials and a drill.BTW,I like 20lb sevenstrand with it twisted five inches up from the hook to prevent chew threw's. that long twist only takes a couple seconds with a drill.

I like to use single strand, personally.