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    What brand fluorocarbon?

    I'm looking into filling my speckled trout reels with fluorocarbon line. What brand do you fluorocarbon experts recommend?
    Last edited by TUCK; 05-28-2018 at 04:31 PM. Reason: Added "speckled" to clarify kind of trout.

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    I have ordered off Amazon for couple years https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...ng+flurocarbon have been real happy.

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    I've never fished for trout with fluoro. I've always used mono, as long as I've stayed with a thin diameter (usually 4 lb, but occasionally 6) line I've never had issues with line shyness. I grew up a mile from a heavily pressured trout stream in Michigan, and I still managed to catch my share, both the wild brookies and the easier stocked browns and bows. Fished them in oregon a few years ago and several times here in the oklahoma stocked ponds/lakes and rivers. All mono. If you don't mind my asking, why do you want fluoro?

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    Sorry, I should have specified that I am fishing for speckled trout at the GSSP. I have been using 6 # clear mono. Just want to put the odds in my favor every way I can. Those trout will drive you crazy just sitting there with a live shrimp on their nose and not eating it!
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    .....No expert,but can't go wrong with seaguar.....I would think just a stretch of top shot would be enough....might want to dropdown to 4#
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    lol. sorry, when I hear trout I automatically think of the other variety. Especially since one of our forum members is currently in Pennsylvania and has been posting pics for the past several days.

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    I'm the forementioned guy ^^^
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    G'morning Tuck, how're things in Crenshaw county?

    I just use a long FC leader and do pretty good the times I target them lil'speckled bastards.
    And I use the Seaguar brand in 10#.
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    I spent alot of time and money trying fleorocarbon and braid lines, learning new knots, etc. All my bass buddies convinced me that I needed to. I just didn’t like it at all and I hated the line memory. So I’m back to mono and using Seaquar fleoro leaders, so I second that suggestion.

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    If you feel you really need flourocarbon, use regular mono with a flourocarbon leader.
    As others noted, I just dont see the need to spend the money to fill a reel all the way with the stuff.
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    Tuck, I've tried the red seaguar a couple of times on spinning tackle, thinking the lower stretch of Floro would help me on feeling bites and hookups. Instead, I found that even the best Floro creates challenges on spinning tackle due to line memory. I treated the line with Kevin Van Dam's line conditioner and it didn't help much. That was just my experience, so no claim to being knowledgeable, and I don't fish for speckled trout....or at least, haven't yet. I went to yozuri hybrid in the green color in 4lb test for crappie in fresh water and spanish in the pre-sharkageddon days at GS. It's mono with a floro coating, and up to 15 lbs is the toughest stuff I've found. It does have some memory issues at 15lb, but the Van Dam line treatment helps a lot IMO. No problems at all at 4lb test. Clear is good, too.
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