Thread: Type of line - Advice Needed!!

As always, thanks so much for the advice!!!! Still have a couple of options to think about, but I like all the suggestions.

Chillinfish, I was at our local Academy yesterday and saw that! Unfortunately, they were sold out....

Thanks again guys!!!!!

Momoi illusion/diamond has memory when used in cold weather. Summer heat, it works better and is strong.

Winter, the regular momoi is better, and works as well in the summer really. So for versatility, I likely won't buy illusion/diamond again.

Originally Posted by Rich1

Just one more opinion for the road -- take it by J&M Tackle and have them spool it up with Momoi Diamond Illusion 16#. Man, that is some fine line. I hear comments about memory, but I've never had that trouble with it myself.

This is what I had them put on my combo I bought from J&M and my only complaint is how hard it was to break when trying to get rid of a shark I was highly impressed. I was using a Penn Battle 6000.

and FYI i ordered my line straight from the Sufix website and they sold in 1/4 pound spools for 10.98 each i ordered 10 15 and 20 pound test... the lengths are 1495, 840, 670 respectively

There are a lot of right ways to do it, but you should be aware that there is a pretty real trade-off regarding the weight. 15 lb ish line will cast a little farther than 20, but that is a significant amount of fighting power to lose.

Right now I've got 16 lb Momoi on my king rod, but I'm leaning towards 20 lb next time because of some breakoffs I've had trying to hoss a couple of fish.

It really depends on how you fish.

Originally Posted by Pier#r

With a 7000, I would go with 20# mono.
As mentioned that gives enough line capacity for kings or the incidental tarpon and JCs,
and it gives you a little more 'pull' to maybe get that fish away from jaws ;-)

I figured you'd say 4 lb test ! Aren't you the ultra light king? You could probably get 2,000 yards of line on that thing for a long run! :-)

That diamond illusion is great line, but as it's name implies, it's hard to see. The regular Momoi tends to test significantly higher than its rating and I thing the 16# tests closer to 25#. If your knots are good, you'll have a hard time breaking it.

If it were my reel, I'd load it up with 20# braid, leaving enough room for 150 yds of hi-vis 16# Momoi, but that's just me and my momma used to tell me, "George, you're cute, but you're weird."

Suffix is great too. Tritanium is what I like. Great in 8#. Got some 14# last year to try on kings. It worked well horsing in some jacks...but I was nervous about the high vis. I had a king or two turn their noses up at my bait and bite somebody else...so I went back to illusion.

Rich, the key there is having hi vis main line and a clear top shot. That way fish isn't deterred at all by your line in clear water and you have high visibility once cast out and hooked up.

However, I'd venture to say the fish would probably notice the hook and the steel leader before they'll notice hi vis line, and would bet money that's what happened to your almost king.

In some cases when traveling light for fishing on foot at distances, I'll break off and lose my leader or top shot and am forced into using main line with hi vis to keep fishing if I didn't bring replacement line.

Oddly enough, I hooked up just the same as I did with the clear lines.

A number of factors can weigh in and out. Sometimes it may not be your leader or line at all. It is possible the other guys bait twitched it's tail or got snobbled at just the right time to deter the king and catch his attention and he, out of instinctual predatory drive, darted at it instead of the dead looking bait. As for other times, luck is just luck.

Which mine is usually plain bad. Lol

If this was 1970 something,I'd tell you face to face or maybe over the o'le rotary phone to go to K-MART and get a 99 cent spool of 20lb house brand blue line. Bottom line is this for a reel of that size,spool it with a decent quality mono,any color,no larger than 20lb test,and you will be fine.