Best Mono line for Trotting

[BobH]

I have always been a fan of the Drennan Float for trotting, but the last two spools I put on my centrepin reel were not as good as previous spools.

 

Have other AnglersNet user got any favourite mono trotting lines ?

 

Bob

[Tigger]

I reckon everyone knows my favourite by now lol.

[BobH]

I don't ?

 

Bob

[Sportsman]

I use a mono from China called GT sport. It probably comes from the same factory as all the expensive monos.

It is cheap as chips, works really well and does everything I could ask of it.

[Steve Walker]

I like Drennan Float Fish, but for years I was perfectly happy with Maxima, and Maxima feels a bit like Daiwa Sensor to me.

 

Ultima Flo Cast is interesting, certainly floats extremely well, though not very durable in my experience;

 

http://www.floatfishingconnection.com/gear_review_Ultima_Flo_Cast.htm

[Tigger]

I don't ?

 

Bob

 

 

It's sensor Bob...best of the lot bud, cheap, tough, reliable and floats

[Paulg]

Any reason why you don't consider using a braid, such as Fireline Crystal?

[BobH]

If that's for me Paul,

 

I don't like braid for any form of fishing, be it trotting, legering of carp fishing.

 

The noise of the line going through the rings makes me cringe, I tried it for a season and gave up on it.

 

I realise the advantages, but it's not for me !

 

Bob

 

 

[Anderoo]

I didn't answer this as like Paul I much prefer braid for trotting. Braids have come a long way in recent years, there are now plenty of braids that are smooth through the rings. Add to that clear visibility so you can see when the line needs mending, and they sit like a cork on the surface of the water so float control is so much easier than with mono.

[Tigger]

I didn't answer this as like Paul I much prefer braid for trotting. Braids have come a long way in recent years, there are now plenty of braids that are smooth through the rings. Add to that clear visibility so you can see when the line needs mending, and they sit like a cork on the surface of the water so float control is so much easier than with mono.

 

 

Obviously everyone has their own preferance between the two...mono or braid.

Personally I can't find any plus points that braid has over mono for the purpose of trotting.

Here are a few of my dislikes of braid...

 

You can't really use braid straight through (which I very often do with mono) as you can with mono, so your pretty much going to have to use a mono or some other form bottom.

 

When casting, braid can easily get little knots in it which are virtually impossible to untangle.

 

Braid is easily cut off when a fish pulls it taught and it makes contact with a rock etc. This can happen right up the line way above any hooklength especially in rock strewn rivers.

 

I don't like the fact that there's no stretch in braid as when in use it makes no difference to hitting fish at long range (this really is a old wives tale). Infact my personal opinion is that braid can cause hook pulls and mono bottoms (especially light mono) to crack off etc etc.

 

Braid sits high on the water and because of this it's blown across the surface of the water much easier than mono.

 

Braid makes that horrible sound going through the guides and I fish to try and relax, not have my ear drums tortured LOL.

 

Those are just some of my dislikes of braid, i'm sure I can think of more .

Edited March 17, 2015 by Tigger