Floating Line

[Elton]

Posted on behalf of Jake. Please add all replies to this thread:

I have been offered some line which is suposedly grooved and is hollow.It is made by Ultima.

It claims to float and be stronger than the same diameter line.

Is floating line better than sinking?

I usually fish for silver fish in the River Lee in essex which is very slow flowing.

Regards Jake

[wunwetfoot]

Hi Jake (and Elton),

as for your question "is floating line better than sinking line". It all depends what you want to do with it. You say that you fish for silver fish..... would that be with a float or by a legering method?

A floating line is definately the better option for float fishing on flowing water, irrespective of flow rate purely for the fact that with the line laying on the surface film, the action of striking will connect with a bite (assuming no excessive slack line) much faster than having to lift a sunken line through the water layers first.

 

However, as with all things "fishing", there are always certain factors that can dictate otherwise!

[BoldBear]

I have been offered some line which is suposedly grooved and is hollow.It is made by Ultima.

It claims to float and be stronger than the same diameter line.

Is floating line better than sinking?

I usually fish for silver fish in the River Lee in essex which is very slow flowing.

Regards Jake

Hi Jake,

Ultima Flo-cast (the line in question) is an excellent hollow floating line which I occasionally use on my centrepins for trotting on the narrower and faster stretches of the Lea.

 

Being a hollow line; it floats high in the water; making mending your line a doddle, does not need any floatant added and the grooves along its length seem to aid casting by giving less contact as it flows through the rodrings and is also supposed to give it anti-kinking qualities.

 

It is also a good line for fishing floating baits on the surface for carp.

 

It has a slight pale pinkish hue making it blend in with the sky and making it quite hard to see from below the surface and needs no floatants which can often increase a lines footprint on the surface with other lines.

 

You do need to use a sinking line below the float to the hook though.

 

A drawback with this line is that it loses some of its floating qualities if used in freezing cold temperatures and can split in these conditions so I don't use it during the winter months; however it is very reliable otherwise.

 

It was reccomended to me by a well known centrepin angler on another forum.

Edited August 27, 2012 by BoldBear