Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon

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Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon

Post by returnofthefish » Mon May 31, 2010 9:46 am

I have been using the 4 pound Vanish as leader material the past few weeks. I pciked it for the low diameter and invisibilty under water for leery trout. At times the line has held up fine, but other times it always breaks at the knot, I make sure I spit on the line before I tighten up the knot. The improved cinch knot is used. Does anyone have any problems with this line. I think I will change to Pline.
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RE:Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon

Post by hewesfisher » Mon May 31, 2010 11:39 am

I haven't tried the Vanish, have always used P-Line with great success and no failures. I'm a "if it ain't broke don't fix it guy" so have never tried any other fluorocarbon lines. [wink]
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RE:Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon

Post by Dave » Mon May 31, 2010 11:56 am

I also use the P-Line and am very happy with it.

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RE:Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon

Post by G-Man » Mon May 31, 2010 4:49 pm

I've tossed my Vanish line a while back. Similar issues, low knot strength and seemed to break without cause. I've gone to Maxima and Seaguar flourocarbon lines and have not had any issues.

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RE:Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon

Post by returnofthefish » Mon May 31, 2010 5:28 pm

I also never had knot strength problems with maxima chameleon line. I changed lines to try it out only to lose fish.
Heres an interesting article that tested all kindss of fc line. Berkley Vanish didnt do so well.

http://www.tackletour.com/reviewfluorocarbontest.html
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RE:Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon

Post by rl206 » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:10 am

returnofthefish wrote:I have been using the 4 pound Vanish as leader material the past few weeks. I pciked it for the low diameter and invisibilty under water for leery trout. At times the line has held up fine, but other times it always breaks at the knot, I make sure I spit on the line before I tighten up the knot. The improved cinch knot is used. Does anyone have any problems with this line. I think I will change to Pline.
Pline would most likely be a good choice in my opinion, i changed to pline after vanish as well
the halo is exspensive but i love it! its awesome for invisibility, and has super low memory compared to other lines I've used

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