Hey guys, I’d really appreciate any advice on what kind of fishing line and test I should put on my two new setups.
Setup 1: Shimano SLX 151 HG XT on a Bass X 7’2” medium-heavy power moderate action
Setup 2: Shimano C3000HG on a 6’6” Clarus medium power fast action rod
Posted by botchedmonkey
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Beginner as in never fished? PLine fluoro clear. It’s a flouro covered copolymer kinda like mono. It’s forgiving and easy to work with. Casts great. Lower stretch, and doesn’t have insane memory like regular mono. A ton of people will say mono, and that’ll work fine for the spinning gear, but you’ll have issues with the memory on the bait caster.
I’d recommend 8-10lb on your Sahara c3000. I’d recommend 12-15lb on the SLX.
Do yourself a favor and watch a ton of videos on how to set the brakes per lure on the SLX. Bait casters are great, but can be frustrating to learn.
I’d do 10-15lb braid to a flouro leader for the spinning setup. It’ll cast better. For the baitcaster 12-15lb flouro can cover the majority of techniques. I run a cheap mono backing for deeper spools as I fish ponds and aren’t to worried about all that line capacity.
20lb braid and then tie on whatever Fluoro leader fits your use case that day. I transform my rods from a bass to to a trout by changing the Fluoro leader from 8-12lb to 6lb
Don’t let us decide what’s best for you. Let science tell you what’s best! check out the linelaboratory.com. He tests hundreds of lines and posts the results of who has the best breaking strength, thinnest diameter, etc.
Something varivas