20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
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20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
Hi all,
trying to tie an FG knot (trying being the operative word), 20 lb braid to 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader.
When I went to cinch the knot down, the leader broke. Thought it must have been a weak bit of leader with some fault, but pulled more leader off the spool and tried pulling on it 3-4 times, broke every time.
I'm of average middle-aged strength, definitely nothing special. I'm using gloves to pull on the line to save my hands.
Should I be able to break 20 lb leader by hand, or is it no good?
trying to tie an FG knot (trying being the operative word), 20 lb braid to 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader.
When I went to cinch the knot down, the leader broke. Thought it must have been a weak bit of leader with some fault, but pulled more leader off the spool and tried pulling on it 3-4 times, broke every time.
I'm of average middle-aged strength, definitely nothing special. I'm using gloves to pull on the line to save my hands.
Should I be able to break 20 lb leader by hand, or is it no good?
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Re: 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
Did you lubricate the knot before pulling tight ?
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Re: 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
It does what its brand name says "Vanishes"
Maybe you got a badly stored one where its integrity has been compromised, take it back to the shop and swap for a different brand. Although ive heard of some flurocarbons having brittle effects, not sure why
Maybe you got a badly stored one where its integrity has been compromised, take it back to the shop and swap for a different brand. Although ive heard of some flurocarbons having brittle effects, not sure why
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Re: 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
I burnt a stack of the stuff on the last cod trip. Will not buy it again. It just seems soft.
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Re: 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
You don't lubricate when tightening an fg. The fg works because the braid bites into the mono/fluoro - lubricating only hinders this.hornet wrote:Did you lubricate the knot before pulling tight ?
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Re: 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
correct..Broomstick wrote:You don't lubricate when tightening an fg. The fg works because the braid bites into the mono/fluoro - lubricating only hinders this.hornet wrote:Did you lubricate the knot before pulling tight ?
This could also be the reason why the gsoul X8 braid i have in 0.6pe keeps breaking at the FG knot leader end, braid is so thin and is heavy breaking strain causes the leader to snap at the knot, only happens with that braid for me
also vanish is known to break randomly which is why i stopped using them
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Re: 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
omg! this makes sense ! I thought I was the only one struggling with Vanish , Vanishing on me when tying the knots.
I stick to Black Magic now, my go to for all breaking strengths
I stick to Black Magic now, my go to for all breaking strengths
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Re: 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
throw it in the bin and grab some sunline fc rock
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Re: 20 lb Vanish Flourocarbon Leader - Breaking by hand?
I have a large spool of it which has not had any issues. You could have copped a bad batch though. If you take it back to the store and demonstrate it breaking they should be happy to change it over.
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