Flourocarbon

[el_pescador]

Anyone have any tips for fishing with flourocarbon?  I got around to putting it on one of my baitcasters since I've read about how great it is at masking itself under water ... a few casts and a few near birds nests later  I find it much harder to handle than regular mono, braid or even copolymer line.  I put the brakes on the baitcaster to full and that helped but any tips would be appreciated.  Thanks!

[VinnyH]

I've been using Seaguar fluoro and it's generally been great. I think birds nests are more a product of the breaks, the spool's tension, and how the line is spooled. Braid, mono, and fluoro can all have birds nests.

I don't have any magic system but I've gotten better at adjusting my setups little by little. It took me a good 20 trips out with a baitcaster to get the feel for everything involved with using it. There are some decent video on YouTube if you search for "baitcaster" or "fishing, birdsnest". (maybe "fishing, backlash")

Best Always,
Vinny

[el_pescador]

Thanks Vinny... I'll keep plugging away at it.  I've actually gotten pretty good with my baitcaster this year (after 1.5 yrs of pain) but had problems with this one specific line - 14 lb. sunline super fc sniper - which I got based on the good reviews people gave it for ease of casting.  Practice makes perfect I guess 

[VinnyH]

I'm not the type but the guys who sit around fine tuning their reels can get them where you hardly have to thumb them and never get a backlash. It's what dreams are made of. LOL
If I can find a link I saw an informative video of Kevin Van Dam describing how he sets up his baitcasters. It may have been part of one of the "BassPros" TV episodes.

Best Always,
Vinny

[Uncle Crappie]

Go A little lighter 10 or 12lb line is more than enough . Thick line is hard to rap around a small bait cast spool only good for flippin, pitchin needs 10 lb cranks run real nice on 10 . And deep weed worming is sensitive with 10lb.

[el_pescador]

I thought I'd give an update ... after sticking to it for a couple weeks after my initial post I noticed that I have no problems with backlashes anymore.  I'm sure it's nothing different that I did but I noticed the line, which pretty much has no memory at the start, begins to develop some memory once it's been on the reel for a bit, which in turn makes casting much more manageable