Flurocarbon is fluorocarbon right?
Not true.
All of the brands on the market have their own properties and characteristics. Some brands go even further and even make fluorocarbons designed for specific qualities and types of fishing.
Seaguar invented fluorcarbon and has been making it for a long, long time. Looking at the Seaguar lineup you will see a host of different lines, packages and prices. Here is a breakdown of their products and how I use each one.
InvizX
If I had to choose just one fluorocarbon from Seaguar, it would probably be InvizX.
It comes in all of the sizes I need and it also happens to be their most popular.
While it is known and named for being nearly invisible, one of the best things about it in my opinion is how well it spools and performs on reels, especially spinning reels. It is very soft and limp and really feels more like a monofilament would.
It is also very thin and still strong, allowing me to go up a size on what pound test I would use from other brands. I spool up InvizX for just about everything from 4 lb test on my spybaits to 20 lb test for pitching to cover.
AbrazX
AbrazX is very abrasion resistant.
I fish this line when I know I will be fishing around big rocks and submerged wood. I find myself using it most for two techniques, crankbaits around shallow cover and football head jigs in the depths around rock.
Both of these techniques are best when you are banging into things and dragging across rocks. Having that extra abrasion resistance goes a long way and allows you to retie less while losing less fish.
Tatsu
Tastu is a premium line and after fishing is for a few years, I feel it is well worth the cost. It is the only double structure fluorocarbon on the market and has the best qualities you could ever want from a line: excellent strength and manageability.
Take a look at some of the line diameters on different brands and you will find Tatsu to be among the thinnest in the pound test classes. It makes an excellent leader material for spinning rods with a braided mainline, but also excels as a mainline for all techniques.
Red Label
For the price, Red Label cannot be beat.
It is a quality fluorocarbon at a budget price. While not as abrasion resistant or limp as some of the others in the lineup, it has excellent knot strength.
Flippin’
The newest line in the Seaguar family is the Flippin’ fluorocarbon (they also have a braid).
It was designed by the man most often associated with this heavy cover technique, bass fishing legend Denny Brauer. He went to Seaguar with the idea because he wanted a line that would excel at short-range fishing in heavy cover with massive hooksets. The Flippin’ line does all of this and stays extremely abrasion resistant for fishing heavy cover.
Many top anglers prefer the heavier fluorocarbon lines for flippin’ and pitchin’ for pressured fish because they feel it gets more bites than braided line will. The Flippin’ fluoro comes in 20 lb, 25 lb and 30 lb tests in 100 yard spools that are perfectly sized for spooling two reels with backing.
All of the Seaguar fluorocarbon products are great quality and Seaguar’s Level Wind Technology winds them evenly on your spool. This makes a big difference when spooling your reels and reduces twist.
Overall you can’t go wrong with any of their fluorocarbons, but knowing what each one is designed for and using it accordingly will ensure that you are getting the most out of each type of line.
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