Fluorocarbon leader?

[huntnnw]

I use seagur for steelhead, they can be line sensitive.  Salmon don't seem to mind, u could use rope 

[Dmanmastertracker]

Howdy!
Just wondering if using fluorocarbon leader (for salmon) is worth the extra or is it just hype?

 Eric, they swear by it in BC and I can say up there, it was night a day difference, for some reason we got hits of fluoro and nothing on regular mono -every single year. I haven't used it as much in the Sound however but I would imagine it would work just as well.

[PolarBear]

I wonder if it is because the water is so much clearer up there?  The waters in SE Alaska were gin clear in spots.   I'm primarily going to be fishing the big "C" a couple of times this month and next and it aint too clear.  I'm probably going to use up what I have left and tie the rest with plain old mono.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Ok. My 2 cents. and i have been fishing a long time and have caught a crap ton of fish...

For the columbia i run 30 pound trilene big game main line and 50 pound big game leaders. I lost 2 of my favorite spinners last year on big chinook at bouy 10. Those fish don't care about line, they are still feeding...

River fishing, if i an running bobber and eggs, this year i am going with 65 pound power pro, and 25 pound flouro leaders. Heavier flouro line is better than the light stuff.

Casting plugs for river coho i run 14 pound suffix siege. Never had a roblem with it and i catch more than most.
I don't do to much drift fishing for salmon.

[Dmanmastertracker]

I wonder if it is because the water is so much clearer up there?  The waters in SE Alaska were gin clear in spots.   I'm primarily going to be fishing the big "C" a couple of times this month and next and it aint too clear.  I'm probably going to use up what I have left and tie the rest with plain old mono.

 It is at that, at least where we fished. The rivers there run crystal clear, not like the glacial rivers of the Sound.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

PolarBear for steelhead in the columbia i use 30 pound main line and 20 pound leaders and i have never had a problem with that. I run heavy equipment because i hate to lose fish. I don't care who says what, the fish in the columbia are not leader shy.
I don't think flouro is worth the money for the columbia. When you move into the tribs i would use it.

[Rick]

Salmon and steelhead aren't line shy. If they were,they wouldn't swim into gill nets by the millions.

[ribka]

PolarBear for steelhead in the columbia i use 30 pound main line and 20 pound leaders and i have never had a problem with that. I run heavy equipment because i hate to lose fish. I don't care who says what, the fish in the columbia are not leader shy.
I don't think flouro is worth the money for the columbia. When you move into the tribs i would use it.

X2 When fishing Met, Klick and Grande Ronde and water clears switch to flouro

[ribka]

That's pretty funny ribka, I've been using 12lb trilene for years after trying a lot of other lines that I found wanting I settled on the berkley big game 12lb for almost all of my salmon fishing from the bank. From that test I would guess that the P-line halo would be the bang for buck flourocarbon line.

Berkely big Game is good too. Used 14 lb when  when fishing in Gulf for Reds and Sea trout. Oyster beds down there, near where fish are found, are really tough on line.

Different lines for different situations. Braid has its applications too

[Dmanmastertracker]

Salmon and steelhead aren't line shy. If they were,they wouldn't swim into gill nets by the millions.

 Nets are entirely different, they aren't trying to eat them as far as I know.

[BigGoonTuna]

they aren't trying to eat your line either

[Dmanmastertracker]

they aren't trying to eat your line either

 If you rig it right, they do.

[PolarBear]

That's called flossing! 

[Dmanmastertracker]

That's called flossing! 

 Not that kind, I know what you mean .


 If you rig a hootchie, or anchovie with UV tubing, often they do go for the tubing on the line. My secret's out now, learned it from a guide in BC.

 I don't floss in river's, won't keep anything flossed. I hooked 80 fish last year on the Puke, I put back 68 of them.

[FC]

What is the big deal with flossing? If it's hooked in the mouth I don't see the problem.