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05-02-2023, 02:47 AM | #1 |
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Ulusub reel line for shooting line
anyone using Jon’s yellow Ulusub Reel line as shooting line?
Only used it coupla times, but seems to be a nice balance - i.e. not so prone to kinking as the hard LP mono, and - unlike dyneema - stretchy enough to keep double wrap nicely tensioned. Do get some creep of the outer sheath, but easy to slide back. Nice and grippy for hauling fish in close before the sharks get it. Will stick to coated cable for real big stuff and looong shots, but this Ulusub seems great for most other stuff. anyone else using? |
05-02-2023, 09:43 AM | #2 |
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Re: Ulusub reel line for shooting line
Get Aussie stiff dyneema for shooting line. Nothing works better than that.
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05-02-2023, 11:00 AM | #3 | |
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Hence liking the ulusub with its stiffness+durability combined with stretchiness. Yet to see how it handles being wrapped up in the coral |
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05-02-2023, 03:53 PM | #4 |
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Re: Ulusub reel line for shooting line
Why do you need a double wrap? Have you tried to pull the shaft out of your gun to see how far it is? You'll never hit a living fish where you aim at that distance, but you'll get all the downsides as line tangles, holed fish, more time to reload, etc.
I tried once double wrap and went back to single after a couple of days out (and several lost fish). On the other hand, Rob Allen white dyneema is not even close to Aussie. Aussie is stiffer and more abrasion resistant.
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05-02-2023, 04:21 PM | #5 | |
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it would be wonderful to be able to use single wrap, for all the reasons you mentioned and more, but with gin-clear ocean and bluewater underneath you most of the time, single wrap's gonna up come up short on a lot of shots, trust me, have persevered with single wrap on enough different setups to work that out |
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05-03-2023, 02:18 AM | #6 | |
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05-03-2023, 06:21 AM | #7 |
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