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Luke is a top angler and was meant to do these wonderful videos to help promote the great sport of fishing. He has a presence that is so friendly that people feel comfortable listening to him. Thanks to all at Salt Strong.

Thanks a ton for doing this! Can't wait to see the learnings of the clarity tests.

These tests have been so enlightening!!! Thank you son much!!! Pura vida, from Costa Rica

Was wondering about the under water test of lines and visibility ? Great Tests and keep them coming. TC

Looking forward to the line visibility tests. Great stuff.

The light refraction test is going to be fun!

Amazing results. I only use mono now. I fish in Southeast Asia and there are plenty of fish here with abrasive pads like chawpraya catfish and amazon red rails. Thank you.

These tests are great.

ANOTHER wonderful Salt Strong video! Thanks Luke! What weight mono leader are you using on your inshore rods? Thanks! I've learned so much and saved equally as much due to joining the Salt Strong community!

Absolutely brilliant. You guys are just the best.

Love these testing vids. Just as a side, I've been using copolymer mono since '94 and never looked back. Both as a main line and leader (to braid). My bro only started on fluoro as a main line a couple of years ago and has had significantly more breaks. But he still swears by it and that's cool. Just wet that dang knot. 😄 I might consider fluoro as a leader one day, but it just ain't as economical or logical for the rocky environments I regularly fish in. Appreciate this guys.

I think the mono can stretch more and is able to absorb some of the movement from the abrasive surface, where as a stiff fluoro suffers more structural damage. Water may make the mono even more elastic.

I much younger, and clean shaven you, did a very similar test 5 years ago proving that mono is the winner in terms of abrasion.

awsome video, as always! ordinary nylon vs shock leader nylon vs nylon with fluoro coating is a good ideia

Sensitivity, stretch and depth test would be awesome 👍

Great test thanks. Have you looked at the line testing done by “The line Laboratory”.

Looking forward to under water line visibility test. I'd like to see the test done in fresh water too. At different depths and different backgrounds. In my experience, fluoro is easily visible in shallow fresh water. Even more if there is full sunlight.

Thank you Salt Strong. My Salt Strong membership is the best money I’ve ever spent on fishing.

Good stuff❤

I would say these should be done under water. Just put that contraption in a pool and redo it. A fish is in water so it would be more accurate if the test was conducted under water.

Thank you for doing that. Keep up the great content. You just gained a subscriber 🫡

And mono with the same diameter as flouro is more manageable and not as stiff. I'd like to see you do some test with different brands of mono or copoly matching the same diameters to see which brands are best at knot strength. Forget what the label rates the poundage test. I have a good idea which will win or be in the top 2 brands.

Not sure if you have accurate enough stuff to measure it, but would be interesting to see if mono actually swells and actually gets thicker after being soaked in water. Also if the swelling makes 20 lb mono look equivalent to say 30 pound flourocarbon underwater.

Thanks Luke, great video. I always believed mono to be the better choice for leader line for strength and abrasion resistance. I also prefer the way it feels. I have heard that it stretches more than flouro though. Have you tested this? If so do you think it has any negative impact on hookup ratios?

This makes enough sense to me why I only buy mono. A lot of it comes from your tests.i do have a thing of fluro just to try it and that was all they had in that lb during the covid crap

You've got my attention on the abrasion testing, although fluorocarbon makers still hype its abrasion superiority. Other comparisons I would love to see evaluated are (1) underwater visibility, and (2) buoyancy. Every visibility comparison between the two I've seen is always in crystal clear water. How much of an advantage does fluoro have when water clarity begins to diminish? Most of us don't fish extremely clear water. Does visibility really matter? Before fluoro, we were catching bass on mono. It is misleading to suggest that mono floats. It's just sinks slower than fluoro. Again, I don't know how much of a factor that really is, especially at the shallower depths wherein most fish for bass. How much time does it take the two to sink at varying depths from 1 to 10 feet?

Ide like to see a stretch test vs fluorocarbon with max stretch and initial stretch or pull of the rod. Everyone says fluorocarbon is less stretch but I think it's the same.

I think the best way to prove that mono has better abrasion is to set up a rig like that inside a tank with saltwater. That would be a more realistic scenario. Either way I'm sticking with mono, thanks for the tests!

Can you also address the idea that because mono floats it won’t get your bait to the same depth as fluoro. Never made sense to me but so many say that

Facts facts facts, thank you🙌

so bottom line Luke from Salt Strong is ande mono all the way, correct?

Supposedly, FC will still be strong in 10 years and nylon mono degrades over time? What brand of nylon mono do you like for leader?

Myths busted. Thanks for doing a great follow up video 👍

Non-soaked mono is more abrasive, could the water provide lubrication? Also, when the line rubs against the sandpaper, it fills in the roughness of the sandpaper with abraided line. A fresh piece of sandpaper may provide consistent results.

Fluorocarbon is more sensitive to heat isn’t it.? Would the results differ underwater where the heat can’t build?

I change my mono leader every time I go out and at least once or twice during my trip. I have yet to personally see a benefit of flouro over mono. A spool of Berkeley Big Game is dirt cheap.

Is there a difference between mono line and mono leader? I compared both at 20lb test each and there doesn’t seem to be a visual difference.

So..does this mean it's better to leave our leader lines on after a fishing trip for the following trip?

So now we'll all be dragging a Ziploc bag full of leader and water 😂 Seriously, I never really got into using fluorocarbon and now I'm less likely to buy any more. Could the wet mono last longer because of being lubricated?

It hast to be temp related the water cools the line

Salt or fresh water soak?

I'll worry about it if I ever start catching fish!!

Interesting

It makes sense that the wet lasts longer. The water should act as a lubricant.

Science!

I'm curious if your long hair gets weaker after being soaked in water? Any more or less with Pantene Pro V?

Shouldn’t you test abrasion under water? This would be important because I bet your test is heating up the line to break it. If it was under water it doesn’t heat up the same way. I think you are getting the wrong results. I do a lot of bait fishing for tuna and the big boys can break you off at the gills after a long fight. I’m not sure I would call this abrasion so much as ‘pinching’ of the line. The leader gets like flattened out. Flourocarbon leader performs significantly better in my non scientific tests.

THIS IS MNO IS BETTER THAN FLORAL CARBON. THIS IS WHY I HAVE FISHING WITH MONO ALL MY LIFE.