Is clear mono line better than fluro?

[mharper2001]

I used to go offshore and fish with fluro yellow line but someone told me the yellow line was more visible to the fish than the clear line. Needless to say I swapped my line over for the clear stuff. I was just wondering if this is true and what everyone's point of view on this is :-/.

[Gbanger]

i think it really depends on the depth of the water you are fishing in... certain colours are filtered out at certain depths....

If in doubt just get some clear line to use as the trace.

[mariner_22]

It also depends what your doing if trolling lures fluro lines allow you to have full vision where the lines are and avoid a tangle, having said that I prefer a clear mono for most fishing situations.

[Fishinmishin]

Flurocarbon ;).

[finga64]

One of the kids reel had pink line on it and I had to use it one day and caught nothing whilst other people in the boat caught heaps. Wasn't happy jan >:(.
Put another reel on with clear line and away I went, into the big ones ;D.
Now I'm a fan of any colour as long as it's clear.
That was in the river so probably different results outside.

[Gutsy]

I use pink and green fireline but always run a leader of fluorocarbon. This line has less reflective properties than mono making it more invisible in water. Hence the so called names like Vanish.

Cheers.
Marcel.

[Jeremy87]

I've found that the colour of my main line has not made a significant impact to my catch rate. Hi vis lines do however make it easier when fishing at night time to see where your line is going. Using a low vis leader will help no end for shy fish. Clear mono is fine but fluorocarbon is better.

Flurocarbons are different to mono in that they have different densities. The density of flurocarbon's is the same as water. When light passes through mediums of different density its speed varies accordingly. It travels faster through less dense mediums. Each medium has a refractive index ranging from 1 (a vacuum) up to diamond which is around 2. When light passes at an angle between mediums with different refractive index's it will bend towards the normal (90 degrees from the surface) of the medium with the highest refractive index. You can see this affect all the time, heat haze is caused by light passing through air at different temperature hence different densities, most optical equiptemnt uses this affect to its advantage. So for a cylinder the light will be focused at set point (this being a simple lens). For this reason mono will always be the inferior product because its will cause disturbences in polarised light passing through the water. Fluorocarbons have the same refractive index as water so polarised light will pass straight through it without bending etc causing no disturbance in the light surrounding the leader.

[Billo]

it's been said a few times ....realy the colour of the main line is insignificant most of the times to the catch rates ...it is all about visibility of the line tothe angler and seeing the strike through the line movement allows you to react faster before the line goes tense
Anything where you want to watch the line it's the goods - ie some trolling ( i preferjust to listen to the screaming reel ...love that noise ) , flicking plastics etc ....but where your bottom bashing , you really don't need to see the line . With that said , the fish rarely are affected by it ....as long as you use a good leader - i always use flurocarbon no matter how light i am fishing .

I use coloured braid for all my light lure casting activities and thats it .

[SURF_SNIPER]

flurocarbon ;) works for me