Hello folk. I'm trying to keep busy during these cold winter days.
I'm pawing through my dive-bag, searching for problems to solve. And I think I found a problem.
I missed a whole bunch last summer. Many fish got away. And instead of looking towards myself and improving my skills, i'm going to blame the equipment.
Problem? :
I think my 1.6mm line is too thick, has too much memory, and causing unnecessary drag.
It's probably pulling the shaft off-course. I'm using a small pneumatic salvimar and going after smaller fish, I think I can get away with using smaller line.
So I bought some 1mm mono (100lbs) and I like the way it feels, although i'm skeptical.
I can't break the stuff by hand. But i'm worried about this thin mono breaking at the crimps after a few hits. So everything needs to be perfect.
Crimps :
I read that alluminum crimps are better than copper, for mono lifespan. Is this true at all? Why?
Should I use double-bbl or single crimps?
And can I use some kind of strain-relief (over my mono but under the crimp), to improve lifespan?
Any tips concering drag/line/crimps are welcome
I'm pawing through my dive-bag, searching for problems to solve. And I think I found a problem.
I missed a whole bunch last summer. Many fish got away. And instead of looking towards myself and improving my skills, i'm going to blame the equipment.
Problem? :
I think my 1.6mm line is too thick, has too much memory, and causing unnecessary drag.
It's probably pulling the shaft off-course. I'm using a small pneumatic salvimar and going after smaller fish, I think I can get away with using smaller line.
So I bought some 1mm mono (100lbs) and I like the way it feels, although i'm skeptical.
I can't break the stuff by hand. But i'm worried about this thin mono breaking at the crimps after a few hits. So everything needs to be perfect.
Crimps :
I read that alluminum crimps are better than copper, for mono lifespan. Is this true at all? Why?
Should I use double-bbl or single crimps?
And can I use some kind of strain-relief (over my mono but under the crimp), to improve lifespan?
Any tips concering drag/line/crimps are welcome