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Berkly Nanofil
« on: May 20, 2012, 02:52:41 PM »
$20 wasted.  I tested this new line in 12lb after seeing it hyped on TV.  I does cast about 30% farther than 10lb test Trilene XL because it is thinner and slicker.  I checked the line after each catch and began to see a pattern of abrasion a few inches above where the lures or swivel attached.  I took off several inches often and made sure my guides were clean.  Still the abrasion would show up.  It was after I lost a favorite Hulapopper that I looked at the break and it was clean,  not at the area where the popper was tied on but a few inches above it and the line showed no abrasion.  This puzzled me,  so I took 2 feet of 10 lb Trilene and 3 feet of the 12 lb Nanofil, connected each with loops and stretched them.  I did this three times.  Each time the Nanofil broke clean a few inches above where the two lines were connected.  Beats me, but I can't trust the Nanofil so it went in the trash.  Not to mention that tying the knots with it requires good finger dexterity.

Ralph
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