lets talk about fishing lines - mono vs flourocarbon

[keakar]

like the title says I want to talk about mono vs fluorocarbon fishing lines.

I have always been a hard headed tried and true die hard mono fisherman but I figure its time to move up to something better (if it is) and I have heard that the new fluorocarbon is.

years ago I tried fluorocarbon and while it had good points the lack of stretch in the line caused it to pop fairly easily and often (IMHO) at much less weight then the line was rated for.

seamed every time I snagged an oyster it cut off the line and I never got a chance to pull it free. I would catch a big red and "pop" its gone before the drag could release, so I threw the flouro in the trash and went back to my mono and never had any of those issues.

the only negative I ever had with mono was it dried out and needed replacing every year which was not a big deal for me. now catching specks would shread the line and need to cut off the last 18" of line after 3 or 5 fish or use a heavy leader which im too hard headed or lazy to do.

now all that's been said, what are todays fluorocarbon lines like? do they still break off rather then stretch or do they actually hold the strength they are rated for without breaking?

its not the lack of stretch I have a problem with, its the line popping off rather then holding up under sudden snap action like setting the hook on something solid.

please no braid comments, lets pretend braid does not exist in this conversation, I have used it often and I hate braid and have no more use for it then fishing with a solid wire line.