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Title: Most elastic mono?
Post by: Bert on January 09, 2011, 08:49:50 PM

I'm out of light the lightest Knotted Dogs and am off to Eucumbene. Rather than learn how to make the buggers I figured to create some leaders - nine feet or so as with fly - "looped" at both ends. It's been that long since I've used mono as a mainline that I can't recall which was the "stretchy-est". My ageing grey matter has some notion that Maxima was always a bit of a bungy string.

Any ideas on what might make a nine or ten foot bungy for Harro's eight pount Bionic or four pound Fireline??

Title: Re: Most elastic mono?
Post by: Johnny Mitchell on January 09, 2011, 09:33:03 PM

Take a look at Shogun, or Platypus Pretest as a starter.

Title: Re: Most elastic mono?
Post by: harro on January 10, 2011, 04:51:39 AM

JM is right on!
I'd go the homeside with Playypus Pre-test.  Has nearly 30% stretch and a bigger diametre.
Shogun is OK but is the same as a number of "leader" brands from the same maker that are
re-spooled and badged.
(Can show you the KD hand spinning technique next time we catch up, grin)

Title: Re: Most elastic mono?
Post by: Bert on January 10, 2011, 01:30:01 PM

Thanks lads: the home grown stuff it is. 30% sounds plenty over ten feet or so. Just as long as it has a little give - especially for the graphite overheads; the 2-3kg 6' Ugly Sticks supply a ready cushion for the eggbeaters.

Quote from: Member on January 10, 2011, 04:51:39 AM

(Can show you the KD hand spinning technique next time we catch up, grin)

That might be dangerous whilst having a beer or several. I've visions of myself resembling the cicada that flew into a tree spider's web the other day: all wrapped up and nowhere to go...