He is correct about the "invisibility" of flourocarbon line and it is generally more resistant to cuts etc.
Flourocarbon does not have any stretch or give in it at all and the line is very slippery and knots can come loose.
I have always fished with a leader and usually several pounds heavier than the reel line.
Hope this helps and good luck with your fishing mate !
For anyone in Tas who likes fishing inland, Arthurs Lake is currently at an all-time record high water level, being 99.4% full and just 4 cm below the spillway.
I'm no fishing guru, just spotted this thread so thought I'd comment, but everyone tells me that the water spreading into areas not normally underwater means lots of food for the fish to eat and therefore nice big fish to catch. That plus it's a lot easier going out in a boat if it's full too.
Arthurs Lake was dammed in 1966 as an additional source of water (via pumping) for Great Lake where the water is primarily used for power generation. The reason for the current high water level is a combination of an extended outage of the pumps for major works (now running again) and high rainfall over Winter and Spring.
It's hard to predict future levels, but it will take a long time to drop. If the pumps run flat out 24/7 (as they will be) and if rainfall is average over the next 12 months then it will still be about 91% full this time next year despite 5100 litres per second being sucked out of it. Unless there's a major drought, the level will be high for quite some time so there's plenty of opportunity for those who want to catch fish out of it.
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