 Welcome back to the channel fish and freaks. We are going old school on you today Currently is just raining cats and dogs outside and I was deciding what should I do today? And I thought while I'm up here at Guggen HQ I'm going to do a line video the reason I say this is the old school style video today is because I used to do a Lot more of these style videos where it's like informational breakdown and that's basically it and as YouTube has evolved And I've become more of like an episodic style channel. I just include this kind of Short knowledge in the videos, but today I'm diving deep and the reason is right now is the time where tons of people are talking about fishing techniques and specifics and Everyone's fishing across the country right now getting a lot of questions Overall getting questions about line When to use it where to use it the other reason is we've got Guggen squad line now Partner with Ketchco on this and been working on this for over a year And the lines are finally out So I wanted to talk more about that and just use these as an example and the reviews by you guys on shopcrawls.com I've been really good on the line I wanted to run through the scenarios of lines when to use specific types of lines these three braided monofilament and fluorocarbon and Basically the different sizes that I use the most start out with the cheapest and most common of the three and that is good old Monofilament this is what your dad grew up using right here And this is still to this day Something that I always have spooled up on a few different rods for a few different reasons The properties of monofilament to make it great are it floats So it's great to use for top waters or anything you want to ride high at the surface It also has a good stretch to it Stretch can be good a lot of times if you're fishing a bait that has treble hooks or You can just kind of match it with your rod to get that right Flexibility to where when that fish is shaking its head Or trying to eat the bait it gives you a better shot to land that fish One of the biggest reasons to use monofilament is the castability the suppleness of the line So monofilament easier to manufacture than fluorocarbon and it has the floating aspect to it the castability aspect to it And it's just it's got good stretch to it so it's a it's a good overall line if you're getting started into fishing for castability and Cost of course, and it's just it's a good overall line And I specifically use it for top waters. I use it for spinnerbaits a lot of times I'll use it for crankbaits sometimes, but I generally do not use it on any plastics Anything that I'm having to really set the hook drive a hook through plastic on that's when I use braid and fluorocarbon Now let's get to the meat taters the one that has talked about the most I feel is Fluorocarbon when to switch to fluorocarbon why to use it and when to use it the main properties of fluorocarbon that I think make it the best overall choice for a bass fishing line are it's lower stretch the abrasion resistance the density of the line which makes it sink And the invisibility of the line So fluorocarbon even in clear water the fish can't see it nearly as good as Monofilament and of course braid braids very visible so on fluorocarbon that is what I'm throwing 90% of the time on my Texas rigs and my jigs I'm a jigman and I throw jigs a ton and I'm usually throwing between 15 and 20 pound I think is appropriate Because if you're using a heavier rod to drive the hook into the fish's mouth I stay away from anything below 15 if I'm using a stout rod, you know anything like a medium heavy like a stiffer extra-fast medium heavy up to a A heavy or anything above that basically because when that fish eats that bait and a lot of times They will they gulp it into their mouth totally And then they start swimming and you take that fluorocarbon and you set the hook really hard It's gonna rake across their teeth and if you're not using a thicker diameter line It can break it. I broke it off many times. So it's really the only time that I go down to 12s as I'm fishing Deeper like clear water dragging a football jig Something like fishing like the Ozarks or something like that, but almost always I'm at least gonna throw 15 pound fluorocarbon if I'm I'm dragging a Texas rig or jig or Carolina rig something like that and if I'm around thicker heavier cover That's when I'm throwing 20 pound and sometimes even 25 pound But 15 gets you by in most situations in most states now if you're using an exposed hook Like for example a wacky rig where you don't have to set the hook as hard and you're going to a lower power rod like a Medium or a medium light then it's okay to go down to like 12 10 Even 8 pound test if you're not really gonna set the hook that hard, but anything where I'm driving a hook through Or a jig I'm going 15 or above Usually I'm also going to use fluorocarbon on my crankbaits Anything that especially that I want to dive a little bit deeper because of the fluorocarbon it sinks If you're using monofilament with a crankbait, it'll tend to float it a little bit So I'll usually go down to like a 12 pound I'm usually right around a 12 pound for most crankbaits if I'm shallow cranking like a square bill I've got a 15 pound fluoro on here, and I'm using that on a medium action shorter rod 610 rod that I can just kind of make short little Rollcast with and throw it around cover. So that's a little bit different if you're fishing around cover Always you want to bump up here line size But also I this bait doesn't need to go very deep. So I can throw a larger diameter and get away with that Swim baits most of the time I'm throwing the fluorocarbon. I'm throwing 20 pound fluorocarbon spanner baits I'm 15 to 20 pound fluorocarbon anything that I'm fishing around cover And it's a moving bait. It's usually 15 to 20 pound fluorocarbon I would say a hundred percent if you have to get one line a general use line Get 15 pound fluorocarbon. You can do so much with it. It's like the seven foot medium heavy action rod Of line gotta have this one now last and certainly not the least and strongest of the ball is Braided line if you've never used braided line the properties on braid are there's just about zero stretch to it So you can cast that thing as long as you can Fish eats it you set the hook. It's about the same as if the fish was five feet away That's one of the best factors about braided line is the hook sets You're getting maximum power. The other thing that's great about it is the diameter is much thinner compared to monofilament or fluorocarbon One of the bad things about braid is it's pretty much straight. You can see it in the water I mean if fish can see it clear as day a brazen resistance is a little different So braid is great in grass and in logs and trees things like that But around rocks around hardcover It is it is less than fluorocarbon. I know that sounds strange, but if you think about How easily you could take a knife up against braid and cut it versus fluorocarbon? It's actually a lot easier if your line is tight just a slice right through braid because of all those little Tiny little strands then fluorocarbon, which is more of like a plasticky feeling material and will kind of fray And shred before it cuts all the way through whereas this is just Done. What does that mean in real life bass fishing situations? Well, if you're flipping heavy grass trees You got to get a fish out of something maybe heavy dock cover things like that. That's not metal Wooden docks braid can be a great option if you're flipping around a lot of rocks or dragging Group 8 through rocks or metal poles things like that and nasty stuff I would go with fluorocarbon number one thing people think about with braid is I'm sure a Frog and it is the best y'all I mean if you're gonna throw a frog throw it on braid most of the time you're throwing a frog in grassy situations Around heavier cover You need a good hook set It's it's everything that you could want when fishing a frog That's the kind of line you want to fish line that I actually fish the most the pound test is 50 pound test 65 used to be like the standard like when when braids started getting really popular Everyone was throwing 65. I started using 50 about Five or six years ago, and I just found that the casting distance was great And I wasn't ever losing fish like I've never broke fish off Flipping it and especially Frogging like it cut the lower diameter even cuts through the grass and lily pad stems better So I actually like to frog with 50 now if you're just going after 18 pound bass in the nastiest cover ever Maybe you go up to 65 but for most situations I found that 50 you're gonna get your frog in a better location It just casts easier and it cuts through the grass better it even flip it to I just like it Better accuracy better now the situations where I'm throwing a lighter braid is if I really need to get a good hook set on Something I'm casting out a long ways if I'm fishing around grass. I need zero stretch I'm gonna go down to like a 30 or a 40 pound braid most of the time It's 30 like sometimes if I throw a swim jig or a spinner bait through some grass I'll go down to that on a casting scenario if I'm throwing a spinning rod with any kind of Like shaky head any kind of plastic. I need to set the hook through I'm definitely doing grade and then a fluorocarbon leader. That is the deal go down to 15 pound braid on a spinning reel It will change your life. You're not gonna get any tangles twist The line by the way that has the most memory out of all three classes is fluorocarbon This is where you're gonna have the most trouble With spinning reels is if you fish a heavier fluorocarbon with braid Almost never gonna have any kind of spiraling or twisting because it's so limp, especially Guggen squad braid This is a 8 strand dyneema and basically what that need that means is the the higher the strands the more round That the braid is going to be so that means it's it's gonna lay better on the spool So better casting better line lay that also means it's just gonna be smoother. It's gonna be quieter Going through the guides. It's just a better cast ability than a four strand Heading the fluorocarbon leader to the braid on a spinning set up For fishing little shaky heads and other little finesse things like this is just amazing So I think for most water situations 15 pound braid And then put you a 12 to 15 pound fluorocarbon leader on there and tie it tie you a knot to that and that's a that's a whole nother knot Y'all can look up double uni knots and things like that on YouTube and check that out But that combo right there it is I think unbeatable in terms of like getting a hook set Plus the invisibility and if you tie a good knot on there, you're just gonna catch so many more fish You're gonna feel a lot more bites So that is the breakdown of lines in general fluorocarbon monofilament and braid if there's another type of line Out there that I didn't mention that you use let me know in the comments But I think I covered them all and there's more sizes coming in July so there's gonna be 1720 25 and the fluorocarbon we're going up to 65 on the braid There's even some more sizes in the monofilament one more thing to talk about that I did see in some comments about the line was You know that it's made in Japan that it wouldn't be as good as the stuff made in USA And that's just not true the reason that we sourced this line out of Japan is because they make the best fishing line so that the stuff that I was using Before I started using Guggen line was made in Japan a lot of the other tackle that I use high-end stuff Is is made in Japan they make very very good Fishing lines they make they make the best so when you start doing Research to find the best manufacturers for these things you wind you wind up there So it's definitely not a bad thing just wanted to point that out Premier place to get the line right now is shopcarls.com You will get this as well as everything off the site 30% off if you sign up to be a shopcarls member plus free shipping on anything So it's actually a good deal if if you're gonna buy some tackle this year if you've already tried the line out Hopefully you like it, but let me know in the comments Like I said, I've been using this stuff on my reels for a long time many many videos that y'all have seen and Caught some really big bass and I've just I've been happy with the cast ability their performance Especially on the fluorocarbon, which is what I use the most and I just think it's it's a win-win I just think that the squad and our partners at Ketchco. We did a good job on it So glad to tell you about it and it's been a while since we've done one of these deep dives into the technique specific stuff So if you like that, let me know in the comments as well Though that is what I have for you today everybody if you want to check out the home blogs I will leave them linked down below. I'm gonna be uploading some of those while I'm overseas in New Zealand All right y'all I'm gonna get out of here. I love you for subscribing right here to the channel and we'll see you right back here on the next one