McDonald's & Nanofil

[MallenManson]

What do they have in common?

Badabababah...I'm lovin it!

The Nanofil anyways. Not so much the McDonald's.

Last Sunday, I picked up a spool of 17# Trilene XL. Monday I picked up a spool of 12# Nanofil.

Obviously, this comparison has a ton of variables. Like the 5# test difference (I was hoping Gander had 17# Nanofil)...or the fact that I don't know when either spool was actually produced.

For the test, I used a Daiwa Exceler rod. 6'6 MH 1/4-1 oz, 8-17 lb line, with a Pflueger President 6740.
I was throwing a 3/16 oz bell sinker
Obviously, not a casting machine by any stretch of the imagination.

Obviously, I spooled up the Trilene first.

I planned on casting several times with each line, but since all 3 Trilene casts came within 3' of each other, it was 3 and done.

Re-spooled with the Nanofil. First cast was past all 3 Trilene results when it hung up in a pine tree. Next couple casts landed safely. The 4th cast still has my sinker caught on a branch around 15' high. 5th cast came down safely

At this point, the Trilene casts averaged 65'. The Nanofil casts averaged 88'.

I felt I was holding back on the Nanofil due to the tree issues, so I moved to another area and after 4 casts, averaged 96'.

That result ties in pretty damm close to the "50% further" that Nanofil claims.
I really think that once you put on a heavier weight/bait, the results will improve even more. The Nanofil comes off the spool so smoothly, that I had a lot of loose line on the ground once the weight landed.
I believe this is why I was hung up in the trees twice.

So far, I am very impressed. I'll be throwing heavier baits with it tomorrow. I won't be measuring distance, but I should have a solid feel for the distance.

If I get any bites I may have an inkling as to it's stretch.