Vicious Fluorocarbon

[nofearengineer]

I just thought I would share my experience with the stuff. I was a little skeptical of using fluorocarbon, especially after reading the article someone on here posted that included intensive testing of about 10 brands of fluorocarbon. Those results showed that much, but not all of the hype surrounding fluorocarbon was just hype. But since I had already bought the line, I thought I'd try it out myself and see what happened.

Since I was trading 8lb mono for 12lb fluorocarbon, I thought it would hurt my casting distance, at least a little, but surprisingly, not as far as I could tell. The most interesting thing I only noticed later, after casting it for a couple hours: not even a hint of a backlash. And this was a very windy day. 15-20mph constant winds. I have never experienced that kind of ease, even with mono. I'd like to take credit for my skill, but I know it's not that.

I have to admit that the line did seem to make tying the Rapala knot a little tough, as it was a little springier than mono, but it seemed fine once I finally got it cinched down. And I did use some KVD line conditioner on it when I first spooled it up, but none before use. I will be using it for a while with no conditioner to see if it causes it to become more of a problem.

I wish I had something to report as far as sensitivity or knot strength, but alas, the fish were not very hungry. That'll be a report for another day. But in the interim, I would say Vicious seems to be a great line, and since it is actually a couple of bucks less than most other fluorocarbons (Wal Mart sells it, for pete's sake), it seems to be a good deal too.