Fluorocarbon for throwing LCs and big hammers?

[ushone]

sooo, basically u claimed to have heard braid and floro was water proof. i proceeded to tell you they werent, then you find this article and think i need it? -_-;

[Armofisher818]

when asking Q's i post on here and on BD forum...then i usually get more responses on bd and faster, give it a try

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[Armofisher818]

sooo, basically u claimed to have heard braid and floro was water proof. i proceeded to tell you they werent, then you find this article and think i need it? -_-;

I never said you need it I'm just saying that it says flouro is waterproof so I thought I should bring it up

[ushone]

But your missing what i told you was that no matter how water proof it is, as it comes out the water its going to have water on it, water that is going to end up on you reel. Maybe it is waterproof and wont become saturated, but that is different from being hydrophobic where it basically would come out of the water dry; which is what you were describing as to what you were hoping to find. Also like i said earlier along with bsp is that salt water isnt that big of a deal long as your giving your reels a freshwater rinse at the end of the day and you do a monthly or every other month cleaning. Now if you get sand in their and enough of it, you could possibly have it seize up and be forced to clean it.

so to recap- You WILL get saltwater on and in your reel no matter which line you use and its no big deal, just rinse it out and clean it monthly

edit* that article also says on the 4th page "We performed tests with each line in both wet and dry conditions and were able to validate one claim right off the bat. That is, that fluorocarbon lines, do not absorb much water and were not very affected during our tests whether wet or dry." do not absorb much(key word)

[evosamurai]

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[DockRat]

I've always heard braid and flouro are water proof and im
Not worried about sand as much cause I can clean that off its the saltwater that I'm worried about that will get into somewhere you can't see and mess up your reel

I think your over thinking everything. Just go fishing and stop thinking about it.
Fished 5 - 6 pm yesterday at King Harbor. Used braid and didn't even rinse the reel.
Don't worry about painting your reels too.

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DR