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Yes, that's an interesting question. The answer given by the proponents of fluorocarbon over nylon is sensitivity. They claim that with 100m of line out fluoro gives them more feeling and a greater ability to set the hook - because of its lower stretch. All totally unscientific of course, but it...

Thank you. Could 'toughness' be the equivalent of what I'm calling 'brittle'? I know that the strength of a line is measured by slowing pulling on it until it breaks. With our fishing lines there can be two lines of the same diameter and same strength but my drop test shows consistently that...

That book goes far beyond my understanding almost immediately! But I'll struggle with it for a while. On elongation, elasticity and deformation. As I currently understand it elongation is the total amount of 'stretch' the line extends to before breaking and it's made up of an elastic component...

Many thanks, that will keep me busy!

The fluorocarbon is PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride). I put together the properties of the material if that helps. I assume that these are bulk material properties that change a lot during drawing I came across viscoelasticity a couple of days ago. Out of my depth!

For what it's worth I've been trying to write my own explanation but I have no idea whether I'm talking nonsense. Elasticity Fact 4. Basic fluorocarbon and nylon materials are almost equally elastic. They both stretch. Although you'll often hear it said that fluorocarbon is low-stretch, it's...

No, nothing so precise, but we do know that the nylon will be a little overspec. But there won't be enough variation from the advertised specification - certainly not enough to create the difference in what I'm calling shock strength. it seems to have something to do with the ability to absorb...

I'm an angler and having extensive discussions on a fishing forum about the properties of monofilament fishing line. There are two forms: various nylons - mainly we think PA6 and PA66 - and fluorocarbon. Our experience and 'garage testing' of these lines tell us that fluorocarbon while it can...