What is flourocarbon and why is there no STROFT fluorocarbon available?
Fluorocarbon is a plastic that is supposed to have some advantages over nylon. The most noted advantage is the lower visibility, when immersed in water, compared to nylon. In truth, fluorocarbon is less visible to the human eye than nylon when it is immersed; however, there is no conclusive proof that fish also “see it that way”. Ultimately fluorocarbon should result in more bites, but tests have not yet been able to prove this claim. These test were conducted using transparent fishing line such as STROFT GTM und STROFT ABR, the same number of bites were noted with these lines as well as with fluorocarbon lines. If one takes into account the lower knot strength of fluorocarbon line, so that one actually requires thicker line, then, in reality, fluorocarbon may be worse in this respect than nylon line. However, there are areas where fluorocarbon has clear advantages, such as when a line is required to sink quickly. Fluorocarbon has a higher specific weight so it defiantly sinks faster w
