Soft Steel's Manageable Fluorocarbon Line, Instinct FC
Introduction: With each new review season brings a curiosity into new fishing line products. During the winter, fish go deep, bears hibernate, I surf the pages of TackleWarehouse to find a handful of fishing line product to sample. During the winter of 21/22, I came across a brand I'd not seen before. Established in 1992, Soft Steel is a sister company of Okuma and was originally established in support of saltwater anglers, and now offers a full array of fishing line product. Today, we take a look at Soft Steel's fluorocarbon mainline, Instinct.
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Soft Steel's Manageable Fluorocarbon Line, Instinct FC
Soft Steel's Manageable Fluorocarbon Line, Instinct FC
Cal, Managing Editor
"fish with mindfulness : beware the darkside"
"fish with mindfulness : beware the darkside"
Re: Soft Steel's Manageable Fluorocarbon Line, Instinct FC
Can you explain the difference between the "Stretch" and "Deformity" criteria?
Re: Soft Steel's Manageable Fluorocarbon Line, Instinct FC
Deformity is the measure of how much the line remains stretched after the load is removed.
Cal, Managing Editor
"fish with mindfulness : beware the darkside"
"fish with mindfulness : beware the darkside"
Re: Soft Steel's Manageable Fluorocarbon Line, Instinct FC
Deformity is an underrated statistic. Obviously braid does best in this aspect, would assume fluorocarbon or certain mono/copolymers are worst. I notice some of the better, thicker, stiffer fluorocarbons score low in this specific area. They are good everywhere else, but if they get deformed (from pulling a knot wrong, backlash, etc.) they get a weak spot. I know it isn't proven, but I still swear that died fluorocarbons feel softer/more limp and recover/resist deformities better.