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.
Deformity is the measure of how much the line remains stretched after the load is removed.
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.
