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    Default Line preference???

    What do you use on your Kokanee trolling rods?
    Take time before time takes you

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    you are going to get all kinds of answers with that one. but I use 4 different color maxims on my reels ultra green, hi vis, chameleon, and fibre glo. all in 8 lb test so when a kokanee decides to go wide and takes out the next rod it is a lot easer to untangle with 2 colors. for me it also has a nice dependable stretch which is really important in the early season with there soft mouths and they really don't care what color your line is any way. that is what I use and why. dfly

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    I use 12 lb floural leader on braid. I use my steelhead rods and love it. My 1.5 cents.

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    10lb Maxima UG last year....trying out 10lb Berkley Big Game this year.
    Trying the big game out for the extra stretch it has to see if it makes a difference with retention rates.....so far so good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by autorick View Post
    I use 12 lb floural leader on braid. I use my steelhead rods and love it. My 1.5 cents.
    Wow, what is you bite / in the boat ratio? (new stat ) Seems like there is not much stretch there.
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    I use 4 different color braids (I remember DFly's post from last year) in 8 and 10lb test with flourocarbon leaders. I use some fairly long, really soft fiberglass rods so I have a fair amount of cushion. I may spool up some mono and run a comparison this year. Hope to get out for my first trip of the year tonight or tomorrow am.

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    15 lb spider wire. Can't beat the added strength with a small diameter line. I think the next time I respool I'll rig all of my koke rods with fisherman's marine house braid. I love the 50lb I use for salmon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by clawman View Post
    What do you use on your Kokanee trolling rods?
    trilene big game in low-vis green, very durable and the stretch is predictable, IMO this line is as good as maxima

    this year ill be trying out the cabela's salt striker line in hi-vis yellow, i really liked the trilene but i want to try the hi-vis line this year to see if i can detect small strikes a little quicker, and like dfly talks about i think having the his-vis line on at least 1 or 2 rods is better than having low-vis line on every rod
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