crusian Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Hi everyone I am thinking about buying a spool of Hydro Tuff , but Brown or Green , and are there any breaking strains to avoid please ? . Ta . 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commonly Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Are you fishing snaggy waters Ian? There's yonny's write up and table showing stretch vs diameter /breaking strains on a thread from a few years ago,which is very useful. From that thread, I started using the GT HD. 15lb, superb line, none of the usual faults, that are common with other mono's. I used it on my previous syndi that had more Canadian weed than water, never had any issues. https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/gardner-gt-hd-mono-line?gclid=Cj0KCQjwt5zsBRD8ARIsAJfI4BhySYV1soidRliRKmfSJM0aaxQzD-t9DuHrCNGp8SzoEYu1Kg6vXCwaAqeYEALw_wcB crusian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 @crusian I've used it in 20 for weed and 12 for casting, both perform really well. It's the green I use but thats because I didn't know you could get it in brown! elmoputney, crusian and commonly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 I've been using 15lb hydrotuff in green all this year it's brilliant line in my opinion, I've only stripped it back to refresh it a couple of times so far it casts nicely seems to lay nicely and doesn't give me any bother at all ,I can now recommend it with absolute confidence I've actually just put fresh leaders on and stripped them a little tonight so they are ready for Thursday night gotta love strictly come dancing gives me a pass to play in the garage 😀 commonly and crusian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted September 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 That's great , thanks very much fellas . 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 hour ago, commonly said: There's yonny's write up and table showing stretch vs diameter /breaking strains on a thread from a few years ago,which is very useful. These are 2 of the pages from the Table mentioned by Commonly (wont let me insert PDF) Ive had it on my phone since was ever posted... elmoputney, crusian and commonly 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 14 hours ago, crusian said: 😃 I'm currently using the rather funky combination of Hydro Tuff in 12 lb with a 20/30 ft leader of the SLS Specimon Tough in 18 lb. The water I'm fishing is really, really weedy and the fish do sometimes hang out a very long range. This set up allows me to get the distance and still deal with the weed. I would happily use the Hydro Tuff in 20 lb as a leader too. crusian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 27 minutes ago, yonny said: I'm currently using the rather funky combination of Hydro Tuff in 12 lb with a 20/30 ft leader of the SLS Specimon Tough in 18 lb. The water I'm fishing is really, really weedy and the fish do sometimes hang out a very long range. This set up allows me to get the distance and still deal with the weed. I would happily use the Hydro Tuff in 20 lb as a leader too. I've been using the avid outline leader in 20lb for a while now, I am quite happy with that as a leader seems to work nicely with the hydrotuff yonny and crusian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted September 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 hours ago, yonny said: I'm currently using the rather funky combination of Hydro Tuff in 12 lb with a 20/30 ft leader of the SLS Specimon Tough in 18 lb. The water I'm fishing is really, really weedy and the fish do sometimes hang out a very long range. This set up allows me to get the distance and still deal with the weed. I would happily use the Hydro Tuff in 20 lb as a leader too. Thanks , Yonny . Now you know that Hydro Tuff is available in Brown as well as Green , would you have gone for the brown maybe ? . 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, crusian said: would you have gone for the brown maybe ? Probably buddy. Brown is the best all-rounder for blending in imo. crusian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted September 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 hours ago, yonny said: Probably buddy. Brown is the best all-rounder for blending in imo. Everything in brown it is then , thanks for saving me money , Yonny . I always have more confidence with my Guru Pear Leads in brown , but now they are a strange greyish colour and a pack of 2 instead of 3 ☹️ yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieg Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 Looking at the Gardner Tackle website HydroTuff is only available in Low Viz Green now. There is a note at the saying "*Limited stocks available of old style packaging of 10lb in Low-Viz Green and 12lb and 15lb in the superb Deep Brown." so you may struggle to find it in brown now. yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 17 minutes ago, charlieg said: HydroTuff is only available in Low Viz Green now. Makes sense, I could only find it in green👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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