Richard, I'm replying for Rob as you will see below...
Hi Richard,
Sorry for the delay. The only reason that the forum hasn't been
updated is that I've been laid up with 3 busted ribs since the site
went live and haven't been working from the office and forgot that we even had a forum!
I'll be back on the case next week!
To answer your question -
Pro Clear is a reduced diameter line, this means it will out-cast Pro
Gold (and other lines) of the same rating. However, when we reduce the
diameter of a line it reduces the abrasion resistance by a greater
ratio - roughly speaking, take away 10% of diameter and you reduce
abrasion resistance by 20%+ due to the ammount of 'body' gone from the
line. In order to give a bit more of a buffer we have increased the
anti-abrasion properties of the Pro Clear so that if the distance
caster encounters snags weed and gravel etc, not all is lost as it
would be with some line (no I won't mention
names!)
To sum up - in exact diameter comparisons (not breaking strain) Pro
Clear is more abrasion resistant.
But now I'm going to complicate things a bit! Pro Gold (and the new
Pro
Tough) have greater shock absorbancy than Pro Clear, so they will
absorb lunges under the rod tip a little better.
Here's how I spool my reels -
Ultra distance / clear water (no snags) - 12lb Pro Clear
Long distance / weed and gravel 16lb Pro Clear
Heavy snags/weed/gravel 15lb Pro Gold / 20lb Pro
Clear
Snags at distance 12lb Pro Gold
If you do want to use Pro Clear for snag fishing, just chose a
breaking strain up from your normal - if you use 15lb line, go for
20lb Pro Clear - it will still cast better, but also give you an edge landing fish.
I hope this helps a bit without getting too complicated. Any futher
questions, please mail me
rob@terryeustace.com
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