Fishing Tackle: Do You Know How to Choose the Right Fishing Line

A fishing line is a cord used or made for angling, fish are caught with a fishing line by

encouraging a fish to bite on a fishing hook. A fish hook will pierce the mouthparts of a fish and is normally barbed to make escape less likely. Important parameters of a fishing line are it’s length, material, and weight (thicker lines are more visible to fish). Most modern lines are made from nylon or silk.

Most beginners feel their mind is blank when they want to select a suitable fishing line, because there are too many kinds of fishing line in the fishing tackles store, and they have no idea about which one is better. Today, we will tell you 4 tips to choose fishing line, and trust me, it will be helpful.

1. Have a look at the line

When you come into a fishing tackles store, the first thing you should do is taking it easy, then have a look at all the fishing line in the store. Although there are many different colors, experienced people only choose some common colors. For example, when you're fishing in low-light conditions, gold-colored line and coffee-colored line are usually a good choice. And green-colored line usually can be used when fishing in water that's filled with algae or heavy vegetation.

You should also have a look at the production date. Most fishermen never take care about this point, but it is important. The longer the fishing line preserved, the lower the quality .

2. Touch the line

When you have selected the color you want, the next step is feeling the fishing line. Good fishing line should be smooth and uniform thickness. If the fishing line which you hold in hand feels bad, then it must be poor quality.

3. Pull the fishing line

When you have found a fishing line which feels good, then you can pull both sides of the fishing line tightly, and you can feel the strength of the fishing line’s tension. Generally speaking, fishing line with strong tension is not easy to break and can fight with the big fish.

Watch out, pulling the fishing line can be dangerous sometimes, please don’t hurt your hands.

4. Have a bite of the fishing line

When you pull both sides of the fishing line tightly and find it has a strong tension, then you can have a bite of it. If the fishing line becomes flat, the fishing line is flexible enough. But if the fishing line has no change, it means the fishing line has a poor quality.

Practice makes perfect, even you know many skills, choosing the right fishing line is still troublesome if you are a beginner of fishing. And when you accumulate a lot of experience, selecting the right fishing line will be easy for you.