Line testing

[Ohio_River_Rat]

For my little brothers science fair project i tested the strength of different fishing lines. I used 20lb line so i could get my folks to buy me some line i could use. I used a digital berkly scale to test a 30Inch leader with Palomar knots tied to swivels. The tightline is the cheap BassPro offshore angler brand I really liked the feel of the trilene XT but it lost alot of strength when wet and it was really stretchy when wet. After this project my decision to use was the Berkly Big Game and its a good thing to cause its the line i have on all my reels. I thought should pass on this info although im not sure how reliable it is. Oh yah i soaked the line in room temperature for 30minutes.



Test performed ANDE BIG GAME TRILENE XT CAJUN TIGHTLINE

Dry test 1 (LB. oz) 21.80 22.14 28.14 15.06 17.15
Dry test 2 18.80 26.04 28.02 19.11 18.09
Dry test 3 18.10 21.01 24.00 17.09 17.03
Dry test 4 17.14 25.14 24.13 17.05 19.00
Avg of dry tests 18.96 23.58 26.07 17.08 17.82


Wet test 1 17.00 20.09 18.11 17.07 18.11
Wet test 2 17.02 19.03 17.00 17.03 16.14
Wet test 3 17.07 19.05 18.14 17.02 17.01
Wet test 4 19.02 22.50 20.07 16.05 17.05
Avg of wet tests 17.53 20.17 18.33 16.79 17.08

Amt of stgh lost 1.43 3.42 7.74 0.29 0.74

[Ohio_River_Rat]

sorry here mabey this chart is better

Test performed ANDE BIG GAME TRILENE XT CAJUN TIGHTLINE

Dry test 1 21.80 22.14 28.14 15.06 17.15
Dry test 2 18.80 26.04 28.02 19.11 18.09
Dry test 3 18.10 21.01 24.00 17.09 17.03
Dry test 4 17.14 25.14 24.13 17.05 19.00
Avg of dry 18.96 23.58 26.07 17.08 17.82

Wet test 1 17.00 20.09 18.11 17.07 18.11
Wet test 2 17.02 19.03 17.00 17.03 16.14
Wet test 3 17.07 19.05 18.14 17.02 17.01
Wet test 4 19.02 22.50 20.07 16.05 17.05
Avg of wet 17.53 20.17 18.33 16.79 17.08

Amt__ lost 1.43 3.42 7.74 0.29 0.74

[TeamCatHazzard]

Good tests RiverRat thanks for the info

[Ulizth]

Good testing. I personally have always liked the big game or the ande

[flathunter]

Just proves that my favorite line Berkly Biggame is one of the best..And Cajon is not that good.....Good post!

[crazy]

Huh seems to me cajan is more consistant then the others. It also beats them in the wet test. Unless #4 is not cajan....To bad big game. Interesting test though. I do have a question... did you win the science fair?

[barbel]

Cajun was #3, or looks like it was anyways. But even so, it does look more consistant to me than most of the others. The only one that really beat it was Ande, and thats a saltwater line. Big game beat it by a little, but not that much.

This is actually a good idea. I think I might have to try it using a higher test with all of them. That could be another thing that makes a difference. The strength might go up exponentially as the diameter increases. Its a possibility, but only science will tell.