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The post on the new Bleeding Rapalas brought up the point about red and it's visibility. Cajun line markets red as dispearing very fast underwater, and the red hook craze markets red as being a great target. Both are products people believe in for those reasons. Just strikes me as funny is all.
RANGER
12-16-2006, 12:04 AM
Based on my personal experience...go with the hooks and FORGET the "Cajun" line. I bit, and ended up destroying the line with a propane torch (so animals can't get entangled) because it was Soooooooooooooooo misbehaved on the reels and rods and a real "B" to tie!!
Maybe - "Someday" - BUT - NOT now!!
:cheers:
Terroreyes
12-16-2006, 02:19 AM
Never tried red line, but can tell you about those bleeding pearl baits I used this fall.... the hooks got bent all to h&ll during a 70# trip :), only after a few slightly less successful trips, and replaced the stock red hooks with nice shiny triple grips and they never missed a beat! :) :)
Same story with all the custom shad raps i run. Ran red hooks, red bill, red hook/bill, any possible combo. Been comparing them for 3 years now. Came to the conclusion that it doesn' mean squat. At least here. But I can guarantee it makes all the difference in the world somewhere else. :confused:
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Ranger,
I tend to agree with the comment about misbehaving line - especially on spinning reels.
However, I will admit, that on a bait casting reel, this is one very tough line. I do like to use this line when trolling and when working around rocky bottoms. It is one of the best lines that I have tried with respect to abrasion.
Take care
REW
RANGER
12-17-2006, 11:42 PM
REW - you're absolutely right about the spinning reels and I should have clarified. I put it on my spinners and it drove me CRAZY!! As did it my buddy!
My level winds are trollers and are spooled with Power Pro or Fireline, as are most of my spinning reels as well. Since I graduated to Walleye fishing from Bass (shame,shame) and Trout, my casting level winds are nearly history. I still have several but use them for Steelhead and Salmon.
Good point, though, and I should have said same.
Meat Hunter Unlogged
12-18-2006, 08:21 AM
I like a little bit of red myself, one treble or one bead on a harness.
Meat Hunter.
Harve
12-18-2006, 09:10 AM
I used it for one year. My catch numbers were about the same, but I didn't like the way it laid on the reel or its knotability.
Roy Croan
12-18-2006, 12:20 PM
Red hooks and cajun line is want catches the fisherman.
Hawgeye Unlogged
12-19-2006, 08:12 PM
Although I don't use Cajun line on my reels, I make leaders with my Red Cajun line and will swear by it when fishing with crawlers. I use a single bead, a number 4 single red hook tipped with a crawler and will outfish another line in the boat two to one.
Might be the whole confidence thing but as long as I keep catching fish, what can I say?
Walleye Willy II
12-20-2006, 01:08 AM
Red hooks are made out of metal or something relative to it rather it be alluminum, steel or anything like that. Point is that they are a solid object and you cannot see trough them. Thus the red stands out in the water. Cajun Red is a monofilament fishing line and is transparet in water, another words you can see through it and it disappears in the water. It is also difficult to see on a sunny day as the sunlight makes it disappear. As to all that say dont like it-everybody has their own opinion. Personally I use strictly Cajun Red or Power Pro depending on type of fishing. Use mostly spinning rods and do a lot of casting and never had a problem. I can tell you it is much more abrassion resistant than any other mono I have ever fished. Just my .02!!
Hey guys, had the same situation with Cajun, but then found that there are two types of it, and one is like you mention, but the other is PUUUURFECT on our spinning reels. I really like the stuff. It has caught me tons of smallies the past few years.
We put the "other" kind on some baitcasters and it also worked well. Tough stuff. And my lake is very clear, not sure if it is more invisible to the fish, but worked good.
-Box
As a fly tyer I always go for translucency. Love picked out seal fur dubbing or polar bear hair since the light shinning through gives an aura and true colour rather than the plain dark profile of opaque material.
Optics and light are something I am working on this winter, so I may have things wrong, but being able to see through the line would make the line more red, not less. If the Cajun line marketting is correct that would be fabulous as it would make it invisible, but that is contrary to what the red hook people argue about red. Someone is wrong.
I do like the point about translucency and blending into the background. Perhaps red line really is the way to go in darker, redder water...
seaarkmvt
12-23-2006, 04:45 AM
Cajon red shows up good for ice-fishing,but hard to see open water.I used lighter #test,so coiling issues were minimal.
Red hooks are nothing but gold/silver hooks dipped in tool dye(Dykem).The ones I made lasted the same as the commercial ones.Double dip them and bake at 150F,they last quite a long time.