Which line for ice fishing?

[WAeyes]

Has anyone used the P-line Floroice? What is your opinion of it for ice fishing and your comments on other recommended ice lines over regular mono?

[Backwater Eddy]

I am testing Power Pro #8 with #1 diameter this season under the ice. So far I love it.

Very thin, low-vis, very flexible, and 0 stretch so any tap you know it right now.

I have noticed a marked improvement in line guide icing. It has far less icing then thicker monos and other super-braids I have used in the past.

Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson...><sUMo>

Backwater Guiding

[Walleye Express]

WAeyes.
I have not tried any braids during ice fishing. I like a little stretch when doing the ice thing, so I use either 10 pound Maxima or 12 pound Big Game. I tend to be a little (lets say)ancious, especially if the day has been slow. And when I see the ol'FL-8 light up with a big mark hovering next to my Do-Jigger or my Gens Worm, I know that that reflex-rip will be on hair trigger when it takes my bait. I also went to a more flexable/forgiving rod because of that uncontrolable habbit.

[Neal/CO]

I like Power pro most of the year, but not during ice season. Every time I have used it, it seems to absorb water then freeze to the spool. Trilene XL is good and 14 lb Sensation is great for my heavy pike and Laker rod. Some baits like airplane jigs work much better with thicker diameter line! 14 lb Sensation is the same diameter as 10 lb XT. Fireline works well for jigs and light spoons if the air temp is above freezing and it doesn't seem to absorb as much water. I always carry four or five spools with different kinds of line to switch out during ice season.

Has anybody tried Iron Silk yet?

[Backwater Eddy]

Iron Silk is great, I have that on my other ice reels.

Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson...><sUMo>
Backwater Guiding

[Neal/CO]

How does it differ from braids and Mono?

[Backwater Eddy]

IronSilk has has far less stretch then mono and very abrasion resistant, yet manageable.

Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson...><sUMo>
Backwater Guiding

[WAeyes]

The Iron Silk sounds interesting BE. I am looking for something with a little stretch but not as much as mono that is also very abrasion resistant. I love Power Pro casting jigs but I think I want a little more forgiveness for ice fishing. Does the Iron Silk fall in between mono and Power Pro for stretch? Does anyone know the characteristics of the P-Line Floroice?

[WAeyes]

Anxious when fishing? No, not me ;) ##### I'm a wreck! I need a little stretch too, otherwise there maybe lips coming in on my jigs.

[Neal/CO]

All these new lines! It is starting to get confusing?