FLUOROCARBON
InvizX is his staple fluorocarbon.
“It is my favorite of all-time,” he said. “I use it everywhere. It’s very pliable and works for flippin’ crankin’ or finesse fishing. It just covers it all.”
Whether he fishing straight fluoro or using a braid to fluoro leader, Zaldain uses a San Diego Jam knot, with one exception.
“The San Diego is the fastest knot you can tie and it has over a 95 percent knot strength,” he said. “It works great no matter if you are throwing – spinnerbaits, crankbaits or lures with smaller type hooks (like shakey heads and darter heads). I use it 100 percent of the time with fluorocarbon unless I am throwing a dropshot. In that case, I use a standard Palomar.”
TECHNIQUE SPECIFIC
Zaldain also made note of the technique specific Flippin’ lines designed by Denny Brauer.
“For years and years all of us on the California Delta (or even the guys in Florida) have been coloring our braided line,” revealed Zaldain. “We take a Marks-A-Lot
52
marker and we color
our lines black. This
new Flippin’ Braid is
the first-ever black
colored braid. There’s
no more coloring the
line yourself. It comes
black right out of the
package.”
Flippin’ Braid
comes in 50- and 65-
lb test. It is a smooth,
eight-strand braid for
punchin’ and flippin’
heavy grass.
“The Flippin’
Fluorocarbon is a real
heavy fluorocarbon,”
he explained. “It is
good for lakes with
fish in hard bushes (like mesquite or buck brush).
Flippin’ Fluoro is available in 20- to 30-lb test and is touted as having virtually-no stretch.
Zaldain mentioned the spool sizes of the technique specific lines. “When we’re flippin’, we’re short lining,” he said. “We’re kind of top-shotting and not spooling’ up our whole reel with flippin’ line. Literally 15 or 20 yards of flippin’ fluoro carbon flippin braid is all you need. The size of the flippin’ spools are really nice for this.”
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