Hello Fishing Buddies! Today, we'll be talking about the Asso Tapered Line
Monofilament. (Intro)
Here I have the Asso Tapered Line Monofilament.
This is a multi-color, segmented line, meaning the line changes color every 25 metres.
It is packed inside this clear plastic packaging.
This line has a built-in 20 metres of shockleader that tapers down to 200
metres of the main line. Let's open it up.
For the line memory, this does have a noticeable amount of it.
The thinnest section is advertised to be 0.35 mm in diameter, as per my caliper, it is 0.25 mm.
Now, to get to the thickest section, I wound this line on my Akios Nitron F15 reel.
You can see the line changing color per 25 metres - and yes, I do know my line lay is bad
The thickest section, which is advertised to be 0.70mm in diameter, measures 0.62 mm in diameter,
when manually measured. Moving on to the UV torch visibility test.
There's no reaction, except for the lime-green segment.
Let's proceed to testing the break test. This is advertised to 18 lbs from the thinnest section
going up to 80 lbs on the thickest section.
I will be using uni knots with 5 turns on both sections.
Starting with the 18 lbs section,
it broke at 13.54 lbs.
Moving on to the 80 lbs section. I will be using
Trident Tackle's Terma Link - since this is what I now normally use.
It broke at 37.32 lbs.
All that's left now is to cast with this line.
Let's head over to West Bexington and test it out.
I am using my Akios Nitron F15 Reel paired with my Nitron Prototype Continental Rod.
Just a simple Off The Ground Cast - played at half speed.
Let's see that again. This time at full speed.
And for comparison, here I have a tapered shockleader
on my Akios Shuttle 656 SCM reel. Wind has picked up quite a lot and I
apologize for the bad audio caused by the wind. Again, just an ordinary Off The Ground Cast.
There we have it. For me, personally,
I just can not tell the difference between the Asso Tapered Line
and the one with the tapered shock leader. Having said that, if you really must not have a
knot along your line and need the length marker so that you can measure the depth, for example,
then the Asso Tapered Line is a great line. If you found this video informative, please click
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