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Product Review: Sufix
Fishing Line
As an angler
who enjoys the competitive end of the sport of bass fishing,
it is important to me to have quality gear. In most cases,
the dollar amount paid for gear, will be a good indicator of
its quality. I did say in most. There are always
exceptions in the industry.
When it comes to fishing lines, I have tried numerous
brands from the inexpensive brands to the top end stuff. I
eventually settled with P-Line for most of my rigs, and was
happy with this brand for sometime. In fact, I probably
would still be using P-Line if not for Rusty Hooks. (No
this is not a misprint, the guys real name is Rusty Hooks.)
While at Bill Lukes Big Bass Days, earlier this year, I met
Rusty at the Sufix booth. He asked me what I was using and
offered to spool my reels with Suffix. I wasn’t crazy about
the idea as I was not looking for new line. He then asked
me what it is I used. After telling him about my confidence
in P-Line, he preceeded to ask me if I had time to watch
some abrasion tests. He matched P-Line and Sufix DNA into a
head-to-head test and, to my surprise DNA was much stronger
pound for pound. When P-Line broke, the DNA did not look or
feel damaged at all. Rusty gave me a few boxes to try, and
that was all it took.
To this day, I have not changed the initial spool of DNA
that I put on my cranking rod. It simply doesn’t need to be
changed and looks as it did on day one. DNA is
exceptionally soft and smooth. This, combined with its
limpness, allows for long, trouble free casts. I have found
that its tensile and knot strength is virtually unmatched as
well. Besides the above qualities, throw in the fact that
it has very little memory, virtually no line twist, and very
low stretch factor, you have one awesome product. And last
but not least, it is non-expensive.
After contacting Rusty and sharing my new love for DNA, he
went on to tell me of the Tritanium Plus Series. He began
describing it as the new generation of castability,
strength, and sheer toughness. Before long, I had a few
boxes of Tritanium and was out for a test. Sufix does it
again, as this line is as good as advertised. Put it this
way, Sufix lines are now on all of my rods.
Sufix is no stranger to the fishing line industry though
most of you have never probably heard of them. They are in
their 29th year of line production, but spent
most of that time producing line for over 170 companies
worldwide. Sufix has taken everything they have learned in
those 29 years, and produced the elite of elites when it
comes to fishing lines. The best thing about it is, it
won’t cost you an arm and a leg to spool your reels and you
will definitely get a lot of usage for your money.
Sufix is taking off and the word of this line is spreading.
Waterdog Willy’s now carries Sufix and most of your other
favorite tackle shops should have it soon. For more
information on Sufix, check out their website at
www.sufix.com.
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