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Today I'm going to tell you what nylon line is. Back in about 1930's or so, they came
out with a line called mono-filament. And mono-filament is extruded polymer and it's
been around for a long time. It's served us well, it still has it's purposes today. And
the only problem with it is it retains memory, that means that if you left this line on this
spool for a long time. It's going to come off, and see how it's basically, is curled.
It is not very abrasion resistant. And over time the experts and pros at fishing have
demanded better products, and they've come up with different types of polymers and lines.
Different grades, and through the years they've come up with a nylon, which is a co-polymer
that developed through the petroleum industry. And it is extremely slippery and it is abrasion
resistant. And it is extremely strong. It's ten times as strong as steel. As a matter
of fact this twenty pound test nylon that I have in my hand here, as you can compare
it to the twenty pound mono-filament. And you can see a huge difference in the diameter.
It's probably half the diameter, which in turn makes it easier through the water, and
extremely sensitive. And as I said very low abrasion. And this is the line of the future.
It does have it's down falls, however. You can't tie a good knot with it, because it's
very slippery. There are only certain knots that the manufacturer would recommend. I generally
use a palomar knot on the majority of the nylon lines and the nylon grades. But certain
manufacturers require that you use a different type of knot. See it's always good to check
with the manufacturer to find out what knot works best for it. So I hope you learned a
little about nylon line.