![]() ![]() Without a jib sheet, the jib would flail wildly on the forestay.īut lines on a sailboat go so much farther than sheets and halyards, and in some cases it can get so complicated that one must label each block and cleat with color coded stickers so as to not get confused.Ī worn out, frayed line can make the prettiest of sailboats look like a hoopty. Without a halyard, the main would flop lifelessly to the deck. ![]() The truth is, a novice sailor can step on a dinghy and become overwhelmed by the number and types of lines used to make a sailboat move.Īnd that is exactly what they do. Now that we have that figured out, the question of which line is good for which application and which line is best for sailing becomes clear as mud. So before we say another word about “rope” let’s get our verbiage straight - its a line. The second it is cut off the bolt it becomes a line regardless of its type or function. Multicolored lines have numerous applications, including precision vertical jigging and trolling.Ask any sailor, “What’s this rope used for,” and they will promptly correct you and tell you in the most condescending voice they can muster, “it's a line.” PowerPro’s Depth-Hunter changes color every 25 feet (blue-yellow-green-orange), with the colors repeating every 100 feet, plus an additional 2-centimeter black hash mark every 5 feet. Other lines incorporate more than just two colors. “It’s fun to fish with, and truly helps you ‘trace’ and track your line.” “Trilene Tracer is an alternating low-viz green and high-viz chartreuse, which allows you to tie your leader to the low-viz section and still have alternating high-viz,” says Clay Norris, Pure Fishing’s senior product manager. PowerPro Depth-Hunter, TUF-Line XP Indicator, Berkley Trilene Tracer Braid and Sufix Metered Performance Braid all incorporate short sections of different colors, allowing anglers to count out how much line is in the water. One step beyond high-viz color is what most line manufacturers call “metered” or “indicator” lines, containing different sections of colored line throughout a spool, marked in short, equal lengths. Fish swim under or over dark‑green line like it’s a grass.” Jim Ross, of Fireline Fishing Charters in Rockledge, Florida, “but more important, game fish don’t pay much attention to it either. ![]() “I like low-viz colored lines because inshore baitfish aren’t spooked if they swim across it,” says Capt. (To be forthright, red does not disappear underwater it just becomes darker as depth increases.) With multiple hookups, different-color lines make it quicker and easier to direct the angler to the right rod.”Ĭortland added red to its Master Braid series in 2013 because red is the first color to go “neutral” in the water column, usually about 15 feet deep. The color quickly lets me determine which rod was bit. “Let’s say I’m running three lines in an outrigger: blue, yellow and red. “For offshore, especially when using multiple rods in the spread, high-viz colored lines make fishing easier,” Schindel says. Muddy substrate, sea-grass flats, oyster bottom and off-colored water help the line disappear, offering a stealthy approach to stalk fish. Traditionally, bronze and green are great line colors for inshore saltwater fishing, says Mark Schindel, director of sport-fishing and outdoor products at Cortland Line. ![]()
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